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You say that this is all about a movement to the Source, and I think that I agree that this is all about First Things. And so, from the Westminster Shorter Catechism question and answer number 1:

Q. 1. What is the chief end of man?

A. Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever.

Glorify(my definition)- to understand, appreciate, and express the significance of the thing glorified

Exploration is the native method of life. It is the fundamental process towards that fundamental objective of understanding and expressing the Truth of the One who made us. The very first thing, and the most important truth in your post is that life is not pointless or directionless. Life comes from somewhere, like an arrow shot at a target. Dr. Levin(stein?)'s work is ultimately significant only to the degree that it helps or hinders the living arrow towards its target. I would say hinders and no amount of 'myth of progress prybar' is gonna change that.

Even the humble flatworm has praises to sing and the strange goal of those who claim that life has no goals or directions is to turn that praise into an incomprehensible cacophany spewed from two mouths.(like the second theme of the Ainur led by Morgoth since you mentioned Eru)

But the power of the Third Theme, which is actually before the First Theme, does not come from climbing or making progress, but for reaching for the lowly, the last, the least, the little, the certainly lost. And even the poor polycephalic creatures have a true Head who will revenge and redeem them. And what's better than the beginning of the Westminster Divines? Why only the beginning of the Heidelberg:

'Q. What is your only comfort

in life and in death?

A. That I am not my own, but belong body and soul,

in life and in death to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ.

He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood,

and has set me free from the tyranny of the devil....'

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This is beautifully put, Jon. Thank you.

I would only add that Tolkien's holy genius made the compelling case for the cruelty and ultimate stupidity of Morgoth, in his attempts to emulate God's creation. He found he could only corrupt and degenerate it into broken, monstrous shapes like trolls and orcs.

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Did you find anything on how Dr. Levin is doing this? Is there some direct application of current? Some placed inside of a field? I am curious what the actual process is.

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