PARP 6570 - Evolution of Consciousness

Institution:

California Institute of Integral Studies

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Description:

This course focuses on four major theoretical contributions to our understanding of the evolution of consciousness: Teilhard de Chardin's inspiring cosmological vision of the emergence of the noosphere and its relation to the Omega Point; Hindu sage Sri Aurobindo and his notions of involution/evolution, the Supermind, and integral yoga; Eric Neumann, who provides a Jungian archetypal and mythopoeic analysis of the origins and history of consciousness; and the integral-aperspectival theory of Jean Gebser and his quasi-mystical understanding of the relation of consciousness to its ever-present origin.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ciis.edu

Phone Number:

(415) 575-6100

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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