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SCIENCE AND THE AKASHIC FIELD: An Integral Theory of Everything by Ervin Laszlo Inner Traditions, USA, 2004 ISBN 1-85227-139-6 (260pp hc) Availability: USA—Inner Traditions, http:/Awww.I|nnerTraditions.com; Australia—Brumby Books, http://www.brumbybooks.com any thinkers of our age have searched for a "theory of everything", but the closest contender in this scientific paradigm shift is the concept of "the informed uni- verse" says Ervin Laszlo. It's the rediscov- ery of an ancient knowledge familiar to the Vedic tradition—Akasha, or the Akashic Field. It's been touched upon by frontier sci- entists who have explored hypotheses rang- ing from the holographic universe to quan- tum zero-point energy (though I'd have thought Rupert Sheldrake and his morpho- genetic field theory that draws on this ancient tradition was worthy of a mention). At the foundation of the Akashic Field, or "A-field", concept that Laszlo proposes is a "vacuum-based holofield" in which the uni- verse is a highly integrated, connected, coherent system—"much like a living organism"—its crucial feature being that it builds on the information it has generated. Just as the ancients knew, a cosmic informa- tion field links organisms and minds in the biosphere and particles, stars and galaxies throughout the universe—and it can be accessed. Indeed, the universe contains the memory of all things that exist and have ever existed. Cosmic, eh? Laszlo believes that this new theory is the pillar of 21st-century science and that deeper research into nature's information field is essential. That research will also have to @ REVIEWS explore anomalies that orthodox science has ignored or been unable to analyse and mea- sure (if this is possible at all). What we discover will have profound per- sonal and social impacts, and Laszlo sug- gests that accessing this knowledge is intrin- sic to the evolution of consciousness. which actually show the geometric construc- tion lines—just like the ones he's utilised in his reconstructions. A sevenfold geometry formation found at Tawsmead Copse near Alton Barnes, Wiltshire, on 9 August 1998 is one such example—and, yes, you can see the lines in the photograph. Janssen provides many geometrical recon- structions of formations seen in England as well as The Netherlands and the USA, and they make for fascinating analysis. Readers are encouraged to get out paper, pencil, compass and ruler and try for themselves. In the appendix there are examples of crop circle designs based on twofold to ninefold geometry as well as specific methods for constructing S-, 7- and 9-fold geometries. All this is absorbing in itself, but applied to crop circles these tracings can have an entrancing effect as if one is entering new realms of consciousness. In his narrative, Janssen covers his experi- ences in the field as well as his questions and personal reflections. A welcome contri- bution to the study of this mystery. Australla—brumpy books, pewss paw vasewe staan y pews : POWER OF CROP structions of formations seen in England as http:/Avww_brumbybooks.com cmcips Noe ° OF CRO well as The Netherlands and the USA. and for a "theory of everything", but the by Bert Janssen they make for fascinating analysis. Readers closest contender in this seientific paradigm Frontier Publishing, The Netherlands, are encouraged He etn Paper pench shift is the concept of "the informed uni- Adventures Unlimited Press, USA, 2004 on he appendix there ae cxamples of evo verse" says Ervin Laszlo. 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