The Rhythm of Consciousness in Life: Consciousness Field Theory, Vodou, Konpa, and the Garyian Waves

Abstract

Quick Response Code Abstract: This article resolves the combination problem in physics and philosophy through Paul C. Mocombe‟s consciousness field theory. The combination problem emerges as a result of suggesting that consciousness is either (nonlocal) outside (cosmopsychism) of the brain or everywhere and in everything (panpsychism) in the multiverse. If that is the case, how does universal consciousness combine in the brain to give us the phenomenal experience of subjective consciousness? Using Mocombeian consciousness field theory, I argue that the psychonic wave of the brain is connected to the Schumann wave of the earth to give us consciousness in material reality. The latter, Schumann wave, gives us a rhythm to life that is reflected, I go on to argue, in the two-chord structure of konpa, which comes out of Vodou. In Vodou the attempt is to find balance and harmony, through drumming and dance, between the waves to harmonize our psyche or call upon other psyches (lwas), operating on different wavelengths, throughout the multiverse. I conclude the article by arguing that Louis Gary Belizaire‟s rhythm on the dance floor is a visionary expression of the psychonic and Schumann waves in unison, i.e., in harmony, and produces a harmonized (visual) wave, i.e., the Garyian wave.