The Universe Is A Story with Brian Swimme, Ph.D.
MP3 Download Science, humanity and the natural world have all suffered from a myopic fragmentation of scientific knowledge, according to cosmologist Brian Swimme. Yet some voices in physics today are beginning to echo the wonder and mystery of ancient mystical intuitions, and to present a more unified view of the nature and history of the world. "The universe is a story. It's not a place, it's an event," says Swimme. A new "story of the universe" may come to serve the modern world as primitive myths served in their time, embracing modern scientific knowledge as well as ancient spiritual concepts. (hosted by Michael Toms) Bio Brian Swimme, Ph.D. is a mathematical cosmologist on the graduate faculty of the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. Swimme was featured in the television series Soul of the Universe (The BBC, 1991) and The Sacred Balance produced by David Suzuki (CBC and PBS, 2003). He is the producer of a twelve-part DVD series, Canticle to the Cosmos, which has been distributed worldwide. Other DVD programs featuring Swimme's ideas include: Earth's Imagination The Powers of the Universe His books include: The Universe Is a Green Dragon: A Cosmic Creation Story (Bear and Company 1984) The Universe Story : From the Primordial Flaring Forth to the Ecozoic Era--A Celebration of the Unfolding of the Cosmos (coauthor Thomas Berry) (HarperSanFrancisco 1992) The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos: Humanity and the New Story (Orbis 1996) Journey of the Universe (co-author with Mary Evelyn Tucker) (Yale University Press 2014) To learn more about the work of Brian Swimme go to https://storyoftheuniverse.org/. Topics Explored in This Dialogue How have we lost the whole by looking only at the parts How the split between science and religion came about What is the importance of economics within the Earth's own on-going story How Einstein discovered that imagination was more than facts How we are entering the Ecozoic era Host: Michael Toms Interview Date: 10/25/1990 Program Number: 2218 Music Included From Album: Music to Disappear In Artist: Raphael 1988 Hearts of Space #HS11005-2 From Album: Swans in July Artist: Bluemair ITI Records #ITI 703CD Track - Lagoon From Album: Light of the Spirit Artist: Kitaro Geffen Records #9 24163-2