The Age of Unreason is a series of four books written by Gregory Keyes. There is also a popular business book titled The Age of Unreason by Charles Handy, (Harvard Business School Press, 1989) The Age of Unreason - Setting. The story spans the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century. The author makes use of pseudosciences (scientific alchemy instead of our physics) that were popular at the time: using affinity and aether, for example. Some historical characters appe ...

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History of creationism Creation in Genesis Types of creationism: Young Earth creationism - Creation science Old Earth creationism Omphalos creationism Theistic evolution Neo-Creationism Islamic creationism Intelligent design - Intelligent design movement Modern geocentrism Controversy: Creation vs. evolution ... in public education
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• Modern geocentrism - There is no special position.
• Modern geocentrism - The cosmic microwave background radiation determines the only special velocity.
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• Modern geocentrism - Gamma ray bursts
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Aether, Ether (Greek) (from aitho shining, fire)

The upper or purer air as opposed to aer, the lower air; the clear sky; the abode of the gods. In Classical antiquity it denoted primordial substance, Proteus or protyle, the unitary source both of all substances and energies, the mask of all kosmic phenomena. Often used loosely to embrace a domain which extends from the All-Father himself down to the atmosphere of our earth. Vergil speaks of "Jupiter omnipotens aether," and Cicero describes aether as the ultimate zone of heaven encircling, embracing, and permeating all things. At one time a member of the pantheon and object of veneration, at another the quest of the alchemist in search of the "absolute element" which would give him power over nature, and finally a hypothetical medium of science for conveying light waves.

Sometimes aether is used in translating the Sanskrit akasa, which has the same etymological and philosophical meaning. Here it is an element or principle coming after manas and kama and before the astral light and ether. Again, it is a high aspect of akasa, having itself also seven subordinate aspects. There are in kosmic space at least seven aethers or prakritis, which exist one within the other in a rising scale of spirituality. Collectively they may be called spirit-aether or akasa.

Generally in The Secret Doctrine it is the fifth kosmic element from below, a link between kosmic mind or mahat and the lower manifested world, the vehicle of the former and the parent of the latter. Looking at aether in a more general kosmic way, it is the field of activity of the kosmic Third Logos, Brahma-prakriti, and therefore the great womb of manifested being, the treasure house of all kosmic types, forth from which they flow at the opening of manifestation and back into which they will again be ingathered at the beginning of kosmic pralaya. It is in consequence the great mother-substance out of which all the hierarchies are built.

It interpenetrates everything, lasting from the beginning of the universal manvantara to its end, and indeed, may be said to continue, in its most spiritualized form throughout kosmic pralaya as the seed-house or storehouse from which everything will flow into manifestation again when the new period of kosmic activity arrives. Considered as the cosmic mother of all things, aether in its highest feminine aspect is the same as the Vedic Aditi or the Hera or Juno of Greece and Rome. Thus in one sense it is also mulaprakriti, the generator or producer of the seeds of beginnings and things. The Old Testament refers to aether as the kosmic waters. In its highest parts it is mystically alaya (the kosmic spirit-soul) or what in Northern Buddhism is called svabhavat, more mystically adi-buddhi.

See also ACTIO IN DISTANS; AKASA

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See also timeline of luminiferous aether. Isaac Newton had assumed that light was made up of numerous small particles, in order to explain features such as its ability to travel in straight lines and reflect off surfaces. This theory was known to have its problems; although it explained reflection well, its explanation of refraction and diffraction was less pleasing. In order to explain refraction, in fact, Newton's Opticks (1704) postulated an "Aethereal Medium" transmitting vibrations faster than light, by which ...

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The key difficulty with the aether hypothesis arose from the juxtaposition of the two well-established theories of Newtonian dynamics and Maxwell's electromagnetism. Under a Galilean transformation the equations of Newtonian dynamics are invariant, whereas those of electromagnetism are not. Basically this means that while physics should remain the same in non-accelerated experiments, light would not follow the same rules because it is travelling in the universal "aeth ...

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Numerous experiments were carried out in the late 1800s to test for this "aether wind" effect, but most were open to dispute due to low accuracy. Measurements on the speed of propagation were so inaccurate that comparing two speeds to look for a difference was essentially impossible. The famous Michelson-Morley experiment instead compared the source light with itself after being sent in different directions, looking for changes in phase in a manner that could be measured with extremely high accuracy. The publication of their result in ...

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In natural philosophy, aether (a.k.a. "ether") might be considered "the stuff of space", or "the medium" (lit: "that which is between") that carries signals between objects separated by vacuum. "The aether" was sometimes considered to be "the fifth element" (see: "quintessence"), in addition to Earth, Air, Fire and Water. Although it is tempting to talk about "the aether", a number of fairly different theories have been presented over the years that assign "the aether" different properties. When someone talks about proving or d ...

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"GR aether" is a useful idea ... ... in that it allows a person with no mathematical skills to visualise most of the advanced phenomenology of general relativity, such as frame-dragging, in an intuitive way. "GR aether" is not a useful idea ... ... in that it cannot be relied upon to safely generate quantitative predictions for general relativity. Physicists need to carry out exact calculations, and the particular form of GR's equations used is typically chosen according to very te ...

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Aether and general relativity, Aether and general relativity - The gravitational field considered as a medium, Aether and general relativity - Einstein on GR's aether, Aether and general relativity - Physical properties of the GR aether, Aether and general relativity - Utility of the GR aether concept, Aether and general relativity - Validity of the GR aether description

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Magnus Aether (Latin) Great aether, also called Pater Omnipotens Aether (almighty father aether).

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Einstein, 1920: "... we may say that according to the general theory of relativity space is endowed with physical qualities; in this sense, therefore, there exists an ether. According to the general theory of relativity space without ether is unthinkable; for in such space there not only would be no propagation of light, but also no possibility of existence for standards of space and time (measuring-rods and clocks), nor therefore any space-time intervals in the physical sense. But this ether may not be thought of as endowed with the ...

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Einstein's "aether of general relativity" can be visualised as having the following properties: The medium is denser where the gravitational field is stronger , causing light-signals to take longer to traverse a region of higher gravity (Shapiro effect) and causing light and matter to be deflected towards the region of nominally-slowest lightspeed (conventional gravitation, gravitational lensing). Accelerated motion of a body through the medium is resisted ...

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The Luminoth were a race of nomads, much like the Chozo. They sought out enlightenment in their travels, and upon meeting the Chozo, decided to follow in their footsteps and create a home of their own, where they would live amongst the trees and wildlife, seeking the very same enlightenment that the Chozo did. They chose Aether as the site for their new home. Aether was a very fertile world with a varied yet warm climate. It was the (arguably) perfect planet to support life. Soon, however, the Luminoth found that Aether's planetary en ...

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Most current physicists do not see a need to have a medium for light to propagate. The combination of relativity and quantum mechanics seems to render the concept unnecessary. However, this doesn't mean it doesn't exist (just that it doesn't have to), and there remain a number of problems in modern physics that would be simplified with such a concept. A few physicists (like Dayton Miller and Edward Morley) continued research on the aether for some time, and occasionally researchers still explore these concepts. While it is not difficu ...

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Luminiferous aether, Luminiferous aether - The history of light and aether, Luminiferous aether - Aether and classical mechanics, Luminiferous aether - Experiments, Luminiferous aether - End of aether?, Luminiferous aether - Continuing adherents, Luminiferous aether - Aether conceptions

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ASPDEN, Harold, Physics without Einstein - A Centenary Review (i.e. Chapter IV: "The Way Forward - The Aether: A Preliminary Note; Analysis of Aether Structure; ..."), 2005, pdf ASPDEN, Harold, The Physics of Creation (i.e. Chapter 7: "Aether Structure"), 2003, pdf ...

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Newton's model had two major shortcomings: Newton's aether model - 1: Lightspeeds. Critically, Newton had mistakenly inverted the relationship between lightspeed and refractive ability: he thought that light had an affinity for regions of higher rather than lower lightspeed. This meant that instead of saying that the aether was the gravitational field and/or the mass density (as with general relativity, Einstein 1920), Newton had to say that his medium was progressively displaced by the ...

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Newton's aether model, Newton's aether model - Problems with Newton's aether, Newton's aether model - 1: Lightspeeds, Newton's aether model - 2: Space curvature vs spacetime curvature, Newton's aether model - Modernised Newtonian theory, Newton's aether model - Missed opportunities, Newton's aether model - Quotes

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During the 19th century, a large number of aether theories were produced, with slightly different combinations of absoluteness or relativeness, different degrees of dragging, and different rules for how matter should interact with light. The number of competing theories made keeping track of all the different predictions rather difficult. As with string theory today, there seemed to be too many options, and with the right choice of theory and choice od coefficient values, it seemed that one could predict almost any conceivable result, and as ...

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The aether was widely accepted in ancient Greek philosophy and science. This Greek concept seems to derive directly from the akasha, its Hindu counterpart. In Greek doctrines it seems that the aether was the celestial fire, the pure essence where the gods lived and which they breathed. In this connection, it seems that aether is radiative heat like that of the sun, which is able to propagate in empty space. The Greek word aither derives from an Indo-European root aith- ("burn, shine"). This root figures in the name of Aithiopia ...

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Aether classical element, Aether classical element - History, Aether classical element - Modern derivatives

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The aether was widely accepted in ancient Greek philosophy and science. This Greek concept seems to derive directly from the akasha, its Hindu counterpart. In Greek doctrines, it seems that the aether was the celestial fire, the pure essence where the gods lived and which they breathed. In this connection, it seems that aether is radiative heat like that of the sun, which is able to propagate in empty space. The Greek word aither derives from an Indo-European root aith- ("burn, shine"). This root figures in the name of Aithiopia ...

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Aether classical element, Aether classical element - History, Aether classical element - Modern derivatives

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Pacifist peoples of the Light World, driven to war by the Ing Horde. Warmongering race of the Dark World seeking the annhiliation of the Light World and the Luminoth. Bounty hunter called to the planet to locate the missing Galactic Federation troopers. Troopers who became locked in a duel with the Space Pirates above Aether and crash-landed. Interplanetary warmongering race that came to Aether for the Phazon deposits in the Dark World. Crash landed on the planet after a battle with the Galactic Federation troopers, they are now under attack from all side ...

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Aether fictional planet - Golden Age. A nomadic but advanced race similar to the Chozo, the Luminoth settled on the planet after discovering that other races had homeworlds and claimed it as their own. They formed three regional governments in Torvus Forest, Agon Plains and the fortress stronghold known as Sanctuary Fortress. They also built a Great Temple in the centre of the planet. When the planetary energy began to run low, the greatest minds of the Luminoth devised a method of storing the planetary en ...

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Aether fictional planet - Light World. The light world exists in normal space and time ie; in the same space and time as Zebes, Tallon IV and SR388. This area is almost untouched by the Ing. Here, U-Mos the last sentinel of the Luminoth, guards the remnants of his people who reside in stasis. The Great Temple houses the primary energy controller. Formerly the lush Agon Plains, the Agon Wastes are now a harsh desert where the Space Pirates have set up a large base. It is here Samus Aran acquires her Dark Suit. Samus first battles Dark Samus here, in the Space Pirate base ...

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Aether fictional planet, Aether fictional planet - History, Aether fictional planet - Golden Age, Aether fictional planet - Meteor Impact, Aether fictional planet - Dark Age, Aether fictional planet - The War of the Worlds, Aether fictional planet - Areas, Aether fictional planet - Light World, Aether fictional planet - Dark World, Aether fictional planet - Factions

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