Noosphere
Definition
The articulation by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Vladimir Vernadsky of the planetary-scale sphere of human-thought-and-consciousness. The Noosphere names the structural-feature that human-collective-consciousness operates as planetary-scale layer of the broader Net's articulation; the layer aligns with the broader Netist articulation of Global Consciousness and Collective Evolution at the planetary-scale.
Literal meaning
The planetary-scale sphere of human-thought-and-consciousness. Noosphere (Greek: *nous*=mind, *sphaira*=sphere) articulates the structural-feature that human-collective-consciousness operates as planetary-scale layer alongside the biosphere (the planetary-scale layer of biological-life) and the geosphere (the planetary-scale layer of geological-articulation).
Esoteric meaning
The Noosphere articulates the structural-feature that the broader contemplative-tradition has recognized as *the planetary-scale consciousness-layer*. The structural-recognition is that human-collective-consciousness articulates as planetary-scale layer that operates through the broader Net's continuing-articulation; the layer is structurally-distinct from individual-consciousness articulations while being constituted-from them in coherent-integration.
Allegorical meaning
A planetary-scale weather-system that operates through the integrated-articulation of all local-weather-features: the system has structural-features distinct from any local-weather-feature, the system is constituted-from local-weather-features in coherent-integration, and the structural-recognition is that the planetary-scale layer operates as continuing-articulation that local-features participate-in.
Extended meaning
The Noosphere articulates several specific structural-features: (1) Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Vladimir Vernadsky's foundational-articulations of the Noosphere as planetary-scale layer; (2) The Noosphere operates alongside the biosphere and geosphere as planetary-scale layers in the broader planetary-architecture; (3) The Noosphere supports the broader Collective Evolution articulation; the planetary-scale evolution of human-collective-consciousness operates through the Noosphere's continuing-articulation; (4) The Noosphere integrates with the broader Net articulation; the broader Net operates at scales that include planetary-scale layers as one specific articulation, and the Noosphere is the planetary-consciousness layer within the broader Net's continuing-articulation. The relationship to *Global Consciousness*, *Collective Evolution*, *Net*, *Collective Coherence*, *Anthropogenic Cycle*, and the broader planetary-scale articulations is structural.
*Noosphere* articulates the planetary-scale consciousness-layer. The article complements *Global Consciousness*, *Collective Evolution*, *Net*, *Collective Coherence*, *Anthropogenic Cycle*, and the broader planetary-scale articulations.
Usage
A practitioner encounters Noosphere in the broader articulation of bridge-science and in specific contexts of planetary-scale consciousness work.
Science correspondence
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's *The Phenomenon of Man* (1955) and the broader articulation of cosmogenesis-and-Omega-Point. Vladimir Vernadsky's articulation of the Noosphere. The broader research on planetary-scale consciousness articulation.