The Living Universe - Duane Elgin [94]
“The Living Cosmos: A Theory of Continuous Creation,” for the journal Revision. His article, “The Paradigm of a Living Universe,” was published in the Journal of World Futures (2000) and presents a scholarly summary of his cosmology. Two of his books—Awakening Earth and Promise Ahead—included chapters on the theme of a living cosmos. The Living Universe brings these years of inquiry together for the first time.
In addition to decades of scholarship, Elgin also brings forty years of meditation and inner inquiry to his exploration of a living universe. He has been inspired by all of the world’s wisdom traditions, especially Buddhist, Quaker, Gnostic Christian, and Hindu. Elgin has also had extensive experience with psychic research in a scientific setting. For nearly three years in the early 1970s he was one of four primary subjects who participated in numerous experiments funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to explore our intuitive potentials. These experiments were conducted at SRI International, where Elgin worked doing futures research. Results from these experiments (notably, remote viewing) have been published in major scientific journals. A portion of Elgin’s work is described in the scientific paper by Puthoff and Targ, “A Perceptual Channel for Information Transfer over Kilometer Distances,” published in the proceedings of the prestigious I.E.E.E. (1976). His work is also described in their book Mind-Reach: Scientists Look at Psychic Ability (1977).
As a speaker, Elgin has given more than 250 keynotes and workshops with audiences ranging from business executives and civic groups to college students and religious organizations. Common topics are “the world at the tipping point,” “sustainable and meaningful ways of living,” “the living universe,” and “four arche types for imagining a promising future.” A series of online courses is available through his website. Elgin has also co-produced short streaming videos for the Internet that look at key aspects of the human journey. His videos, courses and extensive writing are available on his website:
www.awakeningearth.org
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