Indra's net
Subtitle: alchemy and chaos theory as models for transformation
By: Robin Robertson.
Publisher: Theosophical Pub. House
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Wheaton, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9780835608626
Subjects: Chaotic behavior in systems
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: A history of alchemy and chaos theory; title: A short history of alchemy; title: Speeding up nature; title: Western alchemy; title: A short history of chaos theory; title: As above, so below; title: The computer changes everything; title: The old is new; title: As above, so below; title: Alchemy; title: Hermes Trismegistus and the Emerald tablet; title: The soul in Greek thought; title: Gnostic thought; title: Paracelsus; title: Chaos theory: fractals; title: Lessons for self-transformation; title: Feedback; title: Alchemy; title: The uroboros; title: Mandalas; title: Chaos theory: cybernetics; title: Lessons for self-transformation; title: Take apart, put together; title: Alchemy; title: Solutio and coagulatio; title: Raymond Lull's Ars magna; title: Chaos theory: bifurcations and attractors; title: Bifurcation diagram or logistics map; title: Attractors; title: Lessons for self-transformation; title: Cut into pieces; title: Wheels within wheels; title: Attractors; title: Chaos and emergence; title: Alchemy; title: The nigredo (chaos); title: The albedo; title: The rubedo; title: Chaos theory: chaos and emergence; title: Deterministic chaos; title: Emergence; title: Lessons for self-transformation; title: The philosopher's stone; title: Alchemy; title: Alchemical gold: health, wealth, and eternal life; title: Nicholas Flamel; title: The true philosopher's stone; title: Isaac Newton: the bridge between old and new; title: Chaos theory: autopoiesis; title: Chaos theory and the mind/body question; title: Autopoiesis; title: Lessons for self-transformation; title: Robin's polio; title: Joe's story; title: Indra's net.