Time and the Technosphere: The Law of Time in Human Affairs

It seems that whenever anyone talks about the Time - Space continuum, one just arbitrarily accepts the Gregorian Calendar and the Mechanical Clock as the precept of time. After reading Jose Arguelles's "Time & The Technosphere" one can no longer accept that precept. It becomes obvious that the mechanical clock is a completely fictitious human construct of time. There is no relationship at all among the minutes, hours, days, months, and years and the "Law of Time". What's really interesting is that synchronic order seems to be "the domain of a hitherto undefined realm". Arguelles explains that Russian scientist, V. I. Vernadsky (unknown to most Westerners because of the "Cold War") actually studied and scientifically articulated what the "biosphere" is. What it is - is NOT the loosely translated term "environment" but rather a whole system methodology that is both holistic and holonomic. When the reader is confronted by the possibility that the biosphere is not only influencing how human's construct reality, but is being changed by human thinking, the inevitability of catastrophe (for humans) becomes more apparent - especially when one sees what Arguelles has in mind. Without any apology, he says that the "apocalytic collapse of the World Trade Center Twin towers... are actually a synthesis of thoughts and explorations in the domain of time..." I cannot stress the seriousness of this incredible piece of scientific reasoning along with research from many scientists in the past. After reading the book very slowly, I find that I now go back time and time again to find newer and deeper meaning in the contents. I strongly suggest this book as important research for anyone interested in understanding the apparent connectedness of humans to their "created" environment.

i donno what neufchatel?? cheese is, but i do know that jose is one of this century's greatest minds. not so much a book for cheese and wine... it compliments fresh sustainably grown produce and tea quite well. while his ideas are controversial, sometimes difficult and perhaps even 'elitist' his voice is nevertheless one that demands careful consideration. weather you agree with him or not your conceptions on the nature of history & time, and consciousness itself are sure to expand and strengthen through the experience. this is not just another woo-woo new-agey work of psudo-science jose's work is based on comprehensive whole-systems logic rooted simultaneously in the ancient future and distant past... growing into a resplendent NOW if you are interested in the science of ancient/indigenous cultures & natural cycles, if you are a dreamer that can still imagine that peace and the re-generation of the biosphere is possible, you cannot miss this book! read it now! also check out jose's book 'Earth Ascending'

The Mayan calendar has become increasingly popular outside of Mesoamerica over the past twenty years. One of the driving forces behind the movement is Dr. José Argüelles and his many books including The Mayan Factor, Dreamspell, and Earth Ascending. Jose and his wife, Lloydine, regularly travel the world, spreading their vision of a new approach to how we consider and exist alongside Time. They believe that as a society, we can solve our collective problems by changing to a new calendar based on the natural time of the cosmos. Argüelles works full time on behalf of the World Thirteen Moon Calendar Change Peace Movement and is president of the Foundation for the Law of Time. In the long awaited sequel to the author?s bestselling book The Mayan Factor, Argüelles explains the Great Calendar Change of 2004 and its enormous potential for the future of humanity. Time and the Technosphere presents a unique study that distinguishes the concept of ?Natural Time? from the artificial mechanistic time known as the ?Technosphere?, under which we currently live. The premise for the study is simple: the time structure that governs human civilisation is not the same as the time structure governing the rest of the biosphere. The term biosphere refers to what is commonly and inadequately called ?the environment.? As such the biosphere is a whole system, ?composite of the sum of life and its organic and inorganic support systems spread out over the surface of the Earth, hence bio = ?life? and sphere = ?having the form of a globe.? (Arguelles, p. 2)This form of ?Artificial Time? establishes a frequency that governs humanity apart from the rest of life. Argüelles defines the actual nature of time as the frequency of synchronisation of all things, and by applying this concept or ?Law? of Time to the entire system of life on Earth, he illustrates a way humanity can assist Earth?s ability to sustain life. Until the creation of the Gregorian calendar and the 60-minute hour, most of humanity lived by the 28-day cycle of natural time. The adoption of artificial time has subjected us to a 12:60 time frequency that governs the entire global industrialised civilisation, which Arguelles defines as the Technosphere. Our perception of time is intrinsically linked to our perception of everything around us. Time is also very central to our experience of mind, and the primary effect on our perception of time is the calendar. Theoretically, the Gregorian calendar is imposed over natural cycles, which minimises our ability to see natural cycles. It is designed for material functionality, following the seasons and the working week, but it implicitly keeps us from seeing the full cyclical nature of time. By using a calendar based on materialism, we are locked into a material way of seeing time and hence a material level of consciousness. We cannot escape this pattern until we switch to a calendar that?s designed to promote sustainability and a revised and natural experience of mind. B

This is probably the most important book that has ever been written... Why? Because it explains how an error in time (the way we think about time) has caused us to create a technosphere that is completely out of tune with the rest of the biosphere. This is a seriously great book -- you should read it now! Addendum November 2008... I realize that Arguelles' writing style can be difficult to understand at first, and if this your first introduction to his work then you will probably give it the one or two star treatment. If that is the case you should try reading Surfers of the Zuvuya. Think of it this way. Time and the Technosphere is like sitting on the back of a powerful motorcycle driven by a professional road racer. Surfers of the Zuvuya is like riding a bicycle with training wheels. It all depends on your comfort zone.