Science and the Akashic Field

Ervin Laszlo, holder of the highest degree of the Sorbonne (the State Doctorate), is recipient of four Honorary Ph.D.s and numerous awards and distinctions, including the 2001 Goi Award (the Japan Peace Prize) and a nomination for the 2004 and 2005 Nobel Peace Prize. He is a former professor of philosophy, systems theory, and futures studies in the U.S., Europe, and the Far East and founder and president of the international think-tank The Club of Budapest as well as of the General Evolution Research Group. The author of 75 books, translated into 20 languages, he lives in Italy.

• Introduction: A Meaningful Scientific Worldview for Our Time PART ONE THE FOUNDATIONS OF AN INTEGRAL THEORY OF EVERYTHING How Information Connects Everything to Everything Else 1 The Challenge of an Integral Theory of EverythingApproaches to a Genuine TOE2 On Puzzles and Fables: Drivers of the Next Paradigm Shift in Science 3 A Concise Catalog of the Puzzles of CoherenceThe Puzzles of Coherence in Quantum PhysicsThe Puzzles of Coherence in CosmologyThe Puzzles of Coherence in Biology The Puzzles of Coherence in Consciousness 4 The Crucial Science Fable--In-formation in NatureThe Quantum Vacuum--or Plenum“In-formation” in the Quantum VacuumThe Parable of the Sea Enter the Akashic Field PART TWO THE IN-FORMED UNIVERSE Perennial Questions and Fresh Answers from the Integral Theory of Everything 5 The Origins and Destiny of Life and the UniverseWhere Everything Came From--and Where It Is Going Origins and Evolution of Our UniverseLife on Earth and in the UniverseThe Future of Life in the Cosmos Glimpses of Ultimate Reality 6 Consciousness--Human and CosmicThe Roots of ConsciousnessEvolutionary Panpsychism The Wider In-formation of Consciousness The Next Evolution of Human Consciousness Cosmic Consciousness The Farthermost Reaches of Consciousness 7 The Poetry of Akashic Vision The Phenomenon of Coherence: A Deeper Look at the Scientific Evidence Over Four Decades in Quest of an Integral Theory of Everything: An Autobiographical Retrospective ReferencesEssential Reading: A Bibliography of Additional Research Reports and Theories Index

“A seminal book from one of the best thinkers of our time. Ervin Laszlo charts the ­frontiers to which science is inexorably headed. In years to come people will look back at the amazing foresight of this work.”