Theos-Talk Archives (February 2002 Message tt00724)

Dear Friends:

I understand this from th point of view of a mechanical material
explanation. However the esoteric catechism which deals with the
causes of phenomena and the are of their production and
propagation states: ( see S D I 286 to 289 ) On 289 we read:
"There is not one finger's breadth (ANGULA) of void Space in the
whole Boundless (Universe)..." [ see also: S D I 342-3, 150,
527, 632, 671, II 513.]

The whole difference in our material outlook vs. the "occult" is
the metaphysical under-lay of the causative and formative forces
and powers which, like fields of psychic and spiritual forces,
set the parameters for physical qualities, relationships and
properties.

It is as difficult to describe them as it is to say exactly what
electricity or magnetism are, or why an atom has a particular
configuration -- and yet the laws of indeterminacy and of
probability indicate that there is a certain individuality even
among these.

Best wishes,

Dallas

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-----Original Message-----
From: email2cal [mailto:email2cal@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 11:27 PM
To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Theos-World Ether

Mic,

I agree that Einstein helped kill the notion of ether
("disproved" is
not a correct expression). However, that's an old story.
According to
quantum theory, what propagates in space is the imaginary waves
of
probability, which hardly need a material medium to travel
through.
Therefore, it could be said that there are two kinds of reality:
some medium filling the entire space (it might be called ether or
aether), and the waves of information going in all directions and
controlling the excitations of the medium. An alternative point
of
view, which is impossible to refute, is that there is simply an
empty
space and the waves of probability (no medium).

Moreover, after Einstein it has been discovered that the theory
of
electromagnetic waves (which includes the theory of light as a
particular case) can be reinterpreted in terms of quantum
mechanics
as the theory of probability waves [technically speaking, it
means
that Maxwell's equations can be rewritten as Schrodinger's
equations
and interpreted accordingly]. Ergo, no need for medium supporting
propagation of light.

Max


--- In theos-talk@y..., Mic Forster <micforster@y...> wrote:
>
> Hi Dennis,
> Einstein, in 1905, disproved the notion that light needs a
medium
to travel through, unlike other waves such as sound. Consequently
the
notion of the "ether" or "aether" has been disregarded. Though
this
is not to be confused with the ether that theosophy talks of.
This
ether is something entirely different.
>
> Regards,
> Mic





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