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'''Cosmic consciousness''' is the [[idea]] that [[the universe]] exists as an interconnected network of [[consciousness]], with each conscious [[being]] linked to every other. Sometimes this is conceived as forming a [[collective consciousness]] which spans the [[cosmos]], othertimes it is conceived of as an [[Absolute]] or [[Godhead]] from which all conscious beings [[emanate]].
==History==
Throughout history, there have been many renditions of [[universal unity]], [[connectivity]], and the spectrum of considered possibility of [[mankind]]. The idea bears similarity to the ancient Buddhist concept of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra%27s_net Indra's net], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teilhard_de_Chardin Teilhard de Chardin]'s conception of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noosphere noosphere], Hegel's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_idealism Absolute idealism], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satori Satori] in Zen, and to some traditional [[pantheist]] beliefs.
Many of those who have used [[psychedelics]] such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSD LSD] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybin Psilocybin] mushrooms have asserted that they have had direct [[experience]] of the cosmic consciousness. In the 19th century, Canadian psychiatrist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_M._Bucke Richard M. Bucke] developed a [[theory]] which claimed that ''cosmic consciousness'' lies in a mystic state above and beyond [[self-consciousness]], the natural state of man's consciousness, just like animal consciousness lies below.
Bucke's work entitled ''Cosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind'' is the title of his 1901 book. In it, Bucke developed a [[theory]] involving three [[stages]] in the development of [[consciousness]]: the simple consciousness of [[animals]]; the [[self-consciousness]] of the mass of [[humanity]] (encompassing [[reason]], [[imagination]], etc.); and ''cosmic consciousness'' — an emerging faculty and the next stage of human [[development]].
Alexander Zelitchenko in his "Svet Zhizni" (Light of Life, History of Humankind in Psychosphere of Earth) continues this line, joined the directions of thought of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_Spengler Oswald Spengler], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Vygotsky Lev Vygotsky], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Gumilev Lev Gumilev], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung Carl Jung] tracing the [[transformations]] of human consciousness in [[course]] of [[history]].
According to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._D._Ouspensky P. D. Ouspensky], as man evolves into higher states of [[consciousness]], e. g. ''cosmic consciousness'', he needs the tools of a higher form of [[logic]], Ouspensky calls ''Tertium organum'' given to the title of his 1912 book. Bucke’s conclusion was that these individuals were "[[gifted]]" in the direction of cosmic consciousness and then developed this consciousness through self-[[discipline]].
Some [[modern]] [[psychologists]] and [[theologians]] make specific reference to Bucke’s work. They include Carl Jung, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Fromm Erich Fromm], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Ropp Robert de Ropp], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Maslow Abraham Maslow]. Others who have used the concept of cosmic consciousness, as introduced by Bucke in 1901, include [[Albert Einstein]], Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Watts Alan Watts].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_consciousness]
==See also==
*'''''[[Cosmic Citizenship]]'''''
[[Category: Psychology]]
[[Category: Religion]]