Tagged with Noosphere

One time is ending, but another is beginning, a new era: the noosphere. This is the message of José Argüelles. We are leaving the world of pure sensory matter, and entering a world of mind and telepathy. In this new world of the noosphere, time is not what a clock measures, but a factor of synchronicity, and the synchronization of our minds into ever expanding consciousness. (more)

The presentiment of the Noosphere awakened in me in 1969, upon seeing the Earth from space on TV. Soon after, I organized the First Whole Earth Festival. Buckminster Fuller suggested to me the presence of a psychic field or thought belt around the planet. It was by this means, Bucky wrote me, that he could converse with the pre-Socratics. (more)

A spark of divine intelligence exists in each human being, according to Gnostic cosmology. This Greek word for this concept is nous, usually translated as "mind." When considered alongside the Gnostic concept of Hal – this Coptic word means "simulation" – the Gnostic perspective on nous may offer a way to orient us to the noosphere. Hal is close to what we today understand as Virtual Reality. (more)

It looks like the noosphere is an idea whose time has come, and it may well be the idea that defines its time, and frames the time ahead. But is it a good idea? Is it a viable, sound idea in social, spiritual, and evolutionary terms? Widespread enthusiasm about the noosphere dominates the discussion over its importance.
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