INDEPENDENT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
FOR HOLONOMIC STUDIES

CIRICULUM (1996-1999)




THE NEW PARADIGM  101
Biology, Technology, and the Evolution of Culture



The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Kuhn
The Evolution of Progress, ???
The Tao of Physics, Fritjof Capra
The Turning Point: Science, Society, and the Rising Culture, Capra
The Web of Life: a New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems, Frijof Capra
Out of Control: the New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World, Kevin Kelly 
Earth Ascending: a Study of Whole Systems, Jose Arguelles
Quantum Society, ???


The Dancing Wu-Li Masters: an Overview of the New Physics , by Gary Zukav
Philosophy of Hyper Reality, Jean Baudrillard
A New Model of the Universe, Ouspensky
Tertium Organum, Ouspensky


Writings / Projects

The Revolution in Time
The Quantum Paradigm
The Great Preoccupation








INFORMATION  101
Language, Memetics, and the MetaPhysics of Reality



A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe, Scheider
Information Theory, Shannon
Mind Tools: the Five Levels of Mathematical Reality, Rucker
Understanding Linguistics, TY Books
Metaphors We Live By, Lakoff & Johnson
Language, Thought, and Reality, Whorf
The Selfish Gene, Dawkins
Consilience: the Unity of Knowledge, Edward O. Wilson
Digital Mantras, ???
The Study of Language (2nd Edt.), George Yule
Introducing NueroLinguistic Programming, Joseph O'Conner & John Seymour


The Meme Machine, Susan Blackmoore
The Geometrical Foundation of Natural Structure: a Source Book of Design, Robert Williams (Dover)
Thought Contagion: the New Science of Memes, Aaron Lynch
Information Proficiency: Your Key to the Information Age, Thomas Buckholtz
The Search for the Perfect Language, Umberto Eco
The Alphabet and the Goddess: the conflict between Word and Image,  Leonard Shlain 
Language & Perception, George A. Miller & Phillip N. Johnson-Laird
Words and Spaces: an Anthology of Twentieth Century Musical Experiements in Language and Sonic Environments, Smith & DeLio
Code: the Hidden Language of Computer Hardware & Software, Charles Petzold
Code and other Laws of CyberSpace, Lawrence Lessig




Writings / Projects

The NumeroArchetypical Matrix
The Universal Language of Consilience








DIGITAL ENGINEERING  101
HyperMedia, Artificial Intelligence, and Information Technology



The Tao of Objects, Entsminger
Web Design in a Nutshell, Niederst
XML for Dummies, Tittel
JavaScript for Macintosh, Shobe
Java, ???
VRML: The Virtual Reality Modeling Language, Pensce
Selections from The New Turing Omnibus, Dewdney
Virtual Reality, Reingold
Virtual Worlds, Woolley
Genetic Algorithms, ???
Artificial Intelligence, ???
High Tech, High Touch, Naisbitt


The Metaphysics of Virtual Reality, ???
Understanding Hyper-Media, Bob Cotton & Richard Oliver
The Transparent Society, Davis Brin?
Understanding Media: The Extentions of Man, Marshal McLuhan
Engines of Creation, Blossom???
How to Make Music with Computers, ???







Writings / Projects

TPI Project
SEEREM








SPIRITUALITY FOR THE NEXT MILLENIUM  101
Transcendental Meditation, Neo-Mysticism, and TechnoShamanism



The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, Rinpoche
The Right Use of Will, ???
Various Astrology Books, ???
The Way of the Shaman, by Michael Harner
The Age of Spiritual Machines, Ray Kurzwell


The Seat of the Soul, Gay Zukav (authentic power)
The Intuitive Edge, by Goldberg
Karmic Astrology Books: North Node, Part of Forunte, etc.,, by ???


Writings / Projects

TPI Project
OctoGlow






Artistic Craft
The Artist's Way
Creative Non-Fiction
Bird by Bird
Inida: from Midnight to the Millenium, Shashi Tharera?