The Physics and Metaphysics of Transubstantiation

Springer Verlag (2023)
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Abstract

In this book, Mark P. Fusco offers a historical, philosophical and theological review and appraisal of current research into quantum, post-modern, atheistic, mathematical, and philosophical theories that engage our interpretation of Hans Urs von Balthasar and Ferdinand Ulrich’s accounts of Ur-Kenosis. This cross-disciplinary approach inspires a new speculative metaphysical theory based on the representation of being as a holo-somatic ontology. Holocryptic metaphysics gives us a novel interpretation of transubstantiation as it is founded on the findings of quantum mechanical theory. The quantum object and black hole’s properties present a new way to explain physical matter based on its holographic identity. This scientific theory for representing physical matter’s identity is recognized, for example, in the symmetry existing between a subatomic particle and its orbital shell, a single particle’s identity in relationship to its thermodynamic system, Hawking radiation, and black hole entropy. Further, the properties of quantum non-locality and teleportation signpost a new way to understand the Eternal Logos’ relationship to Jesus Christ and the Eucharist.

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Chapters

Ur-Kenosis and Nothingness

In the second chapter, I outline how the Swiss theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar’s theory of Ur-Kenosis invites a new way to understand the identity of the Divine, Creation, and human consciousness. The Transcendent engages Nothingness as a self-reflective moment that brings reality into existence. ... see more

Holo-cryptic Metaphysics in an Entropic Universe

This chapter offers a brief history of quantum mechanical theory (QMT) with special reference to the double-slit experiment. I take the QMO’s motion as a wave or particle to support my claim that a physical being is commensurate with its holographic image. I further support this claim with reference... see more

The Heart of Matter

In the concluding chapter, we return with a new perspective on the main principles, themes, and concepts of the previous six chapters. Past critiques of QMT, Nothingness, creation, death, transubstantiation, and the Eucharist are highlighted. Holo-cryptic metaphysics gives us a way to envision how a... see more

Hidden Worlds

This chapter sets out how to revise the traditional Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation in light of a speculative reading of Hans Urs von Balthasar’s theory of Ur-Kenosis, postmodern philosophy as articulated in the mathematical philosophy of Alain Badiou (1937–) and the anti-philosophy of Franç... see more

Transubstantiation and Quantum Mechanical Theory

This chapter begins with an overview of how the concept of religious covenant justifies the “law” of transubstantiation because both exemplify how the Transcendent is historically and literally present—a “doubling” we see in quantum superposition. The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paper and John Stewart B... see more

Holographic Matter

This chapter introduces Claude Shannon and Warren Weaver’s theory of information. Information transmits in a material transducer and can be characterized in terms of relational differing, probability, and entropy. The orthogonal structure of the quantum particle remains invariant and serves to repre... see more

Black Hole Entropy and the Holographic Universe

My theoretical interpretation of information theory (Chap. 3) and the properties of the QMO (Chap. 4) ground the fifth chapter’s exploration of black hole entropy. A material object’s obliteration by a black hole’s gravitational forces and transformation as informational energy at the event horizon ... see more

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