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Cosmogony, or [C]osmogeny, is any theory concerning the coming into existence or origin of the universe, or an origin belief about how reality came to be. The word comes from the Greek κοσμογονία (or κοσμογενία), from κόσμος "cosmos, the world", and the root of γί(γ)νομαι / γέγονα "to be born, come about". In the specialized context of space science and astronomy, the term refers to theories of creation of (and study of) the Solar System.
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Cosmogony, or the theory concerning the origin of the universe, began with pagan systems which recognized no Creator, and was therefore viewed with mistrust in rabbinical circles. For this reason it was taught in strictest privacy: "The creation lore is not to be taught before more than one disciple" (Ḥag. ii. 1; see Cabala). Even the oldest schools, the Hillelites and Shammaites, differed on the question whether
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The exhibition "Cosmogony" will be open till February 23, 2003. In a day of the exhibition's closing there will be à performance of the Orchestra of the State Hermitage under conduction of the German conductor Jan-Moritz Onken in the White Hall of the Marble Palace. There will be works by A. Pert and À. Shenberg in the programme of the concert.
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Cosmogony can be distinguished from cosmology, which studies the universe at large and throughout its existence, and which technically does not inquire directly into the source of its origins. There is some ambiguity between the two terms, for example, the cosmological argument from theology regarding the existence of God is technically an appeal to cosmogonical rather than cosmological ideas. In practice, there is a scientific distinction between cosmological and cosmogonical ideas. Physical cosmology is the science that attempts to explain all observations relevant to the development and characteristics of the universe as a whole. Questions regarding why the universe behaves in such a way have been described by physicists and cosmologists as being extra-scientific, though speculations are made from a variety of perspectives which include extrapolation of scientific theories to untested regimes and philosophical or religious ideas.
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Franke's 70 picturesque works of a period 1998-2002 were represented at the exhibition "Cosmogony" in the State Russian Museum. There were two monumental cycles among them: "Apeiron" (1999) and "Periplomenon" (2002). Both cycles represent the closed integrity. In a basis of their artistic and philosophical conception lies the idea of infinite space, eternal, constrained from above regularity of all occurring in the Universe. The artist chose four basic elements as symbols of this universal infinity: water and air in the cycle "Apeiron"; fire and earth in the cycle "Periplomenon".
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For Cosmogony to be meaningful, far more than intellectual understanding is required. There needs to be an existential apprehension of the dimensions on all three phases: micro, meso and macro. Here transpersonal psychology can help. Transpersonal psychologists have developed numerous regression exercises to allow a person to access the deepest levels of memory, even memories of times and events which occurred before they were born.
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