MS#116. The Death and Rebirth of the World Soul, 2500 BCE -- 2005 CE,
A Concise Overview, 2005
In: Ervin Laszlo, Science and the Reenchantment of the Cosmos:
The Rise of the Integral Vision of Reality, Inner Traditions, 2005; pp. 177-186.
Subjects: Philosophy
Written: May 4, 2005
Abstract: The individual soul is an ageless idea, attested in prehistoric times by the oral traditions of all cultures. But as far as we know, it enters history in ancient Egypt. In Part I of our account, we will begin with the individual soul in ancient Egypt, then recount the birth of the world soul in the Pythagorean community of ancient Greece, and trace it through the Western Esoteric Tradition until its demise in Kepler's writings, along with the rise of modern science, around 1600 CE. In Part II, we tell of the rebirth of the world soul recently, rising from the ashes of, again, modern science. Recent books of Ervin Laszlo are an important part of this revival of the world soul in new clothes, such as the Akashic Field.
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