What is holism and why is it so important? ‘Holism’ is a philosophy as described by Aristotle – “The whole is more than the sum of its parts.” The term was first used by the Jan Smuts in his 1926 book, Holism and Evolution. Smuts defined ‘holism’ as “The tendency in nature to form wholes that…

The mistake of Western “scientific” thinking is that there is a singular truth – a singular answer that can be broken down into composite parts. The building blocks of Western civilisation have been ‘reductionist’ thought-forms in their observance and attitude. ‘Reductionism’ is a practice of describing complex phenomena by reduction to their fundamental parts. As…

One word can change EVERYTHING! “If a universe can be imagined, it exists.” ~ Professor M. R. Franks “There are hundreds of different radio waves being broadcast all around you from distant stations. At any given instant, your office or car or living room is full of these radio waves. However if you turn on…

The Cathars were a mystical Christian movement that grew from the Languedoc region of France in the 11th century and expanded to other parts of Europe in the 12th and 13th centuries. The Cathars called themselves Bons Hommes or “Good Christians,” focusing on both dualistic and gnostic elements of Christianity, characterised by extreme devotion to religious principles. Eventually,…

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