Other Worlds : : Spirituality and the Search for Invisible Dimensions / / Christopher G. White.
What do modern multiverse theories and spiritualist séances have in common? Not much, it would seem. One is an elaborate scientific theory developed by the world’s most talented physicists. The other is a spiritual practice widely thought of as backward, the product of a mystical world view fading u...
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| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Introduction: Science, the Supernatural, and Higher Realms
- 1. Edwin Abbott’s Otherworldly Visions
- 2. The Man Who Saw the Fourth Dimension
- 3. New Heaven, New Earth
- 4. Cathedrals without Walls
- 5. Max Weber and the Art of an Invisible Geometry
- 6. The Spacetime of Dreams
- 7. Mirrors, Doorways, and Otherworldly Openings
- 8. Madeleine L’Engle Disturbs the Universe
- 9. One Step Beyond
- Conclusion: The Astonishing Afterlife of the Square
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Credits
- Index