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The Encyclopedia of Conscientiology The Encyclopedia of Conscientiology is a landmark endeavor that will advance the understanding of the science of conscientiology and register its ideas and insights through the analysis of the “facts of the universe” from a conscientiological perspective. The importance of this work
cannot be overstated as the encyclopedia will provide the most comprehensive
single source of information relating to 'leading-edge' understanding
of the consciousness and its manifestation available in the world
today and will provide a substantial expansion in the volume of
structured and useable research in these areas. The work is being headed by Waldo Vieira, MD, who is the principal researcher responsible for writing the final texts; nonetheless, there is a team of over 100 researchers based internationally who are engaged in this work under the direction of Dr. Vieira. Both the method adopted to develop the encyclopedia and Dr. Vieira’s style of work provide an opportunity for any individual who is interested in making a contribution to do so. Each individual working with the encyclopedia is able to contribute their own, unique ideas whilst simultaneously benefiting from Dr. Vieira's extensive knowledge and understanding of human life. The only request Dr. Vieira’s makes for participation is that those who come to work enter the Holocycle with a smile on their face and a positive disposition. Researchers make extensive use of the cosmogram, a specialist method of research conceived and developed by Dr. Vieira. The Cosmogram is a technique that stimulates a deeper association of ideas and the development of original concepts through special analysis of information reported by the media from day to day. [See Journal of Conscientiology No.1 for details on the Cosmogram.] The use of the cosmogram in this context provides the broadest possible range of subject matter for analysis and inclusion in the encyclopedia. The entries for subjects falling under the first few letters of the alphabet are already complete (in Portuguese). Each entry represents a substantial item of work and a mini-triumph of consciential endeavor in its own right; for example, the information included under the heading ‘Belligerent Consciousness’ and 'Reborn Consciousness' is sufficiently extensive that each of this entries equal the size of a 1,000 page book on the subject. The atmosphere within the Holocycle is characteristically tranquil and serene, fostering intellectual capacity and productivity in participants and the Holocycle could aptly be described as an 'incubator of ideas' or 'catalyser of neo-synapses'.
The Holocycle Holocycle is the term given to the facility in which the encyclopedia is being completed. Located at the Center for Higher Studies of Conscientiology in Brazil, the 500m2 (5380 sq. feet) of the Holocycle was specially created to act as a 'production-line' of intellectual, mentalsomatic realizations. Situated inside the existing Holoteca or multi-media library, the Holocycle occupies a third of the Holoteca's total area, which is also home to Dr. Vieira’s 63,000+ volume personal library. A single expansive work area comprising a 21-meter (approximately 69 feet) marble-topped work surface allows researchers and writers to work in close proximity, utilizing a data-bank of reference works that includes more than 2,500 thematic dictionaries. The data-bank is maintained horizontally displayed, in a manner that allows easy access to the volumes, laid out in a continuous length over some 305 tables (numbers correct at the time of writing – May 2002). Piles of blank paper are situated around the work area so that any idea or concept can be documented easily and at any moment, minimizing the risk of its loss. The extensive list of ideas generated through this methodology provides valuable content for debate by the local research team, who have weekly meetings scheduled for this purpose.
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