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Freud's
Psychoanalytic Theories Freud's psychoanalytic theories provide us a way
to clearly understand how a large part of our minds
operate unconsciously and yet affect our lives.
From Freudian slips and the various ways in which
we project and repress unconscious material, Freud
provides us a clear and direct way to understand
how the interface of the unconscious and conscious
minds is a battleground fought with our needs,
memories, and conscience clamoring to defend and
assert themselves. Freud assiduously tested his
ideas and he successfully applied them to better
understand and heal his clients of a wide range
of problems. Although Freud has been criticized
for his emphasis on sexuality, his theory of the
Oedipus complex, etc., his contribution to our
understanding of the basic dynamics of the human
psyche is extraordinarily important. Our
understanding of the human psyche and human
motivation has continued to be enhanced by many
other psychologists. Many of these psychologists
have broadened our understanding of the human pyche
by emphasizing the universal imagery, stories,
and myths that dwell in human consciousness, the
hierarchy of needs, and other paradigms for understanding
how the human mind and emotions work. Culture
and Collective Behavior The
theories of Freud and other psychologists have
been applied
to understanding the development
of culture, civilization, and group dynamics,
as
well as the development of an individual's
psyche, relationships, and overall mental and
emotional
development. Although we can posit higher needs
for beauty, justice, and truth can help us
imagine how culture and civilization develop,
and we
can also imagine how universal archetypes manifest
in various myths, religious beliefs, and cultural
institutions, we will find in the description
of
cosmic cybernetic influences a more comprehensive,
clear, and precise formulation of how and why
culture develops and evolves. First,
however, let us review some of the insights of
Freud regarding the development of human culture.
Freud states that "...every civilization rests
on a compulsion to work and a renunciation of instinct..."1
Freud repeats this theme, stating, for example, "the
hostility to civilization which is produced by
the pressure that civilization exercises, the renunciations
of instinct which it demands…"2 The
immense benefits that culture brings are gained
at the price of renouncing our instincts. Culture
survives through a tense and delicate balance of
renounced instinctual needs and the benefits gained
through the renunciations. A process or internalizing
these renunciations does help us develop to become
more sophisticated and capable human beings. Progress
is made through a delicate process of sublimation,
and one might even say transformation as we collectively
refine our brutish natures and needs in service
of a more sophisticated and refined development. One can feel in Freud's writings the strong
emphasis on biological foundations of human
existence and a philosophy shaped by Darwin
and other 19th century and early 20th century
scientists. The human animal is evolving
from its primitive past to a more evolved
future through a process that is still driven
by needs and instinctual drives from our
earlier developmental states. As
mentioned earlier, other psychologists
have introduced other dynamics to supplement
Freud's view, but I do not think that any
of these later developments explain in any
detail how it is that human beings are driven
to develop sophisticated and elegant cultures.
The cosmic cybernetic theory of cultural
development that I present in this paper
fills this gap by providing a theory of cultural
development that can be tested empirically
with both qualitative and quantitative research
designs. I refer to the cosmic cybernetic
theory of cultural development as post-Freudian
because I see many of the later psychological
paradigms as variations and expansions on
a Freudian model, even when they eschew Freudian
theory or wish to distinguish themselves
from the Freudian perspective, or as introducing
new concepts that are difficult to assess
the validity of. One of the great advances
of Freud’s psychoanalysis is that it
provides tools for solving problems, such
as finding the causes and cures for hysterical
behavior. Similarly, cosmic cybernetics provides
tools to understand solve problems related
to individual as well as collective behavior. The
issues that Freud addresses appear to me
to be valid and useful. Like many other
psychologists, I am introducing additional
factors that are not included in the Freudian
system. What distinguishes cosmic cybernetic
theory is that it is a more radical departure
from the Freudian paradigm, and cosmic
cybernetic theory, like Freudian theory,
is testable and can be applied in practical
ways. Almost nothing in cosmic cybernetic
theory contradicts the insights of Freud
or other psychologists. Cosmic cybernetics
does place other psychological theories
and paradigms in a very different perspective. The
Cosmic Cybernetic View of the Human Condition Every
psychological model has a fundamental paradigm,
whether that paradigm is a psyche
consisting of the ego, id, and superego,
or whether it is a morphology of the psyche
that elaborates the various mythic dimensions
and archetypes contained within the psyche,
or any of the other paradigms of human consciousness.
Many of these psychological models are not
mutually exclusive, and we can embrace a
view of human consciousness that includes
features of Freud, Jung, Adler, Maslow, etc.
It would seem to me that anyone who reads
the works of the psychologists I just mentioned
with an open mind would be introduced to
new useful, helpful, and valid ideas. The
view of the human being from the standpoint
of cosmic cybernetics, without contradicting
most of the ideas presented by these important
psychologists, is that the human mind is
a receiver similar to a radio or television
that detects certain frequencies and responds
to them. For
example, consider a person "Jim".
As an infant Jim is kicking his legs and
screaming, and his parents change his diapers.
Jim seems to have little capacity for abstract
thought or for a very wide range of emotions.
Now let's fast-forward 40 years and we see
Jim solving math problems, or playing Beethoven
on the piano, or acting a part in a Shakespearean
drama. Jim is still the same person but he
is physically not recognizable from the way
he looked as an infant, and his emotional
and mental states are radically different
as well. Now let us imagine that Jim undergoes
hormone treatments and begins to grow breasts,
and perhaps Jim has also been castrated.
Jim is now much more feminine, so what is
it in Jim through all these changes from
infancy to adulthood, with changes in hormones,
physical nature, and the changes in thoughts
and feelings makes this being at age 50 years
and at age 1 year (or even 1 day) the same
Jim through all these changes? What
remains constant in Jim's psyche is arguably
none of his motivations, desires, thoughts,
or feelings. What is consistent is that
the same "radio receiver" is
operating. Jim is the receiver or channel
of these various thoughts and feelings.
Note that we do not know where thought
comes from. Is thought emanated from brain
cells in a similar way to the way that
smoke is generated by a fire? Do hormones
create emotions or do they change the nature
of the emotions? I am suggesting that it
is more helpful and useful for psychological
analysis and the understanding of the human
condition to think of thoughts and feelings
as existing in some "thought world" or "feeling
world" distinct from our brains and
our hormones and that thoughts and feelings
may or may not occupy physical space. Human
beings and many other animals are capable
of receiving mental and emotional signals.
A
musical instrument creates sound when moving
air moves through it, or the strings
are plucked, etc. The musical instrument
is not a unique item capable of producing
sound. Sound is the result of matter
vibrating and interpreted by our ears and
minds as
sound. An even better analogy is the
radio or television that receives and interprets
electromagnetic radiation and produces
images and/or sounds. Our brain receives
and interprets thoughts and feelings
but
does not generate them. Combined with
our will or volition we may creatively
generate
new thoughts and feelings from the signals
we receive. When
we try to reify or objectify
who we are, it becomes very difficult to
imagine
what this object or "thing" is
that is at the center of human consciousness.
When we are introspective, what is it that
we are looking at? If someone asks me if
I am a happy person, or if I have a melancholic
disposition, how is that I look inside to
answer this question. If I take a personality
inventory and I am asked a number of other
questions regarding my nature, how do I identify
the correct answer. I believe that what I
do is I remember my most common mental and
emotional states and based on this quick
inventory of my memory, I select an appropriate
response. For example, if I asked if I am
religious, I think of the fact that I go
to church on Sundays, that I am a firm believer
in my faith, that I have deep feelings of
peace and contentment when I pray, and I
answer "Yes" to the question about
whether I am religious. On a Likert scale
with 5 levels I am likely to select “very
religious”. I do not actually see or
sense some object or thing inside myself.
I do not do this because there is no object
or thing inside myself. I am a consciousness
that "picks up frequencies" of
thought and feeling, so to speak. I can also
become identified or feel at one with the
thoughts and feelings. I can become so in
tune with the process of playing tennis that
I embody the essence of tennis, with a swift
and deft backhand swing, etc. I can immerse
myself in playing a musical instrument and
be taken away with the music. In these cases,
I have synchronized my thoughts and feelings
with the energies and frequencies that I
have chosen to synchronize with. Cosmic cybernetics is not the only philosophical
paradigm that embraces this view of the human
condition, nor is it the first philosophy
or psychology to embrace this view. Also,
as mentioned above, this view of the human
mind and emotions does not contradict Freudian
theory. Note that, as Freud pointed out,
I can have an awareness that is not registered
consciously. I can have memories that are
deeply imprinted and can be repressed. Freudian
theory and most other psychological theories
are compatible with the view of human consciousness
proposed by cosmic cybernetics. This view
of the human psyche simply provides a different
perspective on the essential nature of what
the human psyche is, and places the other
theories within the context of this overall
paradigm and perspective on the human condition. One of the innovations and discoveries of
cosmic cybernetics is that an understanding
of many of the frequencies which the human
psyche responds to have been identified and
articulated. Cosmic cybernetics is not just
a philosophy or abstract idea. Cosmic cybernetics
is an emerging new science with measurable
results and practical applications. A physical
basis for the transmission of these frequencies
has been identified. This feature of cosmic
cybernetics is also perhaps the most controversial
and radical of its features. A physical basis of these frequencies (there
may be others that are as yet unidentified)
is in celestial cyclic processes. The human
brain is capable of responding to the frequencies
established through the arrangement of relatively
dense matter. In other words, planetary positions
and other celestial behavior regulate the
way in which our human minds think and feel
by establishing frequencies that our mental
and emotional antenna respond to. In affecting
our thoughts and feelings, our personalities
and behaviors are also indirectly affected
through the medium of our thoughts and feelings
as well. The
Eclipsing of Astrology by Cosmic Cybernetics The idea that planetary positions and other
celestial events correlate with human personality
and behavior is a tenant of astrology. According
to historians, astrology as we know it was
born several centuries before the Christian
era in a hybridization of Hellenistic rational
analysis and Babylonian omenology. Astrology
persisted with ups and downs in virtually
all civilizations and continues today, despite
the fact that there are no clearly conclusive
and replicable studies that support the idea
of astrology and despite the fact that Gallup
polls and other studies show that the majority
of people, especially educated people, regard
astrology as a pseudoscience.3 In the 20th century there were a number
of innovations in astrological thinking,
and some of these innovations identified
a new set of celestial variables that have
a more consistent mathematical foundation
than the ancient astrological rules. Among
these innovations are the theories of cosmbiology
by Reinhold Ebertin and harmonic astrology
by John Addey. These innovations are very
different from the ancient astrological theories
and do not involve the use of the popular
zodiac signs or the use of astrological houses,
rulerships, and most other ancient astrological
concepts. Instead, an elegant mathematical
model is used for determining patterns. Over
the past 30 years the author has worked extensively
with these alternative systems and recent
research shows promise that these celestial
events can be correlated with various kinds
of behavior in repeatable experimental studies. This new discipline is referred to by the
author as cosmic cybernetics rather than
astrology because (a) the concepts used are
very different from the vast majority of
concepts used in the ancient field of astrology,
and (b) unlike traditional astrological ideas,
cosmic cybernetic ideas show great promise
of being validated through research. Based
on the body of astrological research to date
and on a massive amount of personal anecdotal
evidence, the author doubts that the traditional
astrological systems are capable of being
objectively validated. Recent studies in
cosmic cybernetics, on the other hand, show
great promise of being replicable and of
gradually evolving into a large body of scientific
literature with many practical applications.
Many astrologers may disagree with my view,
but nevertheless the fact that astrological
theory has yet to be verified with replicable
research results should be sufficient reason
to distinguish any new research that does
confirm that celestial influences have a
direct impact on human personality, thoughts,
feelings, and behavior. To distinguish the
ideas which have show great promise of being
validated through research from the mass
of unsupported and sometimes superstitious
beliefs, the term cosmic cybernetics is used
to identify the more scientific areas of
study. A brief review of some studies in
cosmic cybernetics is given later in this
paper. Astrology
is likely to continue to be pursued by
people even though astrology is not supported
through scientific research. Astrology may
have meaning, significance, and relevance
of a non-scientific kind. There are many
astrologers who support this point of view.
For example, the book The Moment of Astrology
by Geoffrey Cornelius is an exhaustive account
of the status of astrology throughout history,
and a very strong case is made for astrology
functioning more as a divinatory practice
with a non-scientific validity and importance.
This may be true, but the value of astrology
is then much more ephemeral than that of
cosmic cybernetics. As we shall see below,
cosmic cybernetics is not only compatible
with the scientific paradigm, it also offers
very real new philosophical perspectives
that have direct bearing on psychology and
attitudes and appreciation of culture and
social phenomena. Cosmic cybernetics is directly
relevant and applicable to the problems,
issues, and situations that social scientists,
historians, anthropologists, and even physicists
grapple with. For the most part, astrology
does not address these issues in a manner
conducive to academic inquiry because it
remains an ocean of anecdotal evidence without
a clear foundation or set of principles.
Cosmic cybernetics supercedes astrology and
forces astrology into the background. Astrology
may not disappear but it is overshadowed
by the more comprehensive, scientific, and
relevant methods and applications of cosmic
cybernetics. If traditional astrological principles become
scientifically validated, then cosmic cybernetics
will absorb into itself ideas that lack the
mathematical elegance of current cosmic cybernetic
theory. In other words cosmic cybernetics
would then include ideas and concepts from
the ancient astrological tradition which
do not have as clear and direct relationship
to modern physics and mathematics as cosmic
cybernetics does. For the present, however,
cosmic cybernetics consists only of ideas
with a more formal and elegant mathematical
model than traditional astrological ideas
have. The idea that celestial phenomena regulate
our thoughts and feelings can arouse the
wrath and indignation of scientists. From
the signing of a document that denounces
astrology by 186 leading scientists in the
19755 to the Gallup Poll and other studies
that show that the vast majority of highly
educated people regard astrology as lacking
any validity, introducing a concept that
has some overlap with astrological principles
may be very unwelcome to many members of
the academic community. The premise of cosmic
cybernetics seems absurd and it has roots
in ancient superstitions and failed protosciences. However, apparent absurdity is not sufficient
grounds to dismiss a theory. The heliocentric
view was slow to gain acceptance partly because
it is absurd. Obviously the sky is circling
around us and if the Earth is moving, how
is that when I throw something up in the
air, it returns back to the same spot while
the Earth moves? Some implications of the
geocentric model of our solar system were
absurd at the time that the geocentric and
heliocentric models were being debated. Many
implications of quantum theory and relativity
theory are absurd, and we do not need to
summarize them here because most readers
are no doubt familiar with some of these
absurdities. To give just one example: if
one moves fast enough, i.e. close to the
speed of light, then time slows down and
one could dramatically stop one's own aging
process by simply getting a ride in an aircraft
capable of these speeds. Although it is obvious
that time and space are independent of each
other and speed of motion does not affect
time, this obvious notion is, in fact, false
according to the theories of modern physics. Very often science progresses by discovering
a formula or fact and then eventually developing
theories that better explain this fact. When
Kepler discovered the 3 laws of motion, it
was not clear why these formula work, but
later the work of Newton, Einstein, and others
helped elaborate a larger theoretical system
in which Kepler's laws of motion could be
understood in a larger context. Absurdity and science are not mutually exclusive,
as evidenced by quantum theory and the theory
of relativity. However, science does not
exist without replicable observations, and
the real test of cosmic cybernetics lies
in scientific testing of its claims. The Precedence Set by Hans Eysenck The highly celebrated 20th century psychologist
Hans Eysenck provides an example of an intelligent
and effective way for addressing the claims
of cosmic cybernetics. Eysenck tested the claims of astrology and
reported his results in the book Astrology,
Science or Superstition.6 Eysenck conducted
research with astrologer Jeff Mayo that produced
positive results for a correlation of Sun
signs with an extroversion-introversion scale.
At first Eysenck felt that strong support
for astrology had been obtained, but further
research demonstrated that the effect was
due to self-attribution; when people know
their Sun signs, they tend to believe that
they have the traits of those signs. When
the effects of self-attribution are removed,
there is no correlation of the personality
trait with Sun signs. However, Eysenck studied the astrological
research of Michel Gauquelin and concluded
that Gauquelin's research was sound and that
there are some astrological influences that
do affect human behavior. The psychologist
Suibert Ertel also came to the same conclusion.
However, the Gauquelin research is highly
controversial and is disputed by other scientists,
and cannot be considered indisputable validation
of astrology. Eysenck’s
view is simple: astrology is testable and
it should be tested! Eysenck
selected those astrological ideas which seemed
to off the most promise of being validated
and he tested them. With the recent advancements
of cosmic cybernetics, we should test the
validity of these ideas. Even negative results
could provide a very valuable social benefit;
once and for all, the tenets of astrology
can be shown to lack of objective validity.
This positive effect of the research has
already been evident. The failure of traditional
astrological ideas, such as zodiac signs,
to be validated through research, even has
many astrologers now believing that astrology
is a discipline incapable of scientific validation.
Those offshoots of astrological theory, such
as cosmic cybernetics, also need to be tested,
and if the results of further research produces
only negative results, this will help us
to see that even cosmic cybernetics lacks
objective validity, If, as I suspect, some
cosmic cybernetics research obtains replicable
positive results, then a very powerful new
technology with many practical applications
is forged, and the benefits are likely to
be enormous. The Scientific Evidence in Support of Cosmic
Cybernetics Using a very small subset of astrological
theories that are much more mathematical
than traditional astrological ideas, the
author and other researchers have developed
pilot studies and exploratory research with
very promising results. Conducting this research
without funds and with very limited resources
on weekends and evenings, this research has
found positive results that suggest that
more elaborate and controlled research is
needed to determine whether hypotheses based
on cosmic cybernetic theories can be validated.
Hans Eysenck pointed out that astrological
theories are testable and verifiable. The
worst case scenario is that the theories
of astrology and cosmic cybernetics would
fail to be supported by research and this
would confirm what the skeptics have long
believed: that astrology, and even cosmic
cybernetics, are fallacious. With an enormous
amount of time and money invested annually
in astrological services, this finding would
give the support needed to control the growth
of astrology. Just as research into cigarette
smoking has determined that smoking does
raise one's susceptibility to lung cancer
and other diseases and consequently prohibition
of smoking in some public places, warning
labels, and improved advice from physicians
to their patients have been possible, so
would negative results in astrological research
help control an expensive and misguided interest
of a large segment of the population. However, I believe that although research
into Sun signs and other traditional astrological
ideas has failed to produce replicable results,
, my experience and involvement with cosmic
cybernetics makes me much more optimistic
that an extraordinary new technology is about
to be born as we pursue research into this
area. Let's briffly review some of the research
that causes me to have this rosy view of
the future of cosmic cybernetics. Michel
Gauquelin collected thousands of chart
data of distinguished professionals.
He obtained the birth data from the birth
registry in France so the data is directly
from birth records. Gauquelin obtained the
names of distinguished althletes, politicians,
scientists, artists, and others from books
like "Who's Who" and other reference
books that provide biographies of exceptional
people. Gauquelin obtained the birth data
of thousands of these exceptional data, and
he analyzed planetary positions at the time
they were born to see if there were celestial
configurations that occurred more often at
the time that these people were born. Gauquelin
found that the planet Mars occurred slightly
above the eastern horizon, below
the western horizon, slightly west of the
meridian plane above the horizon (slightly
west of the celestial MC) and slightly east
of the meridian plane below the horizon (slightly
west of the celestial IC) more often in the
birth chars of athletes than can be expected
by chance. The effect was small but statistically
significant with a large group (a few thousand)
of athletes. Gauquelin found other planets
placed in these areas of the sky for other
professions. However, Gauquelin’s research
has been hotly debated, and some scientists
have found flaws and confounding variables
that they believe causes the research results
to be spurious. Gauquelin’s
research is based on a simple measurement
of planetary positions
in their diurnal motion through the sky.
I have applied the concepts of cosmic tapestry
to astrological research to obtain what I
believe is much more promising results than
were obtained by Gauquelin. In one research project I obtained the Gauquelin
database of charts, i.e. the birth data that
Gauquelin used in his studies, and I analyzed
the charts to see if basic harmonic patterns
existed in the data that can distinguish
between four different professional groups.
By analyzing various harmonic patterns in
the data I found that the following harmonic
aspects occurred frequently in the four professional
groups studied: Scientists: Sun-Sat, Mer-Sat, and Mar-Sat
in harmonics 14 or 28 In other words, Sun and Saturn tended to
be in 14th or 28th harmonic in the charts
of scientists, in 10th, 20th, or 40th harmonic
in the charts of painters, in 11th, 22nd,
and 44th harmonic in the charts of musicians,
and in 17th or 34th harmonic in the charts
of actors. A harmonic in this context can
be viewed as simply a fraction of the circle.
A fraction of 1/10 of a circle is 36 degrees,
2/10 is 72 degrees, 3/10 is 108 degrees,
etc. At the time that painters were born,
Sun and Saturn tended to be separated by
these angular distances more often than these
angular distances occurred between Sun and
Saturn at the times that scientists, musicians,
and actors were born. The possibility that such correlations could
exist may seem absurd, but the idea that
I can watch moving pictures in a box filled
with metal and plastic (television) or talk
to you from half way around the world through
a series of wires and other mechanisms (telephone)
is equally absurd. If televisions and telephones
did not exist, then certainly the belief
that they could exist would be considered
the ravings of an overactive imagination.
We should not discount cosmic cybernetics
because of the seeming absurdity of the relationships
proposed. Using the observations listed above, a formula
for combining all of these factors was created;
this formula is known as an AstroSignature.
Using computer software, a t-test was used
to analyze the differences in the AstroSignature
scores for the 4 professional groups and
the AstroSignatures were able to distinguish
the professional groups from each with a
statistical significance ranging from .01
to .05. For details of the research study,
you can read a detailed description of the
study at this website address: http://www.astrosoftware.com/DISCOVERY.HTM If
one searches through data randomly for
factors that correlate with a particular
sample group, one can find them. The AstroSignatures
created, however, were not randomly selected
bur rather are based on expectations developed
from previous research and a massive amount
of anecdotal evidence. The AstroSignatures
are simple and uniform and do not involve “cherry
picking” specific influences that are
not consistent with the model created. For
these reasons, the findings are very promising.
A next step of specifying a very unambiguous
and clear null hypothesis and replicating
the study would be a further step that can
be taken in the future to continue progress
in determining to what extent cosmic cybernetic
theory can be validated scientifically. Using similar cosmic cybernetic theories
a pilot study on mathematicians found statistically
significant results (http://www.astrosoftware.com/Proveast.htm),
and a study of gold prices obtained cosmic
cybernetic correlations with short term gold
prices (http://www.astrosoftware.com/goldforecast.htm). A thorough review of this research would
be very long and the websites cited above
can be referred to for those interested in
analyzing the research findings. Note that
the research results do not yet provide firm
support for cosmic cybernetics. The research
provides very promising results, and further
research is needed. Scientific research typically
is a slow process and therefore an expensive
process. Because research in cosmic cybernetics
typically is undertaken by individuals in
their spare time without public support,
and because there are very few people engaged
in this research, progress in the research
is much slower than it otherwise would be. Planet Mandalas and a New Kind of Science As
the planets orbit the Sun in elliptical
paths, we can also draw their orbits as seen
from the Earth’s point of view. Doing
this makes sense because as we live on Earth
we experience a kind of optical illusion
that gives the appearance of the planets
and other celestial objects rotating around
us instead of rotating around the Sun. This
illusion is so strong that it was not until
the 17th century that the heliocentric model
of our solar system was demonstrated to be
the accurate model and the geocentric model
is incorrect. In
Kepler’s monumental work Astronomia
Nova (The New Astronomy) in 1609 Kepler described
his intensive work that gradually resulted
in his discovery of the elliptical orbits
of planes the laws of planetary motion. In
this book he also has a drawing of the orbit
of Mars from the Earth’s point of view.
Here
is the diagram from Kepler’s
book: Shown
below is a diagram of the geocentric
orbital path of Mars produced with modern
computer software called Sirius: As
you can see, Kepler’s image is
extremely accurate. Note that these
diagrams show the
actual path of Mars as seen geocentrically.
When Mars is opposition the Sun it is physically
much closer to Earth than when Mars is
conjunct the Sun. By holding the Earth
stationary
and plotting the motion of Mars we obtain
the diagram shown above. Even more intriguing
is the path of Venus, which produces a
more symmetrical and easily identifiable
5-petaled
shape. The
diagram shown below is the path of
Venus and the changes in color reflect
the position of Venus in the 3rd dimension
of space, i.e. how far Venus has moved
up or down by a relatively small
amount
within
the approximate plane of its orbit. By plotting the daily positions of two planets
over a period of time from a few months to
many years, and drawing a line to connect
the daily positions, very intriguing shapes
are produced. The
one shown below is the paths
of Mercury and Venus starting on January
1, 1900 and continuing for 400 days. Again,
the colors indicate the positions in the
third dimension, the z value of the rectangular
coordinates of the planets. The shape may look like a very clever drawing
of a bird with feathery scrolls, and overall
very delicate and elegant composition reminding
us of perhaps a modern Japanese style,
but in fact the image is simply the positions
of Mercury and Venus plotted for 400 days! There are many hundreds of intriguing and
fascinating shapes with a wide variety of
visual effects that can be shown, but our
main topic for this paper is how cosmic cybernetics
can explain how culture develops, and we
will not labor further on the details of
these fascinating images. These images are
known as planet mandalas. Also, fascinating
is to watch the images being drawn in a kind
of time-lapse speeded up presentation of
planetary motions. There is one image that
is referred to in the software used to produce
these images (Sirius
software, which is described
at www.AstroSoftware.com) as Shiva dance
because the image looks to some pople like
a rotating and dancing ancient mythical creature
or goddess. Planet mandalas may simply be a curious
phenomenon with no practical value or applications
other than perhaps to engender aesthetic
and artistic appreciation for the viewers
of these images. However, there is a powerful
new movement in physics that has an interesting
parallel with the recent discovery of planet
mandalas: the new kind of physics of Stephen
Wolfram. Stephen
Wolfram’s book, A New Kind
of Science, introduces
a new perspective on how many natural functions
and processes
operate. Wolfram speaks with considerable
authority. His achievements, honors, and
his precocious discoveries in physics are
simply extraordinary. Central to Wolfram’s
thesis is that simple iterative (repetitive
processes that loop back with results from
the previous calculation) processes produce
surprisingly complex results, and these complex
results are evident in some of the complex
forms and functions that we experience in
our lives, whether these manifest in areas
of biology, economics, art, or physics. Wolfram points out that previous to his
work, one expected the explanation for a
complex system to be very complex as well,
but simple iterative processes produce forms
that are surprisingly complex. The complex
forms produced by a simple iterative process
cannot always be predicted. One must simply
run the iterative process on a computer and
see the results. Even to a genius in the
field of mathematics and physics such as
Wolfram is often startled by the resulting
patterns produced by iterative processes. While
reading the book A New Kind of Science,
I repeatedly wondered how and where the iterative
processes that Wolfram supposes generate
complex systems exist. Cell division and
growth patterns are possibilities. One relatively
unexplored “generator” or “engine” that
involves an iterative process are the motions
of planets. Planets travel on their paths
in a seemingly endless cycles and arrange
themselves in various configurations, as
noted by astrologers throughout the ages.
Although astrology has failed thus far to
produce any scientifically verifiable results
and even some astrologers see astrological
processes as existing outside the realm of
science, it is possible that there is some
unnoticed relationship between planetary
positions and terrestrial behavior because
the mechanism through which this relationship
operates may lie largely outside the domain
of both astrologers and scientists. Stephen
Wolfram’s work involves discrete
automata and planet mandalas involve the
analysis of elliptical orbits. The two processes
are different but similar in many respects.
Both processes are simple and both are processes
are iterative. In both cases complex and
beautiful patterns are produced. Many times
in history parallel or similar discoveries
are made at similar times. We can note the
discovery of calculus by Leibniz and Newton
around the same time, etc. and many other
examples. It is possible that the new work
on planet mandalas by Mark Pottenger and
myself simultaneously with Wolfram’s
discovery of a new kind of science, demonstrate
similar principles at work. After
reading Wolfram’s book in the
summer of 2007, I immediately set to work
programming planet mandalas. I e-mailed Mark
Pottenger, who sent me very helpful detailed
technical information on how he generates
the planet mandalas. I was sometimes almost
shocked and stunned by the resulting complex
and beautiful images. At times I felt riveted
by a compelling and powerful fascination
with a world that seemed to be appearing
before me. I felt as if what I was seeing
was a small echo emanating from the momentous
discovery of Kepler and a bridge was being
built between Wolfram’s work and Kepler’s
most extraordinary discovery of laws of planetary
motion. Poetic fantasy? Wishful thinking?
Egotism? Future research and analysis may
let us know if planet mandalas shall remain
an intriguing bit of artwork only, or also
be a stepping stone towards a more comprehensive
understanding of our world. Scientific understanding
and inquiry is not only an exploration into
what we know, but also of what we do not
know. Planet mandalas do not need to provide
a direct mechanism for the evolutionary development
of life forms on earth or to provide any
other significance other than their own fascinating
beauty to be important. However, the development of scientific support
for cosmic cybernetics in the studies described
earlier in this paper, the introduction of
the new kind of physics of Stephen Wolfram,
and the rediscovery of planet mandalas and
the recent new developments in the depiction
of planet mandalas simultaneously may indicate
a synergistic movement towards a new understanding
of the human being as being enmeshed in a
cosmic environment that is directly relevant
and important to the human condition, and
specifically affects the way in which a person
thinks and feels. Searching for Answers in Physics There is a relationship between physics
and cosmic cybernetics but the relationship
has not yet been clearly articulated. In
cosmic cybernetics we view planetary positions
as being points at the peak of waves as if
planetary positions are able to generate
waves that are analogous, but different from,
electromagnetic waves. Extrapolating the
concept of wave theory to the context of
planetary positions seems like a very big
jump, a jump so big as to perhaps seem ludicrous. However,
large aggregates of matter is very rare.
When I refer to matter, I am referring
to it in our common meaning as a solid, liquid,
or gas. Most of the universe is devoid of
matter, and especially large aggregates of
matter such as we find in a planet or star,
for example. It may seem intuitively reasonable
that the “condensations” of vast
amounts of energy into solids, and liquid,
and gases which are separated by relatively
enormous amounts of space are “special” and
have some significance in establishing patterns
within the space in which the planets and
stars exist. I am speaking now in very general
and speculative ways because there is, as
far as I know, no reasonable explanation
for cosmic cybernetic influences within current
the theories of physics at this time. There
are only analogous concepts of waves, evolution
through iterative processes (as advocated
by Stephen Wolfram and others), a view of
the universe as an informational system,
and a view of the fundamental essence of
the universe as being patterns. Consider, for example, this statement by
physicist and inventor Ray Kurzweil: Norbert Weiner heralded a fundamental change
in focus from energy to information in his
1948 book Cybernetics, and suggested that
the transformation of information, not energy,
was the fundamental building block for the
Universe. If transformation of information is the
fundamental building block of the Universe,
then we might think that nature may be very
efficient, rather than highly inefficient,
and use the placement of the relatively rare
planets, stars, and other celestial objects
as nodes or points for transferring information.
Again, we are making a very large leap from
a general conceptual model, but the positive
results of the research in cosmic cybernetics
indicates that such a leap may not be as
large as we might otherwise think that it
is. In
the same article quoted above, Wolfram
is discussing his views of Wolfram’s
book A New Kind of Science and Kurzweil articulates
his own view of the essential basis of the
universe, and this statement sounds even
closer to cosmic cybernetics than the views
of Weiner and Fredkin: …My own philosophy is that of a "patternist," which
one might consider appropriate for a pattern
recognition scientist. In my view, the fundamental
reality in the world is not stuff, but patterns. If I ask the question, 'Who am I?'
I could conclude that, perhaps
I am this stuff here,
i.e., the ordered and chaotic collection
of molecules that comprise my body and
brain. However, the specific set of particles
that comprise my body and brain
are completely
different from the atoms and molecules
than comprised me only a short
while (on the order
of weeks) ago. We know that most of
our cells are turned over in a
matter of weeks. Even
those that persist longer (e.g., neurons)
nonetheless change their component
molecules in a matter of weeks. So I am a completely different set
of stuff than I was a month ago. All
that persists
is the pattern of organization of that
stuff. The pattern changes also, but
slowly and
in a continuum from my past self. From
this perspective I am rather like the
pattern
that water makes in a stream as it
rushes past the rocks in its path.
The actual molecules
(of water) change every millisecond,
but the pattern persists for hours
or even years. It is patterns (e.g., people, ideas)
that persist, and in my view
constitute the
foundation of what fundamentally exists. Perhaps
it is a bit hyperbolic to go a step further
and state that energy and matter
exist solely for the purpose of supporting
patterns. In any case, patterns are fundamental
according to Kurzweil, and it may be that
nature is far more efficient, integrated,
and elegant in the way that she creates,
supports, and maintains patterns than we
had previously thought, and that, for example,
the positions of celestial objects are “used” to
sustain patterns. The gorgeous planet mandalas,
therefore, do not seem like coincidences
that just happen to be created by celestial
motions, but rather as nodes in an informational
network designed to create these patterns. At this point in time we have not identified
a direct connection between the forms we
see on Earth to the forms presented in the
celestial phenomena. We can see feathery
shapes, heart shapes, and many familiar designs
that look like leaves, plants, and other
familiar objects in nature, but we have not
yet found a direct causal relationship and
it is possible that there is no direct causal
relationship between planet mandalas and
the formations of the natural world on Earth. However, there is strong evidence that there
is a direct causal relationship between celestial
objects and terrestrial behavior through
the research summarized above as well as
other research not included in the above
very brief summary of research studies. Through the work of Wolfram, Kurzweil, and
others on cutting edge theory in physics,
and the fundamental principles of physics
that emphasize electromagnetic waves, the
absurdity of some of the practical implications
of quantum theory and relativity theory,
we can see that cosmic cybernetics is not
as foreign to modern scientific thinking
as it was to the scientific thinking of 100
or 200 years ago. There is still a very large
gap between the tenets of cosmic cybernetics
and current theories in physics in that even
the latest developments in physics do not
directly imply the validity of cosmic cybernetics
nor can they flawlessly incorporate cosmic
cybernetics into their paradigm, but the
gaps appear to be becoming small every day
and if continued research in cosmic cybernetics
continues to produce positive results, then,
very amazingly, cosmic cybernetics may make
contributions to the understanding of physics
as well as to psychology, sociology, and
history. First Order and Second Order Harmonics,
and the Development of Culture From
the early 1970’s to the dawning
of the 21st century I have worked regularly
in the field of astrology and cosmic cybernetics,
collecting a massive amount of anecdotal
evidence which appears to indicate the validity
of cosmic cybernetic theories. Around the
year 2000 I conducted the research described
above, and also a cosmic cybernetic theory
of cultural development began to unfold. This
theory of cultural development is based
on a concept of first order and second order
harmonics. First order harmonics are mostly
harmonics based on prime numbers or what
I refer to as octaves of prime numbers. An “octave
harmonic” is created by doubling a
harmonic, just as halving the length of a
string causes the frequency to double and
the note to go up by one octave. The harmonics
1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, etc. are octaves
of 1 and are the basic driving forces. Octaves
of 3 (3, 6, 12, 24, etc.) are more gentle,
Octaves of 5 (5, 10, 20, 40) are creative
and playful, octaves of 7 are introverted,
quiet, abstract, and inclined to symbolism,
and octaves of 9 are healing, integrating,
and create a sense of wholeness. The number
9 is equal to 3 times 3 of course, and therefore
is not a prime number but in cosmic cybernetics
appears to behave similar to a prime number. The various harmonics are similar to different
colors, or musical notes, but perhaps the
analogy to color is better because of the
obviously different impact that different
colors have on us. Few of us are going to
paint our houses bright fire engine red,
for example. There is no reason why a concept
of frequencies which is valid within the
context of the electromagnetic spectrum can
be extrapolated to an analysis of planetary
positions. We have no theory or reason to
make this extrapolation, but people have
deduced this by assuming that there is some
nugget of truth in some astrological beliefs
and unraveling what that truth might be.
The astrologer John Addey is responsible
for much of this advancement in knowledge
and Addey developed the field of harmonic
astrology12, which is a major component of
cosmic cybernetics. While octaves of 1 are a kind of fundamental
yang force, octaves of 3 are a kind of fundamental
yin force, and octaves of 5 are playful and
creative, octaves of 7 are introverted and
abstract, and octaves of 9 are healing and
integrating, an octave that is a multiple
of these numbers is what I call a second
order harmonic and provides a more complex
function built upon the fundamental and simple
functions of the prime number harmonics.
The first order harmonics provide key ingredients
in the development of an individual, and
second order harmonics are key ingredients
in the development of culture and the cultural
disposition of an individual. The ideas being presented here were developed
by a study of astrology, anecdotal evidence
from the study of many thousands of birth
charts, and seeking a coherent and more scientific
model for understanding how cosmic cybernetic
influences affect human behavior. Some of the key harmonics that influence
cultural development are: 35: High art and artistic sophistication.
Mature and abstract creativity. 45: A sense of paradise or utopia, like
angels playing harps on clouds, a Thomas
Kincaid painting, or a colorful picture of
Krishna playing his flute 63: The disciplining and training of children.
The importance of ritual and regularity 25: Creative genius. Entertainment, very
creative artistic expression, curiosity,
and playfulness. 49: Great abstractions in art and science.
Abstract art, mathematics and other deep,
ponderous, highly abstract interests. 27 and 81: Spiritual enlightenment, going
to heaven, becoming a saint, reaching perfection.
Finding peace and bringing an end to war
and hatred. The love of Mozart and Renoir is not simply
an effect from the sublimation of primal
instinctual needs to more refined avenues,
with a consequent emphasis on the intellectual
and abstract reasoning powers of the human
mind. The love of Mozart and Renoir is built
into the very fabric of our human condition.
Our impulses, drives, and desires are not
rooted only in biological processes but also
in a spectrum of cosmic cybernetic frequencies
that impel us to emulate the beautiful designs
formed by the geocentric movements of the
planets. As physicists Stephen Wolfram and
Raymond Kurzweil point out, form-building
is an inherent fundamental basis of physics.
Planetary motions build forms and intricate
patterns that humans instinctually emulate
in ritualistic dances, woven into patterns
of clothing, enshrined in religious mandalas,
portrayed in beautiful English gardens and
beautiful architecture. Something as simple
as putting a brick walkway in a suburban
backyard is an enactment of this form-building
that results in curving patterns that reflect
the gorgeous curving designs of planetary
mandalas. When
we teach children to say “thank
you”, to be less selfish, to practice
the piano, and be aware of the social context
of their lives, we are attuning the child’s
attention to processes that are not primal,
biological urges. This instruction is not
simply to force some restriction on what
otherwise are rather brutish and bestial
impulses of the id but rather a natural process
of attuning one’s consciousness to
the wonder and awesome mystery of cosmic
frequencies which are available to us. Human
evolution is not so much about survival of
the fittest and acquiring the most in order
to be king of a mountain as much as it is
about complementing the personal needs of
a person with the much larger and grander
world of awareness available to us through
attunement to cosmic frequencies that inspire
and elevate us. The fundamentals of Freudian theory are
valid. The tensions that result from repressed
instinctual needs and the consequent hysterical
behavior, neuroses, psychoses, sublimations,
and projections are processes that Freud
discovered, articulated, and applied for
the practical benefit of his patients. However,
Freudian theory is a small subset of the
issues and motivations that impact the human
being. Similarly,
biological evolution as described by Darwin
is very well documented. However,
resistance to Darwin’s theories continues
to this day because many people intuitively
sense that Darwinian thinking is incomplete
and a result of this incomplete theory is
that it constrains and limits us to a definition
of ourselves circumscribed by this biological
process. It seems we are little more than
the highest form of animals. As I have read
on bumper stickers we come to think of ourselves
as the most advanced animals and “I
did not climb to the top of the food chain
to eat only vegetables”. Vegetarianism
aside, this Darwinian view of man is limiting.
People have had to seek for intangible support
for an alternative through a religious or
spiritual perspective that lacks any clear
grounding in science in order to “supplement” Darwinian
theory. With the emerging new science of
cosmic cybernetics, we discover what Darwin
and Freud did not know: there are processes
operating outside of our biological systems
that tremendously impact our human experience
and who we are. These processes are the raw
material that build culture, vision, and
creativity. Virtually every culture has a distinction
of high art and common or popular art. High
art is more complex, more abstract, more
intellectual, more ponderous, and more finely
nuanced than popular art. Is this distinction
simply a result of continued sublimation
of primal instinctual needs until it evolves
into this elegance? What propels sublimation
to these lofty heights? What then is the
real value of high culture when primal instinctual
needs have already been sufficiently harnessed
to prevent us from killing one another and
engaging in sexual relationships to a point
where we are all from sexually transmitted
diseases? The answer is that the 35th harmonic,
a fundamental frequency that our human radios
attune to, a simple and direct building block
from two very simple and fundamental frequencies
of 5 and 7, builds culture and the desire
for high culture. High culture is not simply
highly evolved sublimation. High culture
is an impulse of the universe through the
cosmic cybernetic tapestry of frequencies
in which we live. With the development of cosmic tapestry,
Mozart and Renoir, English gardens and fine
tapestries, and even Sunday afternoon classical
music performances in the courtyard take
on a new level of importance and significance.
No longer dispensable accoutrements of the
indulgently wealthy, they are the finest
expressions of second order harmonics and
represent the natural evolution and a means
to meet some of the most fundamental needs
of a human being. Other second order harmonics fulfill other
needs. The 25th harmonic is an expression
of great creativity, which we find expressed
in very progressive art in our museums and
music in our concert halls. The 49th harmonic
is expressed through extreme abstract understanding
and we see them expressed very clearly in
mathematics and physics, with people like
Einstein and Max Planck as examples of its
highest manifestation. The 45th harmonic
creates the sense of paradise or Utopia as
a dream or vision for our future. From a
Thomas Kincaid painting to any other dream
of paradise, the 45th harmonic works its
spell on us; the simple, even childish appreciation
of an ultimate playful and creative world
of peace and tranquility. The 63rd harmonic
is expressed in parenting, training, and
is expressed clearly as the director, the
coach, and the guide. The coach of the team
holds a special place in our hearts. The concept of second-order harmonics as
a foundation of culture is built upon a huge
amount of anecdotal evidence that is gradually
becoming supported by quantitative research
studies that support the validity of cosmic
cybernetics as a valid phenomenon and valid
process in our lives. Richard
Tarnas, a professor and Harvard graduate,
created controversy with his recent
book Cosmos and Psychs8 in which he correlates
historical cycles, changes in fashions and
trends with fundamental cosmic cycles, i.e.
planetary cycles. Not only are Tarnas’s
academic credentials impressive, but the
scope of his study is impressive, and this
book follows his previous work, The Passion
of the Western Mind9, a non-astrological
study of historical cycles in western culture
with extraordinary eloquence and clarity,
and consequently has become widely read and
a required text in some college courses.
In personal communicate with Dr. Tarnas he
has expressed interest and optimism that
the more intricate mathematical analysis
provided by cosmic cybernetics will prove
to be very valuable. As he stated, some of
the evidence from cosmic cybernetics is compelling.
Tarnas’s work is necessarily basic
in order to outline some basic themes. We
are at the beginning of a new field of inquiry,
a new discipline with staggering potential,
and we are just beginning to construct the
fundamental principles. Lunar Zodiacs and Their Corresponding Cultures Applying this cosmic cybernetic theory of
cultural development to our understanding
of various cultures leads to new insights
and understandings and also to many extraordinary
coincidences. Consider, for example, the use of lunar
zodiacs in various cultures. While most of
us are very familiar with the 12 zodiac signs
that appear in our daily newspaper horoscope
columns, in the Middle East a system of 28
zodiac signs has been extensively used, and
in India a system of 27 zodiac sign is still
used today. These systems of 27 and 28 zodiac
signs have very different images from the
12 zodiac signs that we are familiar with.
These zodiacs of 27 and 28 zodiac signs are
sometimes referred to as lunar zodiacs because
the Moon goes through one of these signs
in approximately one day. If we think of the number 27 in terms of
a harmonic or wave form, it is 3 cubed, or
9 times three. The number 28, on the other
hand, is 7 times 4. A cosmic cybernetic wave
of 9 times 3 emphasizes wholeness, acceptance,
a world family, and peace. A cosmic cybernetic
wave of 7 times 4 emphasizes achieving highly
abstract, inner goals. In India we find a
cultural emphasis on wholeness and the Hindu
goals of nirvana, while in the Middle East
the Islamic rituals of praying 5 times daily,
the highly disciplined and conservative life
style, the immersion in ancient tradition,
and a culture that introduced algebra and
other achievements in mathematics, and held
the light of knowledge and study during the
Middle Ages while much of Europe was constrained
by a feudal system, plagues, etc. The mythology, beliefs, and interests of
people are a kind of selective perception
where we focus on particular realities and
particular cosmic cybernetic frequencies
and build our culture around them. This selective
perception is very valuable because, just
as an individual cannot simultaneously become
a pianist, doctor, engineer, parent, and
athlete, we make decisions and focus our
attention on particular interests so we can
succeed with them and make advancements,
a culture has its own selective perception
and focus. The article at http://astrosoftware.com/Enlightenment.htm
explores the mythological and cosmic cybernetic
relationship of the number 108 to Asian religion
and philosophy. We find that cosmic cybernetics
adds a new dimension to our understanding
of religion, philosophy, and mythology. Mythological
archetypes embody basic human needs. The
hero is the embodiment of our path in life,
and the obstacles and struggles that the
hero meets reflect our own struggles, the
universal struggles that every person faces.
An understanding of cosmic cybernetics reveals
an intricate level of detail to many of the
beliefs, images, and details of the epic
stories that are overlooked without seeing
the influence of cosmic cybernetic frequencies
as motivating forces. Cosmic cybernetics, therefore, adds a new
dimension of understanding to many areas
of psychology, history, culture, and religion.
Very importantly, cosmic cybernetics is built
on scientific research and a grounding in
measurable physical reality, and it is this
grounding of cosmic cybernetics in a measurable
reality that gives cosmic cybernetics in
extraordinary vitality and importance. Elegance in Simple Cultures Another benefit of cosmic cybernetics is
that it leads to an understanding that is
more consonant with our observations. The
Darwinian and Freudian emphasis on biological
foundations of human development inclines
us to think of less developed civilizations
as perhaps more savage or elegant. We might
expect cultures that remain simple and have
not forced a sublimation of instinctual needs
into higher cultural expressions to enjoy
the unleashed primal needs, and be able to
fully enjoy their sexual needs and other
basic appetites. What we find in simple cultures however
is often quite different. Suppose you live
in a simple culture, without electricity
and the benefits of higher education, etc.
What do you do in this plain and simple existence?
In addition to fulfilling basic necessaities,
one of your priorities is likely to weave
beautiful patterns in clothing, to participate
in sophisticated ritualistic dances, and
play music that contains interesting melody
lines and harmonies that may go well beyond
the use of two or three major chords. The
popular music of highly developed civilizations
can be simpler than those of simpler cultures.
When Paul Simon made his Graceland album,
his journey to follow the roots of rock n'
roll down to the Mississippi delta and to
Africa brought him to a world of sensitive
and refined rhythms and harmonies, not to
a simple, unfettered, primal, and brutish
expression of eroticism, fears, and desires.
While Freud's observations regarding the
tensions between our more fundamental and
biologically based drives contrasts with
the rules and mores of civilizations is true,
this dynamic is less important and plays
a secondary role to the more fundamental
process of attunement to natural cosmic cybernetic
patterning and sophistication to which all
cultures are attuned. There is less difference between people
living in tribes in jungles and a well-dressed
business executive in one of our larger cities
than we might think. All people are participating
in expressions of the creative and sophisticated
cosmic cybernetic forces. When we enter small
villages in developed parts of the world,
we are more likely to be met with refinement,
courtesy, social elegance, and appreciation
of sophisticated expressions of art and intelligence
rather than be met by brutishness and courseness.
The reason for this is that these qualities
that we associate with high culture are accessible
to all people, and people in all cutlures
respond to the cosmic cybernetic frequencies
of the 25th, 35th, 45th, 49th, 63rd and other
second-order harmonics. Philosophical
Implications: Deflating a "Geocentric" Point
of View I want to underscore a point made earlier
because I think it is very important. An
implication of cosmic cybernetic theory is
that our personal evolution is intimately
connected with our ability to shift our personal
identification with our material beings,
i.e. our bodies and possessions, to our attention
on universal processes which we participate
in through our attunement to cosmic cybernetic
frequencies. Training
children to say "thank you",
to break down our self-centeredness is a
natural process of realizing that we are
part of a vast cosmic design and our own
gifts and talents are an expression of the
gifts the universe has bestowed upon us by
our place within the universal scheme. There is a positive reason and a positive
purpose to the development of social responsibility,
education, culture, intelligence, and art.
These phenomena are not merely extensions
of a redirected primal instinctual need;
these phenomena are as fundamental and primal
as instinctual needs are. Prior to the development
of cosmic cybernetics, many people have sensed
that this is true but cosmic cybernetics
provides the mechanisms through which this
happens. Also, cosmic cybernetics, like any
science, can develop practical applications
that are useful and helpful. Birth Chart of the Founder of a Religion The advancement of cosmic cybernetics depends,
more than anything else, on developing research
studies that produce positive results. As
pointed out earlier, this work is well underway
and I am very optimistic that a body of scientific
literature will develop to support cosmic
cybernetics. As scientific support for cosmic
cybernetics develops, we can begin to apply
cosmic cybernetic theory to many situations. While cosmic cybernetics is still not yet
unambiguously and definitively validated
through scientific research, the reader may
casually dismiss this entire paper as the
ravings of an overactive imagination. However,
as evidence in support of cosmic cybernetics
does grow, we can look at the ways in which
cosmic cybernetic influences have affected
leaders of cultural changes and consequently
affected social movements and the development
of culture. A birth chart is a map of planetary positions
at the time that a person or other entity
of interest is born. We do not understand
how the cosmic cybernetic effects are produced
and we do not know how people become imprinted
with the cosmic cybernetic influences that
are in effect at the time that they are born.
However, it appears from both the mass of
anecdotal evidence and more importantly from
the research study of the Gauquelin data
described above and other research, that
people are imprinted with the cosmic cybernetic
influences that are in effect at the time
that they are born. One example of this is the birth chart of
an elderly man who came from India to the
United States and in the last decade of his
life formed a religion with a million followers.
This person is know by his devotees as Srila
Prabhupada, the leader of the Hare Krishna
movement. Whatever we may think of the value
of the Hare Krishna movement or the validity
of its teachings, there is no doubt that
it has been a powerful cultural and religious
force in our lives. As expected, in the birth
chart of Srila Prabhupada we find an extraordinary
45th harmonic pattern involving the 5 planets
of Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune.
As we analyze the details of this extraordinary
pattern, we begin to see how this small and
seemingly insignificant man could lead a
powerful international movement with great
impact on cultural development. In
Martin Luther King’s birth chart
we see beautiful 9th harmonic and 27th harmonic
patterns that express his vision of a loving
community and how he was drawn to the influence
of Gandhi’s thinking and the path he
took to bring about civil rights. We
can explore how cosmic cybernetic influences
affect people who have had a dramatic influence
on the development of culture, but this anecdotal
evidence, while enlightening, is not convincing
for those who are justifiably skeptical of
the premise that cosmic cybernetics provides
information based on valid principles. Therefore,
I will not go into the details of Srila Prabhuapada’s
chart, or Martin Luther King’s birth
chart, or any number of other individual’s
who have influenced cultural developments
or the course of history, but I am mentioning
this concept now to give an idea of the enormous
scope of information and understanding that
cosmic cybernetics opens. All of these developments, however, are,
I believe, dependent on establishing a more
firm foundation for the scientific validity
of cosmic cybernetics, and that is where
the focus of most of my attention is at the
moment. As the scientific support grows,
we can explore the many applications of cosmic
cybernetics and the details of how cosmic
cybernetic influences affect individuals,
communities, cultures, and world affairs
with more precise tools and more assurance
that our studies are actually revealing new
insights rather than simply being victims
of a kind of mental illusion as we manipulate
these concepts. Fortunately, we have in our
modern times the computing power, statistical
methods, and research methodologies to distinguish
valid objective truth from personal beliefs,
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