Consciousness and Ancient Cosmology

The following excerpt is from a more lengthy article on the Ions website: http://noetic.org/noetic/issue-eight-march/ancient-cosmology-a-map-of-the-future/

I highly recommend it as a way of providing a much more expansive perspective on the cycles of history/development.

"This means we are now awakening from a time when individual consciousness perceived itself as purely a physical form, living in a strictly physical universe, to a time when we begin to see ourselves and the universe as more transparent and mostly made up of subtle energy. This began with the discoveries of the Renaissance (principles of electricity, laws of gravitation, etc.) and has accelerated with the emergence of quantum physics, which shows us that matter and energy are interchangeable and proves Einstein's concepts that even time and space are relative. In short, we are back on the upswing, just beginning to 're-member' ourselves as pure consciousness living in a world of undreamed of possibilities."