ABSTRACT

The “theory of evolution” is used for two different processes: one, to describe the empirically proved fact that a constant increase of the complexity of spatio–temporal systems has taken place, and two, to describe the models which try to explain the reasons for this evolution. This chapter deals with the first meaning of evolution, which means a description of how this process has developed. However, the evolution of the chimpanzee stopped at the most primitive level of consciousness. Evolutionary progress, the condition for mutation, was considerably greater on the metaphysical branch than on the physical one. Concerning the mutation of consciousness, the following strand of development is of particular importance. The archaic understanding of the pair of terms, also part of the reason for the mutation of consciousness, since the dematerialisation of the other-worldly beings meant an inherent structural narrowness. The evolution of consciousness could only advance if a fundamentally new point of view of spirituality and mind was taken.