Human devolution

a Vedic alternative to Darwin's theory

  • 1 Want to read

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list


  • 1 Want to read

Buy this book

Last edited by ImportBot
March 11, 2020 | History

Human devolution

a Vedic alternative to Darwin's theory

  • 1 Want to read

In their controversial bestseller Forbidden Archeology, Michael A. Cremo and Richard L. Thompson documented evidence showing that humans have existed on earth for hundreds of millions of years and catalyzed a global inquiry. Such anomalous evidence, contradicting Darwinian evolution, catalyzed a global inquiry: “If we did not evolve from apes then where did we come from?”

Human Devolution is Michael A. Cremo’s definitive answer to that question: “We did not evolve up from matter; instead we devolved, or came down, from the realm of pure consciousness, spirit.”

Basing his response on modern science and the world’s great wisdom traditions, including the Vedic philosophy of ancient India, Cremo proposes that before we ask the question, “Where did human beings come from?” we should first contemplate, “What is a human being?”

For much of the twentieth century, most scientists assumed that a human being is simply a combination of ordinary physical elements. In Human Devolution, Cremo says it is more reasonable to assume that a human being is a combination of three distinct substances: matter, mind, and consciousness (or spirit). He shows how solid scientific evidence for a subtle mind element and a conscious self that can exist apart from the body has been systematically eliminated from mainstream science by a process of “knowledge filtration.”

“This controversial book tries to reinterpret the origin of species, and chiefly that of man, in accordance with the truths of the Vedic tradition, by adopting the categories of the paranormal. A ‘devolution’ of pure spirits to minds and eventually to bodies is assumed. A copious and reliable documentation of paranormal phenomena is presented.”
—Giuseppe Sermonti, biologist, in Revista Biologia

Publish Date
Language
English

Buy this book

Previews available in: English

Edition Availability
Cover of: Human devolution
Human devolution: a Vedic alternative to Darwin's theory
2003, Bhaktivedanta Book Pub.
in English

Add another edition?

Book Details


Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Los Angeles

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
599.93/8
Library of Congress
GN741 .C746 2004

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL3673544M
ISBN 10
0892133341
LCCN
2003006505
LibraryThing
207584
Goodreads
962949

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL2732973W

Community Reviews (0)

No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

Lists

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON / OPDS | Wikipedia citation
March 11, 2020 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
July 15, 2019 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
August 3, 2010 Edited by IdentifierBot added LibraryThing ID
April 16, 2010 Edited by bgimpertBot Added goodreads ID.
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user Imported from Scriblio MARC record