Beyond the Looking-Glass

Beyond the Looking-Glass: Wholeness in Modern Science

With Jonathan Allday, Vasileios Basios, John Briggs, Jeff Dunne, Stuart Kauffman, Katherine Peil Kauffman, Paavo Pylkkänen.

March 1 – 16, 2025
9am PST / 12pm EST / 5pm GMT / 6pm CET

6 two-hour sessions every Saturday and Sunday 

An exploration of themes from the book Looking-Glass Universe by F. David Peat and John Briggs.

Looking-Glass Universe takes a fascinating look at the wholeness revolution in physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology and neurophysiology, and the scientists whose converging theories are changing our understanding of how the universe works. The series will explore how far the themes of the book Looking-Glass Universe have developed since it was first published. 

The ‘looking-glass’ theories propose that we are at this very moment living in an Alice-in-Wonderland universe where each part is in fact the whole, where scientists conducting an experiment are themselves the experiment, and even inanimate objects contain consciousness. These theories give scientific meaning to the ancient mystical idea that the universe is One.

Looking-Glass Universe by John Briggs and F. David Peat will be released in a new edition this year with physicist Jonathan Allday filling in readers on how science has evolved in the 40 years since the book first appeared. He reviews the progress towards a looking-glass view of the universe and updating aspects of the text in line with current scientific thinking.

We are pleased to announce that two of the authors, John Briggs and Jonathan Allday, will be presenting during this series.

Sessions

Looking Glass Universe
With Jonathan Allday and John Briggs
Saturday March 1

David Bohm
With Jonathan Allday and Paavo Pylkkänen
Sunday March 2

Objectivity: The Mythical Border Between Science and Scientists
With Jeff Dunne
Saturday March 8

Eppur Si Muove! The Sudden–and persistent–Vortex of Ilya Prigogine and their descendants
With Vasileios Basios
Sunday March 9

Heisenberg’s Potentia: Toward a Theory of Consciousness
With Stuart Kauffman
Saturday March 15

The Tao of Emotional Sentience 
With Katherine Peil Kauffman
Sunday December 16