The Immutable Laws of the Akashic Field

This short book is the latest iteration of Ervin Laszlo's Akashic Field as a cosmic field in which all information and knowledge are interconnected and preserved. The concept is an updated formulation of an ancient idea and builds on David Bohm, among others. The first part explains three laws in terms of connectivity, memory and coherence, showing how these are embedded in quantum physics and evolutionary theory in ways that bring together science and spirituality – 'a domain of complex evolving systems, oriented by universal "in-formation".' Kingsley Dennis' comprehensive 40-page essay looks at life in the new planetary system that incorporates the latest technology, although I found his arguments on the optimistic side with respect to the deployment of surveillance and control mechanisms. I do accept, however, that there are trends towards increased connection, communication, decentralising, networking, consciousness, compassion and collaboration. The key question seems to be whether those currently in power and embodying a different set of C-values – competition, conflict, conquest, control and censorship – can be dislodged through grassroots activity. Our collective choice of values is absolutely critical, as are questions of human identity in relation to developing technology (p. 57). Open and informed debate around these issues is essential.

Maria Sagi draws on her experience of nonlocal healing to propose a wider approach to health that maintains harmony between body, mind and spirit, thereby enhancing our immune status and energetic coherence. Many readers will be familiar with the work of Chris Bache from his recent book and lecture, and here he contributes an illuminating essay on psychedelics-mediated Akashic experiences. He effectively offers a new epistemology and ontology based on deep inner knowing or gnosis, especially in S 19 – the Cosmic Tour where he experiences 'how consciousness manifests itself in separate forms while remaining unified.' He insists, rightly in my view, that this is a higher order of knowing that represents a quintessential insight into the nature of reality; also into Light as well as death and rebirth at every level. Such a proposition is not acceptable in terms of local realism, but is more plausible if one interprets the brain as a macroscopic quantum system capable of two modes of perception: direct-intuitive-nonlocal as well as sensory experience in terms of a perceptual-cognitive-symbolic mode. The book as a whole provides an accessible framework and guidance that can serve as a matrix for a regenerative and caring culture based on what Jean Houston calls the possible human.