What if the Fifth Dimension Turns Out to Be Real?

Photo by Linea Høiby on Unsplash Physicists are turning to an extra dimension beyond our four dimensions of spacetime as a way of explaining some of the deepest mysteries of the universe. What if they are right? What might this mean for the closed door distinction we currently make between the physical and spiritual. Here is a highly speculative quest.

As part of the Theology of Nearly Everything (TONE) I am attempting, I will propose the fifth dimension as a way of exploring a physical/spiritual dimension. To do that, we’ll begin with a very brief summary of how the fifth dimension is used by some scientists and thinkers to explain some of the greatest and most enduring mysteries in science. Then, with this as a foundation, we will venture into the…