The Science of Spirit. Part 1
By: Seeker
The modern scientific world in which we live seems to be rooted firmly in the purely physical. In the Western world it would seem that the battle between religion and science has been fought and won. We see the results of the investigation into the rational and observable all around us. And yet, there are signs that things are not what they may seem to be.
When the word fundamentalist is used, most in the USA think of Muslims, yet many in the West outside the US see a large percentage of the US population that same way. The whole ‘let’s teach Intelligent Design as Science’ has a tendency to provoke incredulousness from those who are outside the US.
We can go further back – in the 1930’s there was a fundamentalist wave of fervor that swept across the western world – Pentecostalism was like a drug that had found a ready market. The ‘crusade’ eventually died down and became more mainstream, but to this day there are many who find their relief in such places.
The 1960’s brought a renewal of Consciousness in the form of the Love generation – a whole generation found Love in a new way, looking for alternatives to the old ways of doing things, they came close to derailing the capitalist views and perhaps setting the world on a new course towards togetherness. Looking back I can’t help but wonder if it was the ready acceptance of psychedelic drugs that caused the movement to peter out as it did. Many of those who are now in positions of power came through those times swearing to make change – instead they got absorbed into the mainstream and nothing came of their lofty good intentions.
What did come of it however, was the whole New Age phenomenon which, to this day, is still blossoming out in unexpected directions.
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