Universal Intelligence
Universal Intelligence is a term used by some to describe what they see as organization, or order of the universe. It has been described as "the intrinsic tendency for things to self-organize and co-evolve into ever more complex, intricately interwoven and mutually compatible forms."
A general description necessarily includes descriptions of religious thinking and terminology. For example, it has been described as that which resides within or beyond nature -- from ecological wisdom to the Tao and "God's will".  While it includes concepts like self-organization, co-evolution, and co-intelligence, from a theological construct it isn't generally described as a personal "God" in the usual Judeo-Christian, monotheistic, sense, but an impersonal god in the pantheistic sense. This is a basic theological viewpoint in Vitalism, but the concepts are mutually exclusive (heretical).
In attempting to design an artificial machine intelligence, the term universal intelligence is a descriptive term based on a mathematical formula.
In chiropractic philosophy, it is used as the starting point as an "a priori" principle, "There is a universal intelligence in all matter continually giving to it its properties and actions, thus maintaining it in existence."

# Etymology
The term universal intelligence was possibly first used by the Greek philosopher Anaxagoras 450BC. "He introduced the idea of a Nous, the eternal mind, which transforms chaos into order and through it the material world comes into being."

# Modern usage
"Our ability, or even an insect's ability, to analyze hoards of always changing, almost random data coming to us at the speed of light is demonstration something magnificent is occurring within our minds. What this means is our conscious mind is in communication with a subconscious mind that already knows what to do. It also means the universe is in communication with our subconscious minds. The universe sends us information for which we must already know the meaning. Our intelligence contains the meaning of the universe. Universal intelligence is our intelligence."
"Judging from the universality of phenomena, the nature of such phenomena, and the logical necessity of an adequate cause therefor, it is assumed that there is a Universal Intelligence which is the governing power of nature. Everything which exists is, in its degree, a manifestation of an Intelligence which is superior to the individual's comprehension. This Intelligent Power is not found alone in the great crises such as the first appearance of life and the dawning of consciousness or mind, but in the whole continuous, purposeful process." 
"There is more to intelligence than human intelligence. Intelligence is a property of the universe and of all that is in it. Universal Intelligence is the intrinsic tendency for things to self-organize and co-evolve into ever more complex, intricately interwoven and mutually compatible forms. Our human intelligence is but one manifestation of that universal dynamic. The more we are conscious of universal intelligence and connect ourselves to it, the more intelligence (and wisdom) we will have to work with. One might also describe Universal Intelligence as the mind or will of God or Spirit."
Steven Dutch, Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay says:

# Use in artificial intelligence
There is a desire to create an "artificial intelligence" in a machine. In doing so the first problem is defining intelligence. "How can we hope to create artificial intelligence if we can't even say what intelligence is?!?!" To help make this distinction, a mathematical formula has been devised to standardize a universal intelligence for comparison among various machine intelligence systems, although its usefulness and ability to be calculated may be in question.
According to Ben Goertzel, Ph. D, "Since universal intelligence is only definable up to an arbitrary constant, it's of at best ~heuristic~ value in thinking about the constructure of real AI systems. In reality, different universally intelligent modules may be practically applicable to different types of problems." 

# Use in Chiropractic Philosophy
The term Universal Intelligence is used as a starting point in chiropractic philosophy.  In order to establish the existence of a Universal Intelligence, inductive reasoning is used, while the rest of chiropractic philosophy is deductive in nature. This concept is based upon the idea that organization bespeaks an intelligence, and thus, the order and organization of atoms, which are universal, bespeaks an intelligence of the universe. 
The concept of Universal Intelligence was first expounded upon by DD Palmer in his 1910 book, "The Chiropractor's Adjuster:" 
The first principle of chiropractic philosophy is called the Major Premise:
R. W. Stephenson, D.C., Ph. C., was the first to put chiropractic philosophy into a systematic and organized manner, which appeared in his 1927 publication, "Chiropractic Textbook:" 
B.J. Palmer wrote extensively on chiropractic and mentions universal intelligence numerous times:

## Religious implications
While it would be easy for someone who already believes in God to conclude that these early chiropractors were talking about God, they were not talking about a personal God in the usual Judeo-Christian, monotheistic, sense, but an impersonal god in a pantheistic sense, which is a basic theological viewpoint in Vitalism. The concepts are mutually exclusive (heretical) to practicing believers.
The comparison of Universal Intelligence to God is mentioned in various writings throughout the early chiropractic years.
Even while there are religious implications with Universal Intelligence, the most influential of the early chiropractors, BJ Palmer, had his doubts about various religious teachings and even criticized the Bible.
Interestingly, BJ Palmer also speaks of the division of religion and medicine, as seen by this quote.