Luke Lafitte
Machine Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm: Spiritual Freedom and the Re-animation of Matter
Machine Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm: Spiritual Freedom and the Re-animation of Matter
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The relationship between humans and machines has been a complex and evolving one,with machines becoming increasingly complex and extensions of the body and mind. Luke Lafitte's book explores this relationship, examining how machines play a role in the struggle between "spiritual man" and "mechanical man" throughout history. He demonstrates a direct connection between consciousness and the history of machines in American history, and how the inventors of these machines and the awakening of our imaginations and powers of manifestation are connected. Lafitte also examines the influence of Philip K. Dick, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Grace Hopper, Richard Feynman, Elon Musk, David Bohm, and others, and how the Nag Hammadi gospels explain how we can take back our myth and spirit from the machine.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 480 pages
Publication date: 28 April 2022
Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Feynman,Philip K. Dick,Nikola Tesla,Thomas Edison,Elon Musk,David Bohm,Norbert Wiener,and Steve Jobs as well as the Nag Hammadi Gnostic gospels.
Humans invented and constructed machines to aid them as far back as the Stone Age. As the machines became more complex, they became extensions of the body and mind, and we naturally began projecting consciousness onto them. As Luke Lafitte shows in detail, although machines complicate the already complicated issue of identity, because they are "ours" and "of us," they are part of our spiritual development.
In this sweeping exploration of the history of the machine as a tool, as a transpersonal object to assist human activity, and as a transitional artifact between spirits and the humans who interact with them, Lafitte examines the role that machines play in the struggle between "spiritual man" and "mechanical-man" throughout history. He interprets the messages, archetypes, and language of the unconscious in the first popular stories related to mechanical-men, and he demonstrates a direct connection between consciousness and the history of machines in American history, specifically between the inventors of these machines and the awakening of our imaginations and our powers of manifestation. He examines the influence of Philip K. Dick, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Grace Hopper, Richard Feynman, Philip K. Dick, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Grace Hopper, Richard Feynman, Philip K. Dick, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Elon Musk, David Bohm, Norbert Wiener, and Steve Jobs as well as the Nag Hammadi Gnostic gospels.
Weight: 669g
Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781644114063
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