Category Archives: theosophy

Tangled hierarchies and the creative evolution of consciousness

By Katinka Hesselink - All Considering | July 1st, 2009

The core of Amit Goswami’s argument in his ‘Creative Evolution’ is that consciousness is an active force in ‘creation’. And at the heart of that argument is the argument of tangled hierarchies. I had to reread what he says about it to be able to halfway understand, so I’ll just quote him here for easier [...]

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Creating the universe: consciousness choosing to observe

By Katinka Hesselink - All Considering | June 24th, 2009

I’ve been postponing seriously taking on Amit Goswami’s book about Evolution for a while, but it cannot be postponed any longer. The long and short of it is: I have mixed feelings about it. I admire the effort, but the way it’s done isn’t entirely to my taste.
Since the author is a quantum physicist, I [...]

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What makes us human – about evolution and religion

By Katinka Hesselink - All Considering | June 17th, 2009

Let’s get back to basics
Since I’ve been digging into the theory of Evolution with the help of Amit Goswami, I’ve decided to take a look at precisely what that theory is. The Scientific American issue May 2009 is partly devoted to evolution. It has a column by a scientist visiting a creationist conference for instance. [...]

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Limits to quantum mechanics and spiritual freedom

By Katinka Hesselink - All Considering | June 10th, 2009

I’ve been reading Creative Evolution: A Physicist’s Resolution Between Darwinism and Intelligent Design, by Amit Goswami. I’m impressed, the chemist in me (I was taught some quantum physics in college) doesn’t find fault. Nor does the biologist or the philosopher (I took biology and philosophy of religion classes in college too).
But I do have some [...]

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Black magic versus white magic – it’s all about motive…

By Katinka Hesselink - All Considering | June 8th, 2009

Blavatsky was rather fond of the concept of ‘black magic’ and I’ve had this on my list of topics to write about ever since I started this blog. But it’s a difficult topic, a messy one. For one thing – I’m not too happy about labeling people, especially into such (literally) black and white categories. [...]

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