The Meaning Code | Vestige of Eden, Image of Eternity: Common Structure, with Daniel Toma, PhD, and Ted Stiritz @TheMeaningCode | Uploaded August 2023 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
Dr. Daniel Toma joins Ted Stiritz and I to discuss his book, Vestige of Eden, Image of Eternity: Common Experience, the Hierarchy of Being and Modern Science

Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
03:55 Liturgy as the Blueprint for Creation
14:55 The ability to share conceptions of immateriality
16:00 Hierarchy of Being and Purging Matter
20:45 Metanoia
23:55 The Transition from Materiality to Spirituality
35:00 St. Thomas's Notion of Interiority and the Hierarchy of Being
50:00 Learning, Memory, and Entropy
53:00 Discussion on Michael Levin's work and his thoughts on evolution
55:00 Complexity vs Hierarchy
58:00 Angelic Intelligence and Divine Simplicity

1:13:13 The Relationship Between Complexity and Adaptivity in Organisms
1:23:50 Discussing Part Three and the Concept of Deification
1:25:24 The Song of Songs and Participation in the Divine Life

Vestige of Eden, Image of Eternity: Common Experience, the Hierarchy of Being and Modern Science

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