World Mind
Names: World MindConscious Field of HumanityGreat Soulnoösphere
First appears in Book 1: Intervention, chapter 24 (2)
Appearances
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What you know
Book 1: Intervention
- Ch 24Urgyen holds that the World Mind is an evolving collective of minds that must grow in spirit as well as soul, and can be corrupted by evil.
- Ch 25The Lylmik consider the coadunation of the World Mind unlikely given human violence.
- Ch 44Remillard sees it as a logical survival response based on telepathic empathy, not a superstate or metapsychic beehive.
- Ch 44The World Mind is a theorized society of the mind that evolves toward harmony and mutualism, includes nonoperant minds, and lets individuals keep their freedom.
- Ch 44Remillard says it may take a few thousand years to achieve a World Mind.
- Ch 67Denis describes the biosphere's vital field as a whisper, with the World Mind not yet fully woven together; when finished it will be 'a song'.