Integrative Thought
Sir Isaac Newton was an alchemist
Alchemical research Much of what are known as Isaac Newton’s occult studies can largely be attributed to his study of alchemy.[2] Newton was deeply interested in all forms
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Philosophy of Science
Thomas S. Kuhn’s Structure of Scientific Revolutions
SYNOPSIS: The book “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions” by Thomas S. Kuhn is a landmark in intellectual history that challenges the traditional view of the
Chronobiology
Alexander Chizhevsky
In the annals of unconventional scientific history, few figures are as intriguing as Alexander Leonidovich Chizhevsky (1897–1964). A true Soviet-era polymath—biophysicist, historian, poet, and painter—Chizhevsky
Integrative Thought
Reality is inter-subjectivity
“I would go beyond Peirce to suggest a unity between truth and reality, truth and perspective, and the humanistic world and the transcendental world. Perspective
Chronobiology
Jevons and solar cycles
William Stanley Jevons (1835-1882) English economist and logician Jevons’ Sunspot Theory: From Curious Coincidence to Discredited Idea In the late 19th century, the prominent British
Ancient Civilizations
the ancients realized this relationship through yoga, ritual and self study
For centuries, ancient civilizations have been fascinated with the movements of the celestial bodies, particularly the sun and the moon. They have observed the cycles
Calendar
World Views: from fragmentation to integration
The authors offer the following text to the public both realistically and with hope. Within the scientific world, large-scale movements tending towards unification seem powerless
Philosophy of Science
Jacques Ellul (1912-1994)
Jacques Ellul comments that while Technique is able to liberate man from the constraints of time and space that can never engender freedom. Ellul seems
Chronobiology
observing the body’s cycle
I think that the ancients realized this relationship through yoga and self study. By observing the body’s cycle superimposed over the calendar’s these sages and shamen made
Integrative Thought
A New Theory of the Holidays
We are all familiar with the idea of holiday stress. That feeling that time is going by faster and faster from the end of October