The reflexive universe Evolution of Consciousness 8 Arthur M Young Huston Smith
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Integrating the findings of modern science with ancient wisdom, this seminal work offers a paradigm for resolving the schism between spirit and matter. Arthur Young's Theory of Process provides a model for the evolution of consciousness out of light (the quantum of action), offering hope for an age in search of value and meaning. This is a facsimile of the original 1976 Delacorte edition, with typographic corrections in the text and a new introduction by Huston Smith.
The reflexive universe Evolution of Consciousness 8 Arthur M Young Huston Smith
Having seen Arthur M Young explore his ideas with people via watching YouTube, I have been eager to get my hands on a full copy of this book for quite a while. Having read it I have to admit to being a little disappointed although it is still worth reading, especially if, like me, you are interested in big questions about humanity and it's place in the Cosmos. Young's central idea is that the universe and humanity are both engaged in a dynamic process that can be defined by seven stages. The first four stages - which we might call gradually more "physical" stages - of light, particles and atoms - go from the undifferentiated freedom of light to the constraints or loss of degrees of freedom (particles and atom). This "fall" to physicalism than undergoes a turn at the fourth stage (molecules) from the purely physical into life, with first plant life (growth), then animal life (mobility) and finally humanity (dominion). Each stage after the turn sees a returning of the degrees of freedom and the evolution of free action, knowledge and control in the world. Each stage of process has fractal-like structure in that each stage has seven sub-stages and Young goes through the sub-stages. I guess what is slightly disappointing in this work is that Young's analysis of nature, humanity and even cultural mythology following this seven stage process seems to largely be a case of Young's own decision to schematise things into this seven-fold division. It's not that I think the seven-fold division is meaningless or arbitrary. Maybe some of these divisions into seven sub-stages may hold to some degree, but one feels that different divisions could have been equally made for non-arbitrary reasons. The seven-fold distinction seems especially subjective when Young uses it for a hermeneutic analysis of certain biblical and mythological stories. Perhaps the most interesting aspects of the book for me was the appendix section where Young gives a more detailed account of how he relates light, Plank's Constant: the fundamental unit of action, to uncertainty, freedom and freewill and then connects it to the topological torus which he suggests is the shape of the cosmos. As someone with an interest in Sacred Geometry I found this very interesting. Maybe more of this subject is found is Young's other book "The Geometry of Meaning" which I have yet to read. One thing that perhaps dates this book is that contemporary science is now very much influenced by ideas from Chaos Theory and Information Theory. I'm sure Young would have been eager to see how his notion of process seven-ness applies to concepts from these fields of science.Product details
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The reflexive universe Evolution of Consciousness 8 Arthur M Young Huston Smith Reviews
very good
It covers 3 degrees of freedom and 7 kingdoms, which range from light to atoms, molecules, plants animals and humans. It makes little sense to me.
Brilliant book marrying the philosophies of both science and religion.
This is a classic work by a brilliant mind.
The book offers the best understanding of complex philosophical/scientific/ spiritual issues that I have seen anywhere. Young was a genius on the level of Einstein.
Arthur Young's concept of including all levels of physical existence as evolving consciousness was advanced at the time of its writing. He did a great job of classifying the various levels of physical consciousness. Although I thought his metaphysics was simplistic, it was a great start for someone thinking of creating a detailed Evolution of Consciousness Levels. I used his book as a reference book for classifications of levels of physical evolution.
The Reflexive Universe isn't an easy read, but I find it a worthy successor to Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's The Phenomenon of Man in that it lays out an extremely optimistic science-based vision for the evolution of man. Arthur M. Young's "theory of process" takes for granted Einstein's observation that, truly, we can no longer speak about "matter" and "energy" but simply "the field"; the universe is more nearly a verb than a noun. This informs Young's theory that among topological possibilities for the shape of the universe--the sphere and the torus--only the torus accommodates self-generated movement. So the number "7" comes up in his very detailed theory a lot because if the universe were a sphere, it would take four fields to map it, whereas if it is a torus, it is mapped by seven fields. And people who are phobic about "7" (as somehow being superstitious nonsense about "luck") might never read far enough (Appendix II, "Seven-ness) to find out WHY seven is unique among all numbers. It's because, among all numbers, seven contains the maximum number of possible subsets--more than twice as many as any other number. So please don't shy away from this book because, very possibly, he put the most crucial understanding in the Appendix. Once you accept that "7" might actually BE a very special number in this manifest universe, you can follow Young's thought through all the realms of existence--light, elementary particles, atoms, molecules, plants, animals and "self conscious" beings such as ourselves--to appreciate the "descent" of Light into matter and the "ascent" of matter into Light.
Having seen Arthur M Young explore his ideas with people via watching YouTube, I have been eager to get my hands on a full copy of this book for quite a while. Having read it I have to admit to being a little disappointed although it is still worth reading, especially if, like me, you are interested in big questions about humanity and it's place in the Cosmos. Young's central idea is that the universe and humanity are both engaged in a dynamic process that can be defined by seven stages. The first four stages - which we might call gradually more "physical" stages - of light, particles and atoms - go from the undifferentiated freedom of light to the constraints or loss of degrees of freedom (particles and atom). This "fall" to physicalism than undergoes a turn at the fourth stage (molecules) from the purely physical into life, with first plant life (growth), then animal life (mobility) and finally humanity (dominion). Each stage after the turn sees a returning of the degrees of freedom and the evolution of free action, knowledge and control in the world. Each stage of process has fractal-like structure in that each stage has seven sub-stages and Young goes through the sub-stages. I guess what is slightly disappointing in this work is that Young's analysis of nature, humanity and even cultural mythology following this seven stage process seems to largely be a case of Young's own decision to schematise things into this seven-fold division. It's not that I think the seven-fold division is meaningless or arbitrary. Maybe some of these divisions into seven sub-stages may hold to some degree, but one feels that different divisions could have been equally made for non-arbitrary reasons. The seven-fold distinction seems especially subjective when Young uses it for a hermeneutic analysis of certain biblical and mythological stories. Perhaps the most interesting aspects of the book for me was the appendix section where Young gives a more detailed account of how he relates light, Plank's Constant the fundamental unit of action, to uncertainty, freedom and freewill and then connects it to the topological torus which he suggests is the shape of the cosmos. As someone with an interest in Sacred Geometry I found this very interesting. Maybe more of this subject is found is Young's other book "The Geometry of Meaning" which I have yet to read. One thing that perhaps dates this book is that contemporary science is now very much influenced by ideas from Chaos Theory and Information Theory. I'm sure Young would have been eager to see how his notion of process seven-ness applies to concepts from these fields of science.
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