Time Travelling and Visions of the Future

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Time Travelling and Visions of the Future:Pan-Antropos Path

Paula SoaresUniversity of Evora (Portugal)

[email protected]


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Time Travelling and Visions of the Future:

Pan-Antropos Path

This paper aims at sharing some of theresults of a PhD research that focuses

within a Consciousness Studies approach,through Time Travelling , on the evolutionof perception of Human Consciousness as

por t rayed in Ar t and Archi tecture .


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Pan-Antropos Path

The methodology used iscentered on a righthemisphere basisreaching out for a

macroscopic synthesis ofthe Evolution of HumanConsciousness (21stCentury approach), rather

than a microscopic linearanalysis (20th Centuryapproach).


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Time TravellingThere are several ways ofTime Travelling:

Through the study andexperience of QuantumPhysics

Through science fictionalapproaches (e.g. The Time Machine )

Through a macroscopic,panoramic view of HumanPerception along History insearch for the guidelines ofconnection through theEssences


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What is important is that we see acommon thread running from the primeval

religious consciousness down throughmodern cultural expression.

Geoffrey Hill, Illuminating Shadows. The Mythic Power of Film


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Pan-Antropos Path


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Content1.Crossing the Contemporary Global Crisis

2.Time Travelling: Perceptions of Art

2.1. Perceptions of Art in Ancient Egypt2.2. Perceptions of Art in Ancient Greece

2.3. Perceptions of Art in the Middle Ages2.4. Perception of Art from the Renaissance up to Nowadays

3. Visions of the Future3.1. Change of Paradigms for the 21st Century3.2. Pan-Antropos Path


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1.Crossing the Contemporary Global Crisis

The main stream research methodology of the20th Century has been focused on specializing

in a specific area, corresponding to the oppositepole that the Renaissance had suggested.(e.g. The School of Athens , Rafael Sancti)


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The excess of specialization has createdhuge walls of communication among thedifferent fields of research that now, at thebeginning of the 21st Century, start tocome together in search of a new groundthat eventually can lead to a new concept

ofKnowledge Fraternities (Soares, 2003) .


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The theoretical support created by the

Post World War II generation that nurturedthe second part of the 20th CenturyAcademic Studies, doesnt answer the

questions of the Generation born in thelate 60s, doesnt answer the emergingchallenges of the 21st Century.

New Paradigms are to be born, NewApproaches are to be tested


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The New emerging Academic Field of

Consciousness Studies brings along apossibility of dialogue among the variousdifferent research areas.Its roots can be found, among others,through the study of Carl Gustav Jung,

Roberto Assagioli, Antnio Damsio andKen Wilber.


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Ken Wilber

American Philosopher,Creator of the Integral Theory of Consciousness,*1949


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2.Time Travelling:Perceptions of Art

What is important is that we see a common threadrunning from the primeval religious consciousness down

through modern cultural expression.Geoffrey Hill, Illuminating Shadows. The Mythic Power of Film


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The basis for this 2nd part is inspired in GottfriedRichters outstanding book, Art and Human Consciousness , where he approaches ArtHistory as a Mirror of Human Development.


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From ancient cave paintings with elements ofsympathetic magic to modern performance art, art has

always served its culture as a carrier of myth.

Geoffrey Hill, Illuminating Shadows. The Mythic Power of Film


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2.Time Travelling:

Perceptions of Art


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2.1. Perceptions of Art in AncientEgypt

According to Richter,the slowly movingbodies of AncientEgypt correspond to aAwakeningConsciousness out ofa Dream State thatthe human beingrecreates in the firstyears of life.


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The Sphinx

represents themovement fromanimal horizontalitytowards humanverticality. Theemerging HumanHead out of a

complex animal body.


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In terms of Architectural Perception in Ancient

Egypt, the movement focuses on the goingInside.


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2.1. Perceptions of Art in Ancient

Egypt

Horus Heliopolis Sphinx(Sun God) (School of Misteries) (Birth of

Verticality)


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2.2. Perceptions of Art in AncientGreece

According to RichterAncient Greecerepresents the

process of liberation:liberation of matterliberation of creativityliberation of thinking.


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The Centaur, acontinuity of theSphinx, shows

human head, chestand arms and ananimal body.


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In terms of Architectural Perception in AncientGreece, the movement focuses on the turningpoint from the inside to the outside.


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Apollo, the Coachman Temple of Delphi The Centaur


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2.3. Perceptions of Art in theMiddle Ages

According to Richter, themedieval Knight,symbolized by Parzival,stands for thedevelopment of virtuequalities, such asCourage, Charity, Truthand Justice. The humanbeing now separatedfrom the animal trying tocontrol it through the will.


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2.3. Perceptions of Art in theMiddle Ages

In terms of Architectural Perception in the MiddleAges, the movement focuses on the search forverticality and the rerpresentation of the Virtues.

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2.3. Perceptions of Art in the

Middle Ages

The Round Table Parzival The Inquisition


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2.4. Perception of Art from theRenaissance up to Nowadays

According to Richter, theRenaissance representsthe creation of the InnerSpace, the necessity of

human Transcendence,the knowledge of thehuman body. The HumanBeing dives intohim/herself.


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In terms of Architectural Perception in theRenaissance, the movement focuses on theCreation of Inner Spaces.


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The School of Athens represents the comingtogether of the Arts underthe same ceiling.

According to Rafael, theArts should contribute tothe revelation of themysteries of the Cosmos.


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The Essence of the Renaissance stands for thebeginning of the Individuation Process ofHumanity.


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Apart from few exceptions, Modernity brought up amovement of disintegration of the whole a constanttesting of the human limits. The mythical experience ofthe human Faust .


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The New Time brings along a Human Being that doesnt experiencehim/herself anymore as a Creature, but the great opportunity tobecome a Creator him/herself.


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Evolution of the Mythic Creation of Humanity

The Inside of theOuter WorldLoneliness of theWorld

Breakthrough Space5th Seven YearsInner Way

Exploring theInner SpaceNew CoordinateSystem

4th Seven Years

From the Outsideto the InsideAmplifyingVerticality

3rd Seven Years

From the Inside tothe Outside2nd Seven Years

Fusion with theWholeVerticality1st Seven years

Leitmotif

HumanBiography(Steiner/

Lievegoed)

Scholars

(Separation ofAreas ofKnowledge)

InquisitionCentaurSphinxLower Self/

Subconscious

Crossing theHorizons ofAwakenessFaust Human Being

AwakenessIn search of theMasterpiece

Parzival , theKnightThe Virtues

Birth of the ArtistRverie (Dream state)

Middle Self/ Self-Conscious(Will)

Man of VitruviaThe School of

Athens

King Arthur,The Templars

Apollo, theCoachman

Platos Academy

God Ra,Horus

Heliopolis School

Higher Self/Superconcious

ContemporanityRenaissanceMiddle AgesAncient GreeceAncient Egypt


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3. Visions of the Future


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3. Visions of the Future


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3.1. Change of Paradigms for the21st Century

The School of Mysteries of the 3rd

Millennium is to be found inside of theHuman Being through Self-knowledge

Art and Consciousness have to movealong in the 3rd Millennium

A major reference within a Consciousness

Studies approach is the Integral Theory ofConsciousness developed by Ken Wilber


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3.2. Pan-Antropos PathDefinition of Pan-Antropos:

The Pan-Antropos is the Human Being ofthe Future that integrates a new dimensionof studying the individual as an entire beingthrough self-knowledge.The Pan-Antropos develops bothHemispheres of the Brain in a balancedway.The Pan-Antropos moves from an analyticaldetail world picture towards a syntheticworld picture based on Essences.

The Pan-Antropos integrates the Four Pillarsof Education of the UNESCO:1) Learning to Know.2) Learning to Do.3) Learning to Live Together. Learning tolive with the Others.4) Learning to Be.


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3.2. Pan-Antropos Path

Pan-Antropos Path leadsto an Integral HumanDevelopment, toConsciousness in Art,to KnowledgeFraternities,to Spiritual Tolerance,to

Pan-Antropolis , theCity of the Future


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Examples of Places

of the Future:

Damanhur, Italy


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Examples of Placesof the Future:

Picaranga, Brasil


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Paula Soares,University of Evora (Portugal)

[email protected]

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