Mathematics and mysticism. Issue 3 (December 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Abraham, Ralph
• Is Part Of: Progress in biophysics and molecular biology. Volume 119:Issue 3(2015)
• Page Start: 442
• Page End: 452
• Publication Date: 2015-12
• Subjects: Math creativity -- Meditation -- Psychedelics -- Divination; Biophysics -- Periodicals; Biochemistry -- Periodicals; Biophysics -- Periodicals; Molecular Biology -- Periodicals; Biophysique -- Périodiques; Biochimie -- Périodiques; 571.4
• DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2015.08.016
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0079-6107

Abstract

Abstract: Is there a world of mathematics above and beyond ordinary reality, as Plato proposed? Or is mathematics a cultural construct? In this short article we speculate on the place of mathematical reality from the perspective of the mystical cosmologies of the ancient traditions of meditation, psychedelics, and divination.