Astronomy

SESSION 5: Radhadesh, Belgium - 1988 / (905)

Thompson proposes that complex descriptions found in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam that reflect upon Bhū-maṇḍala as a cosmic earth disk, offer an enigma. Thompson draws upon his training as a professional mathematician to examine the mathematical concept of “higher dimension” as potentially offering a complement of practical analytical tools. He also considers that while the speakers of the Bhāgavatam offer descriptions ordinarily inaccessible through blunt sense perception, aspects of these features are nonetheless appreciable through the cultivation of higher levels of awareness. Thompson concludes that the principle of correspondence supports the argument that esoteric qualities illustrated in Purāṇic literature frequently correlate with mathematically recognizable astronomical features.