ABOUT THE PERIODIC TABLE
The Periodic Table of the World Religious and Philosophical Traditions (PTWRPT) is a new attempt, based on integrative, comprehensive and transpersonal historical methodologies, to codify, categorize and present the entire range of human spiritual, intellectual and scientific discoveries and approaches over the history of our species. Taking the ideas of Mendeleyev, (to group all the atomic elements in systematic order), the PTWRPT does the same with the entirety of religious and philosophical teachings.
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It lists all known spiritual and scientific systems of thought, knowledge and belief according to one of 168 separate entries. These in turn are grouped into 15 overall categories, which on the actual Table are grouped as: Green – Primal religions, Red – Buddhism, Light Blue – Christianity, Yellow – Hinduism, Mid green – Islam, Brown – Humanism, Light yellow – Philosophy, Grey – New religious movements, Pink – Chinese faiths, Yellow brown – Sikhism, Peach – Hebrew faiths, Dark green– Shintoism, White – Jainism, Light purple – Persian faiths, Cream – Esoteric traditions.
The Table is intended for use in homes, schools, colleges, universities, seminaries, academies, scientific institutions, libraries, research centers, mosques, synagogues, gurdwaras, temples, libraries and wherever people are interested in comparing and analyzing the different belief systems of the planet.
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A new large scale version of the Table has been printed in Canada and is ready to be shipped to schools, universities, seminaries and educational teaching centers worldwide. By ordering the printed Periodic Table of the World’s Religious and Philosophical Traditions, it can be displayed on a wall for easy reference, for example in religious studies or philosophy department classrooms. Devised by a teacher for teachers, the Table should become as ubiquitous in schools and universities worldwide as the Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements is in science departments and labs worldwide. Our intention is that every serious university and secondary school worldwide will obtain and display the Periodic Table of the World’s Religious and Philosophical Traditions for the benefit of students and teachers alike. To obtain a copy of the the full sized Poster of the Periodic table for your school classroom, your university seminar room, or for home use go here: https://gal.infusionsoft.app/app/orderForms/Periodic-Table-Of-Religions
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The Table’s layout and contents are the unique creation of Dr Thomas Clough Daffern B.A. (Hons), D.Sc. (Hon) PGCE PhD, an academic expert in comparative global philosophy and religion, who has taught in various universities and schools worldwide, based on over 35 years of close research into the world’s intellectual and spiritual history.
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There is also a book accompanying this on-line version of the table, available via this website, which also explains the motivations, history and reasons for its creation, as well as giving scientific explanations for the protocols and procedures that were adopted in devising the Table.
To have a copy of the book sent to you please go here www.lulu.com/spotlight/IIPSGP (then enter “The Periodic Table of the World’s Religious and Philosophical Traditions“ in the search box) and follow purchasing instructions on the website.
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Also available on our SHOP page is a 20 hour audio course outlining the main sections of the Periodic Table given as a series of lectures in Wiltshire in 2009, and a 150 hour audio course detailing the nature of Transpersonal History, which is the methodological framework underlining the Periodic Table of the World’s Religious and Philosophical Traditions.
The Periodic Table of the World’s Religious and Philosophical Traditions live on-line version is only available here on the world wide web at this new specially designed website, www.educationaid.net/homepage - then go to the right hand column and click on "Periodic table" and follow online instructions to access the online Periodic Table - once registered as an online user (for a token payment of £3 per year) you can then use the Table online as a teaching and lecturing aid for classroom use via a data projector.
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This online version of the Table can then be used for live interactive teaching classes, covering all aspects of humanities teaching, philosophy, religious studies, theology, history of science, and it can be used in classrooms and lecture halls worldwide. Currently the table is only available in English. But it is important that teachers using the online version also have the actual Periodic Table displayed on their classroom walls. Please go to the SHOP or Home page (or see above) to learn how to buy the actual physical poster of the Table.
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Why have we created this Table? It is obvious that the world is suffering not just from a shortage of food and rainfall, but from a shortage of moral virtues, values and intellectual consensus on the nature of reality, and our ethical duties to one another. Factitious dialogue and violent conflict has replaced civil discourse. The recent tragic invasion of Ukraine by a Russian army led by leaders who believe they are fighting some kind of moral crusade for "Russian Orthodox Christianity" is an example of how costly spiritual illiteracy can be. Different countries with different belief systems and religions continue to demonize one another to the threat of mutual destruction. We need urgently to increase the overall spiritual and moral literacy rate of the planet. We need to foster a rebirth of the spirit of the enlightenment, which saw religious questions debated by scientists on an evidential and empirical basis rather than being subject to passing whims and fashions. The Periodic Table is thus designed as an educational tool to enable precisely this difficult and urgent work to get underway worldwide. The body underlying the creation of the Table is the International Institute of Peace Studies and Global Philosophy, which is an academic Institute for people representing all the different faiths and scientific and academic traditions of the planet to come together and engage in serious and constructive dialogue with one another about their differences and similarities.. and to find common ground.
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The Table is a neutral scientific tool for analyzing the reality of the landscape of all the various currents and complexities of the world's religious and philosophical traditions. It is not an advocacy tool for any one faith or philosophical school, but an objective overview of them all, just as the Periodic table of Chemical Elements does not promote "Oxygen" over "Carbon" but merely lislts adn describes them.
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The purpose of our developing the Periodic Table of the World’s Religious and Philosophical Traditions is thus to promote a compassionate, joyful and intelligent world in which intellectual differences can be resolved through rational discourse, spiritual investigation and academic and scientific rigour, rather than leading to endless and needless wars of terrorism and counter terrorism or full-scale blundering militarism, as in Ukraine. The author of this unique Periodic Table also serves as Director of The International Institute of Peace Studies and Global Philosophy (www.educationaid.net) which has worked since 1991 for a more peaceful and enlightened world achieved through education, learning and spiritual enlightenment.
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For the first time in the history of mankind therefore a map has been devised which gives students the overview of all the various faiths currently jostling for supremacy on planet earth. Let us study these phenomena together, and sublimate our intellectual differences in the pursuit of common scientific and humanistic truths.
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If you would like to see the table translated into another language, including French, Arabic, Hebrew, German, Russian, Greek, Spanish, Indonesian, Swedish, Italian, Danish, Persian, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Latin, Japanese etc. please consider donating to our work so we can hire translators to work on this important project. You may donate to this work at www.educationaid.net - please specify the language you wish to see the table translated into. Eventually we want to make this Poster available to every culture and language in the world and with your help, we can achieve this.
