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Namah Reflections

Word was with God, and the Word was God dog, and anything could happen. When there
(1)”; and the fourth verse is “In him was life, are too many parameters in an equation, too
and that life was the light of all mankind (2).” many interactions and unknowns, then the
So, Sound precedes Light from the Christian mind cannot conceive of a neat solution. It is
perspective. Other cultures have other genesis then called the realm of non-linear dynamics
myths. Several Egyptian creation myths say and the solutions come out of complexity
the first incident was the rising of the sun theory. The solution set is a geometric pattern
out of the infinite, lifeless sea of chaos. But of possible solutions (3). Systems thinkers
another Egyptian myth says it was Ptah, the trying to expand the boundaries of science
god of craftsmen, who created everything by have allowed for such solution sets, and have
uttering their names one by one. He would even re-defined life and consciousness to fit
have uttered the word for light to produce their paradigm.
light, making sound the primary creation
and everything else secondary. Orders of knowledge-systems

Orders of theories But the theories are still bound to the scientific
methodology. In psychology we are talking
Given these possible solutions, you may be about orders of knowledge-systems, not just
tempted to ask the questioner to re-define orders of scientific theories. The physical
the question. The rationalistic mindset does world is a subset of the psychological, which is
not like an open-ended solution set. It likes a subset of the mythological, which is a subset
one-to-one relationships, such as: one cause of the spiritual. To prove to the man who is
produces the same effects every time. It is within the bubble of the physical sciences
the domain of linear equations. The other that free-will and culture shape his solution
problems are outside its consideration, such space, means asking him to burst his bubble.
as free-will, life, consciousness. As science has And this process is arduous, as Galileo will
progressed, its method has admitted orders vouch for. So James Hillman (1926-2011)
of theories, as a series of larger and larger comes out clean. Hillman started as a Jungian
sets. Quantum mechanics has embraced psychotherapist; then he developed his own
unpredictability. It says there is a chance an methods, called Archetypal Psychology. He
electron will exist in a certain place at a certain does not even attempt to take the rationalist
time. Its probability can be calculated, but not on his journey. He does not debate, nor does
its precise location. But quantum mechanics he provide any logical explanations.He states
assures us that in the macro level you will what he feels is true. The proof of his theory is
not fall off your chair because of the whim of in its practicability. If his sort of therapy helps
electrons. The probabilities will be so close people who are suffering from psychological
to one, you will be able to predict the motion disturbances, or if it enhances the quality of
of large objects. The theory of Relativity life, enabling people to live to the fullest, then
explains Newtonian laws — not the other this theory has created well-being.
way around, because Relativity is a superset
of Newtonian mechanics. You kick a ball and Before Hillman, Carl Jung had intuited the
its trajectory can be predicted. You kick a limits of the ‘science’ of psychology. He pushed

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