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Worlds within Worlds: Kabbalah and the New Scientific Paradigm
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Worlds within Worlds: Kabbalah and the New Scientific Paradigm
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Worlds within Worlds: Kabbalah and the New Scientific Paradigm

Abstract

Beginning with relativity and quantum theory, the deterministic view that has dominated and shaped Western culture for more than 2,500 years has begun to unravel, leading to the emergence of a new paradigm. This new paradigm effectively reformulates the project of science, conceiving of existence as an interpenetrating web of coevolving, cocreative relationships. By exploring Kabbalah and the new scientific paradigm within the context of shared evolutionary principles, I seek to demonstrate a viable alternative to the prevailing deterministic worldview. By going beyond the limits of determinism and re–visioning existence as an evolutionary, emergent phenomenon, we can establish a new basis for an authentic dialogue between science and religion.

Keywords

Keter, determinism, sefirot, new scientific paradigm, autopoiesis, paradigm, evolution, holomovement, cocreative, Kabbalah, whole and part, attractor, macrocosm, microcosm, self–organization, existence, implicate order, structural coupling, transformation, creation, tree of life, complexity, emergence, open system, cosmological natural selection

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Gordon, K., (2002) “Worlds within Worlds: Kabbalah and the New Scientific Paradigm”, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 37(4), 963–983. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9744.00467

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Kerry Gordon (Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science)

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  • Volume 37 • Issue 4 • December 2002

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Pages 963–983
Published on 2002-12-02

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9744.00467

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