The Mystical Experience of Evolution: Alfred Russel Wallace, Ernst Haeckel, and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.

Evolution is frequently regarded as evidence of an atheistic–mechanistic worldview. Still, it implies that life, and thus also consciousness and knowledge, is a developmental phenomenon and inherently unfinished. Here, we define this condition as the mystical dimension of evolution and apply it to e...

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Published in:	Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science Vol. 61; no. 2; pp. 446 - 468
Main Authors:	Lindholm, Markus, Gray, Erika Lynn, Eftestøl, Torbjørn, Sparby, Terje
Format:	Article
Published:	Open Library of Humanities Jun2026
Subjects:	Mysticism Metaphysics Human evolution Deep ecology Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913 Consciousness Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August, 1834-1919 Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre, 1881-1955
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