The Cosmos

The Hylosphere The Fundamental Matrix of Physical reality

The Cosmosphere form, cycles and evolution from atom to galactic cluster

The Physical Universe  stars, galaxies, planets, and the rest

hypothesis	The Reductionist theory of the Universe	The Self-Organising Universe	The Teleological Universe	The Pantheistic Universe
icon
	The Universe of stars, planets, subatomic particles etc as explained thru conventional physics and astrophysics	The Cosmos is a vast homeostatic non-equilibrium system, undfolding organically through various evolutionary stages	The Cosmos is a teleological process - an interpretation of Teilhard de Chardin's evolutionary metaphysics - the Earth  evolves through stages of increasing consciousness	The Cosmos as intrinsically Divine - "God" is not something seperate from the Universe
worldview	reductionist/ materialistic	holistic/ materialistic	holistic	holistic/ pantheistic
methodology	scientific/experimental		metaphysical/intuitive

The following conceptions of the Cosmos are more metaphysically radical, pertaining to the sphere of mysticism, occultism and esotericism rather than science and conventional spirituality:
 
 

hypothesis	Occult Cosmos	Esoteric Cosmos	Divine Cosmogony
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variants	The Universe consists of  a resonances and archetypal fields of consciousness.  Astrology can be understood as  representing expressions of this principle	The Cosmos   as consisting of layers of existence and consciousness - moving into and out of existence through cosmic cycles	Divine Cosmogny The Universe can be understood as the theatre of manifestation of archetypal and cosmic forces, the movement of evolution to perfection
worldview	holistic/ pantheistic	emanationist	holistic/emanationist/monistic

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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