Indra's Net Alchemy and Chaos Theory as Models for Transformation

by Robertson, Robin; Combs, Allan

• ISBN13: 9780835608626
• ISBN10: 083560862X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-06-30
• Publisher: Quest Books

Summary

"Somewhere in the celestial palace of the dancing god Indra, there hangs a fabulous net that spreads out boundlessly over the cosmos in every direction. The divine craftsman has so cleverly fashioned this net that at every knot there hangs a dazzling jewel, each one so brilliantly polished that it reflects all the others. As above, so below...."

Author Biography

Robin Robertson, Ph.D., clinical psychologist, is author of sixteen books, often on the relationship between Jungian psychology, science, and the arts.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
The Story of Alchemy and Chaos Theory	p. 9
A Short History of Alchemy	p. 9
A Short History of Chaos Theory	p. 15
The Old Is New	p. 20
As Above, So Below	p. 21
Alchemy	p. 21
Chaos Theory: Fractals	p. 32
Lessons for Self-Transformation	p. 39
Feedback	p. 43
Alchemy	p. 44
Chaos Theory: Cybernetics	p. 54
Lessons for Self-Transformation	p. 62
Take Apart, Put Together	p. 67
Alchemy	p. 67
Chaos Theory: Bifurcations and Attractors	p. 77
Lessons for Self-Transformation	p. 85
Chaos and Emergence	p. 89
Alchemy	p. 89
Chaos Theory: Chaos and Emergence	p. 102
Lessons for Self-Transformation	p. 113
The Philosopher's Stone	p. 119
Alchemy	p. 120
Isaac Newton: The Bridge between Old and New	p. 131
Chaos Theory: Autopoiesis	p. 134
Lessons for Self-Transformation	p. 140
Notes	p. 149
Bibliography	p. 163
Illustration Credits	p. 171
Index	p. 175
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