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243 - Dr. Iain McGilchrist - Beyond Materialism - The Matter With Things

The Symbolic World

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The Divine Principle and the Cosmos Are Constantly Involved

The cosmos and the divine principle are constantly ina act of cocreation. This is an idea that was articulated by alfred north whitehead, who i hold in considerable esteem. I think what you are possibly trying to do, and which i would sympathize with, is maintain the possibilitythat ordinary language won't encompass the divine. We can have an idea of god as eternal and as something that is stantly coming into being.

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