Deep-Space on deep ecology

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Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

“We are the universe becoming conscious of itself” - Brian Swimme

Profile: Brian Swimme

Sun, 28 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Brian Swimme is a mathematical cosmologist and cultural historian who examines the implications of modern cosmology for human meaning and purpose. Trained as a mathematician at the University of Oregon and in gravitational dynamics at the University of California, Swimme shifted from technical research to communicating how scientific understanding of the universe relates to human consciousness and culture.

Swimme collaborated with cultural historian Thomas Berry to write The Universe Story (1992), a synthesis of scientific cosmology and cultural wisdom. The work presents the 13.8-billion-year evolution of the universe as a narrative framework for examining human place within cosmic processes.

The observable universe: log scale graphic

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Below is a great example of deep-space connection, similar to that which we try to access through processes such as “earth as peppercorn”. Thanks to relativity, the image is also touching on Deep-time, as the further away we look, the more ancient is the journey made by the light we see. The image is logarithmic scale conception of the observable universe with the Solar System at the center, inner and outer planets, Kuiper belt objects, Alpha Centauri, Perseus Arm, Milky Way galaxy, Andromeda galaxy, nearby galaxies, Cosmic Web, Cosmic microwave radiation and Big Bang’s invisible plasma on the edge. Distance from Earth increases exponentially from the center to the edge. Celestial bodies are shown enlarged to appreciate their shapes.