Ervin Laszlo - Science and the Akashic Field: An Integral Theory of Everything

For Christopher and Alexander, who continue to comprehend, connect, and co-createwith love

SCIENCE
and the Akashic Field

Ervin Laszlo presents readers with a tour de force, nothing less than a theory of everything. This book introduces such provocative concepts as the A-field and the informed universe, making the case that a complete understanding of reality is woefully lacking without them. Readers of this book will never view the universe in quite the same way again.

STANLEY KRIPPNER, PH.D.,
PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY, SAYBROOK GRADUATE SCHOOL, AND AUTHOR AND COEDITOR OFVARIETIES OF ANOMALOUS EXPERIENCE

Over the last 30 years, Ervin Laszlo has consistently been at the fore-front of scientific inquiry, exploring the frontiers of knowledge with insight, wisdom, and integrity. With Science and the Akashic Field he takes another quantum leap forward in our understanding of the universe and ourselves. This enthralling vision of mind, science, and universe is essential reading for the 21st century.

ALFONSO MONTUORI, PH.D.,
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF INTEGRAL STUDIES, AND AUTHOR OFCREATORS ON CREATING

It is rare indeed that a revolution in thought can open our eyes to a new universe that transforms our inner experience as well as our relationships with others and even with the cosmos. Martin Buber did it with I and Thou. Now, Ervin Laszlo, one of the most profound minds of our generation, has given us a great gift in this readable book that explores how we are connected to each other in fields of resonance that penetrate to the deepest levels of being.

ALLAN COMBS, PH.D.,
PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE, AND AUTHOR OFTHE RADIANCE OF BEING

If you ever wanted to hold the universe in your hand, pick up this book. You can hardly do better than join cosmologist Ervin Laszlo in the ultimate quest: for a theory of everything.

CHRISTIAN DE QUINCEY, PH.D.,
PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY, JOHN F. KENNEDY UNIVERSITY, EDITOR OF INSTITUTE OF NOETIC SCIENCES IONS REVIEW, AND AUTHOR OFRADICAL NATURE: REDISCOVERING THE SOUL OF MATTER

In this impressive and transformative work Laszlo brings the reader into an integral worldview for our time. The reader who encounters this book will be irrevocably transformed and will henceforth experience the world through a global lens.

ASHOK GANGADEAN, PH.D.,
PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY, HAVERFORD COLLEGE, FOUNDER-DIRECTOR OF THE GLOBAL DIALOGUE INSTITUTE, AND AUTHOR OFTHE AWAKENING OF THE GLOBAL MIND

In a visionary way based on profound knowledge of modern science, Laszlo creates a genuine architecture of human and cosmic evolution. He provides the bridge between all the different puzzle-stones of science and unifies them in a most remarkable and bold integral theory of everything.

FRITZ-ALBERT POPP, PH.D.,
DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS, AND EDITOR OFRECENT ADVANCES IN BIOPHOTON RESEARCH

This is one of the most important books to be published in the last decades. Ervin Laszlos Science and the Akashic Field has the power and coherence to explain the major phenomena of cosmos, life, and mind as they occur at the various levels of nature and society. In demonstrating that an information field is a fundamental factor in the universe, Ervin Laszlo catalyzes a radical paradigm-shift in the contemporary sciences.

IGNAZIO MASULLI, PH.D.,
PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA, ITALY, AND COAUTHOR OFTHE EVOLUTION OF COGNITIVE MAPS

Laszlos book opens the way toward a great synthesis. Whoever reads Laszlos book witnesses the greatest awakening of the human spirit. Not since Plato and Democritus has there been such a transformation in the history of thought!

LSZL GAZDAG, PH.D.,
PHYSICIST AND PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF PCS, HUNGARY, AND AUTHOR OFBEYOND THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY

In his admirable 40-year quest for an integral theory of everything, Laszlo has not restricted himself to physics but presented a coherent global hypothesis of connectivity between quantum, cosmos, life and consciousness. I cannot think of anyone else who is better prepared and more able, than the genuine post-modern Renaissance Man Laszlo, to offer a vision that is imaginative, but not imaginary, a vision where all things are connected with all other things and nothing disappears without a trace.

ZEV NAVEH, PH.D.,
PROFESSOR EMERITUS, ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, AND AUTHOR OFLANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Is everything that ever happened on this earth recorded in some huge, ultra-dimensional information bank? Are some of us occasionally able to tap into it with some facility, and perhaps all of us to some extent now and then during our lives? Science and the Akashic Field provides the pioneering scientific answer to these and many other fundamental questions our species faces at this critical time in human evolution.

DAVID LOYE, PH.D.,
FORMER RESEARCH DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM ON PSYCHOSOCIAL ADAPTATION AND THE FUTURE, UCLA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, AND AUTHOR OF ANARROW THROUGH CHAOS

Science and the Akashic Field shows clearly that science is poised at the threshold of a new paradigm. The new vision offers humanity the perspective of more peace and security, not as an idealistic goal but as a reflection of reality.

JURRIAAN KAMP,
EDITOR IN CHIEF OF ODE MAGAZINE, AND AUTHOR OFBECAUSE PEOPLE MATTER

When in search of impacts or nuances useful in discovering and understanding the essential universe, Ervin Laszlos brilliant new work, Science and the Akashic Field, surpasses previous explorations. The work opens a road to understanding the universe as an integrated entity, connecting science and consciousness, and recognizing the wholeness of the universe, life, and mind. This is a make-sense-of-the-complex opus, accessible to every reader.

A. HARRIS STONE, ED.D.,
FOUNDER OF THE GRADUATE INSTITUTE IN MILFORD, CONNECTICUT, AND AUTHOR OFTHE LAST FREE BIRD

There is turmoil and excitement at the cutting edge of cosmology and related sciences. Ervin Laszlo, with his insightful and systems-oriented approach, charts a course through it all that is both truly radical and truly plausible. This is a solidly grounded vision of our cosmos, with perspectives that are wide and deep and have profound implications for all of us.

HENRIK B. TSCHUDI,
CHAIRMAN OF THE FLUX FOUNDATION, OSLO, NORWAY

Ervin Laszlo is, arguably, the most profound thinker alive today.

LADY MONTAGU OF BEAULIEU,
FIRST AMBASSADOR OF THE CLUB OF BUDAPEST

Contents

How Information Connects Everything to Everything Else

Perennial Questions and Fresh Answers from the Integral Theory of Everything