Evolutionary Panentheism (Michael Murphy)
conceptOccult & Esoteric
Esalen's co-founder gave his spiritual philosophy its own name.
Who they are
Michael Murphy, 'The Emergence of Evolutionary Panentheism' (2012)[1].
What they do
It is Murphy's own evolution-and-spirit doctrine.
How it works
'Let us call it evolutionary panentheism,' he wrote. His texts contain no breeding programme. One scholar argues Julian Huxley's eugenic ideas shaped Murphy's vision — that is the scholar's argument, not a document.
Why it matters
It sits on the 'held apart' side of spiritual eugenics.
The engine's record — word for word
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Report #196] Esalen co-founder Michael Murphy's own name for his evolutionary spiritual doctrine. Murphy, 'The Emergence of Evolutionary Panentheism' (2012): 'let us call it "evolutionary panentheism"'; he notes earlier philosophers held the view under other names. A spiritual-evolution doctrine without a breeding component in Murphy's own texts. Scholar Jake Poller (2019, pp. 271–272) argues Julian Huxley's eugenic-evolutionary ideas shaped Murphy's 'evolutionary vision' — held as a scholar's reading, not a documented tie.
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