"I'm going to show you a world without borders or boundaries. A world where anything is possible!" Neo - The Matrix " "I am that I am! Thou art God and We are God, eternally." Theogamy (the marriage of the gods) is destined to replace monogamy.' (Ps. 82 Rev. 19) Michael Valentine Smith - Stranger In A Strange Land As the most popular art-works of our time presage - not to mention advances in physics, psychology and theology - we are presently in process of giving birth to a new planet-wide civilization - to an age of the gods, of absolute freedom, of infinite possibilities, of undreamt of levels of creativity and love. This book presents for the first time - what no other book of its kind has yet to do - the real underlying Reason that reveals the necessity and inevitability of the global transformation of human consciousness that is now taking place, and that alone makes possible an understanding of our present world crisis which in essence has to do with a necessary shift from an Old Paradigm - and its concept of man, God and universe - which we have outgrown - to a New Paradigm. The book also reveals the absolute importance, for our crisis, of philosophy and its history and above all of G.W.F. Hegel and the advent of Absolute Knowledge and Absolute Science - which concludes philosophy's (the noosphere's) history on earth - and will become the true foundation of the New World whose advent is currently being proclaimed in every quarter, and which alone has the power to reconcile science and religion and end the hostility among religions and nations. "If there are any doubts about the relevance of Hegel and German Idealism to the problems we face today, this book puts them to rest. Dr. Foldes offers a bold and coherent understanding of what ails us and where to look for a remedy." John Lachs, Centennial Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University. Some of the main points discussed in the book and supported by considerable evidence are: (1) Human history has ended. The true meaning of who we are has already come to light. The highest self-awareness - on the part of Man and the Universe - has been reached; that is, first in Christ and then in G.W.F. Hegel, namely, in Absolute Knowledge or Knowing and Absolute Science. History completed itself in the Old World: the New World's task is to globally actualize it. (2) As a consequence, an amazing New World Civilization of elohim or gods and goddesses - one free of disease, anxiety, and death - is now emerging. Governments, educational systems, sciences, religions, businesses, etc, will have to undergo radical transformation and alignment to it. (3) The true spiritual and absolutely liberating meaning of "God is dead" will be revealed. (4) The final form of Judeo-Christianity is now coming into the world, namely, The "Church of John." (5) All sciences are destined to take their place within the One Absolute Science. (6) The unification of science and religion will finally see the light of day. The main task facing us today is none other than that of "World Realization." To achieve it, theory must, in the last analysis, take a back seat to praxis or deeds. That is, the goal will be reached only when "critical mass" has been reached - that is, when a certain number of actual and fully actualized Elohim or "God-Selves" are living among us, as living examples of what we can become. This book is merely an introduction to these issues - its main focus is on understanding the philosophy, standpoint and contemporary relevance of Hegel. In my next book and in select seminars I will be giving, I will provide a more in-depth and "hands-on" treatment of the same. I will be giving Seminars over the next two years at such venues as The Open Center, Esalen, and The Omega Inst