Cycles of Civilisation

History shows that civilisations rise and fall. So where is the
west in this cycle? Can the widespread sense of pending crisis -
be it economic, environmental or political - be understood in
relation to the ideas of Oswald Spengler, Owen Barfield or David
Fleming? And can signs of new vitality, vision and participation
be found, as if the crisis may also be the birthpangs of a new
spirituality and consciousness? Rupert Sheldrake and Mark Vernon
explore how a sense of connection and disconnection, excitement
and fear, can be traced back to the thought of Isaac Newton and
Blaise Pascal. They ask where its possible to discover soul.