The work by P. Florensky on the extension of geometry from the real region to a complex one under the metaphor of two non-overlapping worlds, real and imaginary, is successively analyzed. Assuming that consciousness functions in terms of a spacetime object-based concept, which actually corresponds to “classical reality”, it is possible to hypothesize that the unconscious is related to the space...
For decades, altered states of consciousness have been used as a form ofpsychotherapy in transpersonal psychology. Although there are well-known techniquesfor inducing altered states of consciousness, such as holotropic breathwork,neurotechnology provides an alternative method for not only generating these states fortranspersonal therapy but also for measuring the level of a state of...
The three major schools of thought on the origin of consciousness are neuroscientists, sceptics, and quantum physicists. The quantum school explains consciousness using quantum theories, claiming that consciousness has a quantum origin, is non-local, and is created from vibrating entities that can have multiple versions depending on the observer's perception. Although most traditional...
Consciousness can be defined as the set of subjective, immediate, or remote knowledge that each being has about the world and himself and sensory perception of sights, sounds, and smells that are close to us. But our consciousness includes many more perceptions; any person, through introspection, is able to perceive through a lot of bodily sensations such as temperature, touch, different...
The quantum consciousness model explains that our consciousness is nonlocal and that our consciousness creates our perceived reality by interpreting vibrating energy. The quantum consciousness paradigm explains that there is no present, future, and past but only a constant present. The quantum mind is responsible for the paradigms being constantly renewed because the level of consciousness in...
Transpersonal psychology is the study of human nature that begins with theassumption that humans have potentials that go beyond the limits of their ego andintegrate spiritual experience into a broader understanding of the human psyche andconsciousness. For decades, altered states of consciousness have been used as a form ofpsychotherapy in transpersonal psychology. Although there are well-known...
Two of the most popular theories that address the Hard Problem suggest that the minimal unit of consciousness could emerge from subcellular structures. Both theories neglect the importance of the subject and its agency. Both disregard the basic phenomenological definition of consciousness: there must be someone for someone to be conscious. According to the Integrated Information Theory (IIT),...
Popular theories of consciousness convey the notion that traces of consciousness exist even below the level of single-celled organisms. Alternatively, consciousness may emerge from the informational nature of life. Fundamental processes that, when scaled up, might give origin to the “mind” must transit from biological mechanisms to information. Portraying the subject-world dialectic of...
This paper addresses three issues. In the first part the relation between consciousness and time is being discussed as it developed in the history of philosophy and theology. It covers Plato, Plotinus and St. Augustine. It continues in the second part to describe that time it is being perceived in the mystical consciousness as eternity which means in this context timelessness. Examples from...
The triadic structure of human knowing is introduced with reference to its historical roots, particularly as captured in Neo-Platonist philosophy. The hierarchical conception of the triadic structure of knowing and the significance of movements of development and regression within that hierarchy are explained. The comprehensive levels of the triadic formwork of human knowing are expounded and...
The idea of mana permeates the customs of many cultures, including modern cultures. Mana provides the theoretical basis for such beliefs as animism, totemism, witchcraft, and sorcery. Mana is the means by which power is transmitted from one being to another. It means, roughly speaking, power, but a force altogether distinct from physical power-a power associated with a spirit, a totemic...