Erich Neumann (1954), in his Origins and History of Consciousness, describes the transcendental process whereby the highest level of creative potential of ego consciousness occurs through individuation within Western culture. Most important is that through this...
Dissertation: Excerpt on Consciousness
Consciousness, in all of its mysterious enigmatic force, has risen as a primary and fundamental force within the cosmos in the last decade, where it has taken center stage as the central illuminating source of subjectivity (Chopra & Kafatos, 2017; A. Harris, 2019;...
Dissertation Chapter One: Introduction
Resolving the Missing Link Within Eating Disorder Treatment: Bringing the Science of Physics, Cosmology, and Consciousness Inquiry Toward a New Era in Mental Health. Chapter 1: Introduction In this theoretical work, I deliver a brand-new transdisciplinary...
Dissertation Abstract: Resolving The Missing Link Within Eating Disorder Treatment Bringing the Science of Physics, Cosmology & Consciousness Inquiry Toward a New Era of Mental Health
Abstract In this dissertation I make a case for how mental health care, specifically disordered eating, is in need of an adjunctive field of discourse, that being theories on philosophy of consciousness, cosmology, and the new epistemology of science based on physics....
The Gift in My Anxiety Disorder: A Brief Personal History
In her book, Jung: A Feminist Revision, Susan Rowland (2002) begins, “A life story is a helpful way of approaching any body of ideas for the first time” (p. 2). The purpose of telling this section of my life story is to demonstrate how I came to understand the...
AN INTEGRAL RECOVERY MODEL FOR EATING & BODY IMAGE : A Dissertation Proposal in Consciousness Studies & Eating Disorder Recovery
Based on Jean Gebser and Brain Swimme's Evolution of Consciousness and Cosmology Theories Francie A. White California Institute of Integral Studies Abstract Anorexia nervosa will be explored within the context of consciousness evolution, using Jean Gebser's unique...
Consciousness, Cosmology & Physics Definitions & Terms for Beginners
Consciousness: There are several different types and definitions of the use of the term consciousness. Here are a few: 1) To be awake and aware versus unconscious as in asleep or passed out. 2) To have an advanced, studied perspective of something like…. “she is very...
Kindness – A Poem
Kindness Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth. What you held in your hand, what you counted and carefully saved, all this must go so you know how desolate the landscape can be...
THEY’RE MADE OUT OF MEAT
Note from Francie White: This is one of the funniest, most intelligent examples of our current scientific discussions about the source of consciousness… is it an epiphenomena of the brain? Kind of ridiculous when follow these aliens in Terry Bison's except from Omni,...