The Participatory Universe and Gnostic Hermeneutics: Mapping John Wheeler's Quantum Observer onto Inner Gnosis in the Gospel of Thomas
This study by Yeshayahu Ben-Yehudah analyzes the conceptual parallels between 20th-century quantum metaphysics and 2nd-century Christian Gnosticism. By examining physicist John Wheeler's "Participatory Universe"-which asserts that consciousness actively shapes material reality-alongside the secret teachings attributed to Jesus in the Gospel of Thomas, we reveal a shared critique of classical objective realism.
Gnostic epistemology prioritizes internal illumination and the "kingdom within", mirroring the quantum subatomic premise that an observer cannot be isolated from the observed system. Furthermore, this paper demonstrates how quantum non-locality and wave function collapse provide rigorous modern frameworks for ancient concepts of divine orchestration, interconnectedness, and non-dualism.

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