"The Big Bang is a myth, says Paul Brockelman in this look at the spiritual side of modern cosmology. But it is a myth in the best sense - a fully realized creation story, one that, for all its scientific origins, has the power to transform us spiritually." "In Cosmology and Cre…
"The Big Bang is a myth, says Paul Brockelman in this look at the spiritual side of modern cosmology. But it is a myth in the best sense - a fully realized creation story, one that, for all its scientific origins, has the power to transform us spiritually." "In Cosmology and Cre…
This text argues that the new scientific cosmology also functions as a religious creation story, or "cosmogony". Traditional creation mythologies offer a vision of an ultimately meaningful sacred reality; they show precisely how all of creation emerges from and is situated withi…