MS#116A. The New Sacred Math, 2004 Longer version, World Futures, 62(1); pp. 6-16 (2006). Subjects: Philosophy Written: December 8, 2004 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. 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. Then we tell of the rebirth of the world soul recently, in new branches of mathematics. [RTF] 36 KB; [PDF] 11 pages, 1.5 MB Last revised by Ralph Abraham