David Ellwood

File under Symbolization for Adults:

“The Great Work; Our Way Into The Future” by Thomas Berry.

“Education and the Significance of Life” by J. Krishnamurti.

File under Synergy and Interrelatedness

I love that John. I’ve been thinking of additional cosmological powers as human/cosmic dynamics such as sensitivity (the capacity to both sense and also be sensed by another, from atoms’ electrical sensing of each other to mammalian sensory nervous systems) and space (capacity to be open to new possibilities and interconnections).  I’ll consider…[Read more]

Masters of different pedagogies can be and are friends! Let it be!

It seems that the 11 powers of the Universe that Brian has enumerated have an compelling analogy to something that is of human concern.

There are many additional behaviors in nature without such analogy, e.g., sublimation, the transformation of a solid material directly into its vapor form.

Are there others that do have a compelling human…[Read more]

File under Interrelatedness for children: “A Drop Around the World” by Barbara Shaw McKinney.

File under Cataclysm (plus other powers of the Universe) for Adults: “Seven Life Lessons of Chaos; Spiritual Wisdom from the Science of Change” by John Briggs and F. David Peat.

File under Books for Teachers of younger children: “Nurturing the Spirit; in non-sectarian classrooms” by Aline D. Wolf

File under Radiance for Littles: “This Little Light of Mine.”

This group was founded my participants in the 2026 Deep Time Course, Activating Cosmogenetic Experience to explore cosmogenesis from the perspective of practicing or retired scientists.

Founding participants included: John Mattox, Stephan Martin, David Ellwood, Sarbmeet Kanwal, and Francie White. Although it is not a requirement to participate…[Read more]

Googling, “scientific status of Brian Swimme’s 11 powers of the universe”. Google AI offered this summary: This is categorized as an interdisciplinary synthesis of cosmology, philosophy, and spirituality rather than a set of peer-reviewed scientific laws.  AI also summarizes critical reception as follows: Positive: Proponents view it as a “brave,…[Read more]

Brian first introduced the Eleven Powers of the Universe in an 11-part video lecture series titled The Powers of the Universe, which was released on DVD on September 23, 2004.

1. Centration
Every being arises as a centered reality with its own integrity, coherence, and inward orientation. From particles to planets to persons, each entity g…[Read more]

Chuck Peters offered this starter framework, which includes the 14 minute video – A Radical Guide to Reality.  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hw0P_x_52AqrfeDikoIvkP1M-kEu63Z1HkhmZRGTSXo/edit?tab=t.0 

Maggie Vetter used it with 8th graders and said they appreciated it.