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    The Physics of Angels: Exploring the Realm Where Science and Spirit Meet
    The Physics of Angels: Exploring the Realm Where Science and Spirit Meet
    The Physics of Angels: Exploring the Realm Where Science and Spirit Meet
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    The Physics of Angels: Exploring the Realm Where Science and Spirit Meet

    Written by Matthew Fox and Rupert Sheldrake

    Narrated by Stephen Paul Aulridge, Jr.

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    What are angels? Many people believe in angels, but few can define these enigmatic spirits. Now visionary theologian Matthew Fox and acclaimed biologist Rupert Sheldrake—pioneers in modern religious thinking and scientific theory—launch a groundbreaking exploration into the ancient concept of the angel and restore dignity, meaning, and joy to the time-honored belief in these heavenly beings.

    Angels constitute one of the most fundamental themes in human spiritual and religious experience. All cultures acknowledge the existence of spirits at levels beyond the human. In the West we call them angels, but they go under different names in other traditions. (Native Americans, for example, call them “spirits.")

    We are entering a new phase of both science and theology. Fox and Sheldrake explore many significant questions raised by both traditions about the existence and role of consciousness beyond the human level.

    This dialog between Fox and Sheldrake concentrates on three giants of the Western tradition whose treatment of angels is particularly broad, deep, and influential. They are Dionysius the Areopagite, a Syrian monk whose classic work The Celestial Hierarchies was written in the sixth century; Hildegard of Bingen, a German abbess of the twelfth century; and St. Thomas Aquinas, a philosopher-theologian of the thirteenth century.

    Fox and Sheldrake have selected their most important and relevant passages about angels, and each is followed by a discussion exploring their meaning from both a theological and a scientific perspective.

    Also explored are the fascinating parallels between Thomas Aquinas speaking of angels in the Middle Ages and Albert Einstein speaking of photons in this century. Hence the title of this book, The Physics of Angels.

    The exploration of angels in a living cosmos enlivens and enriches both religion and science and contributes to the deepening exploration of consciousness—on this planet and beyond.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWetware Media
    Release dateDec 22, 2015
    ISBN9781509498505
    Author

    Matthew Fox

    Matthew Fox was a member of the Dominican Order in good standing for 34 years until he was expelled by former Pope Joseph Ratzinger, who was a cardinal and chief inquisitor at the time. Matthew Fox is the founder of Wisdom University (formerly the University of Creation Spirituality) and the foremost proponent of Creation Spirituality, based on the mystical teachings of early Christian visionaries such as Hildegard von Bingen, Meister Eckhart, and Saint Thomas Aquinas. He is the author of 26 books, including Original Blessing and The Coming of the Cosmic Christ. In 2019, Matthew Fox was cited as one of the "100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People in the World" according to Watkins Mind Body Spirit magazine.

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    • 5/5
      An extraordinary adventure of consciousness I just loved the talk among Fox and Sheldrake over the remarkable work of St Thomas of Aquinas about the Angels whom he really knew and described pretty well
      But in their dialogue the three of them were ever present as if time would have dissapeared and I also was present in this quite exciting adventure of the mind. And Aulridge's at two voices narration was superb you just think that are two different people talking. Thank you Scribd for offering us this rearkable audiobook

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      Great listening but a little too Christian-centric. Highly recommended to anyone who wants to have a very engaged conversation about angels and physics. I really appreciated emphasis on deep ekumenism.

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    • 1/5
      Skipped...entire book corrupted. Unlistenable. Which is too bad, I wanted to hear it.

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    • 3/5
      Some interesting points/parts but since it’s an audiobook I couldn’t tell what was being referenced or what was just a random thought that they are sharing so hard to tell if it was just random creative opinions or if they actually had justifications for their opinions

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    • 5/5
      This book gave a multifaceted approach to describing angels. It discussed topics of creation, evil, and Angelic intervention. The whole mood was one of respect towards these higher beings and it offered avenues through which we can contact these beings.