Manifestations of Mind in Matter

Iebele Abel is a Dutch artist whose visual art and music is in dialogue with developments in consciousness research. This book presents a number of conversations about art, science and spirit as we come to terms with our new understanding based on modern science. Participants include Bob Jahn and Brenda Dunne, Roger Nelson, philosopher Hans Gerding, parapsychologist Dick Bierman and biophysicist Roeland van Wijk. This is already an indication of the scope of discussions across boundaries and these are based on perception, perspectives and thinking about these, for instance in terms of images and metaphors, forms and structures. In that sense, the metanarrative embraces these various fields and seeks out their commonality and ways in which we can expand our own understanding. The discussions are accompanied by illustrations of Abel's art is in a number of different styles. The questions raised about spirituality, consciousness, subjectivity, time, causality and coherence may not be susceptible to a full answer but these stimulating dialogues invite the reader to consider things from various points of view incorporating both scientific and artistic perspectives.