Heroes for a Better World

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
(1881-1955)

French Theologian

birthdate: May 1
birthplace:
Orcines, France

Father Pierre Teilhard was a Jesuit Priest who not only believed in evolution, but believed that humanity was evolving towards a higher consciousness that would someday result in a global community living in peace. He described evolution in terms of increasing complexity resulting in higher and higher levels of consciousness, from inanimate objects to humans. Teilhard coined the word noosphere - meaning the "world of thought" - to describe his belief that the earth itself was evolving a consciousness - a network of thinking made up of all of the consciousness of the living creatures that live on the earth. Father Tielhard was removed from his teaching position at the Catholic Institute in Paris because his views were considered too controversial. So he went to China for 20 years to research paleontology. He was part of the team that discovered the fossils of Peking Man, an early human ancestor. All the while he wrote about his worldview, integrating science and spirituality, but the Catholic Church would not allow his work to be published. After he died, his works were published and for the past 50 years have continued to influence many schools of thought: He helped influence the Gaia theory, which claims that the earth itself is conscious; some claim his writing predicted the rise of the Internet and the global consciousness it is helping to create; others revere his teachings as an inspiration for finding spirituality in a mundane world.


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