Imagining Eden: Nature as a Basis for Language and Technology

Modern, technological civilization was initiated with a supernatural event. John Dee was contacted by beings from the other side, which initiated a civilization level project to engineer a new world. The ostensible purpose of the scientific method and its embodiment in institutions like universities and research laboratories was to broaden man's understanding and improve material quality of life. However, it also flattened and altered consciousness and severely reduced man's connection to t...