A #Rosicrucian Reunification of #Mysticism, #Consciousness, and #Science There was a time when studying the heavens, examining nature, and asking spiritual questions were not treated as unrelated activities. The person who watched the stars was also permitted to wonder what the stars meant. The physician could study the body while asking what life was. The philosopher could examine reason without pretending that wonder was an intellectual defect. Humanity had not yet built an

This is not a minor gap awaiting one more brain scan. It is a categorical break between two kinds of description. #Consciousness #Physicalism #Materialism Yes—when someone says, “Consciousness emerges from sufficiently complex brain activity,” without explaining how physical activity becomes subjective experience, “emergence” functions as a semantic cop-out. It names the transition that needs to be explained and then presents that name as though it were the explanation. Neuro