Dr Scott Olsen also studied and collaborated with geometers Keith Critch-low, John Michell and Dan Pe-doe, Physicists David Bohm and Mohamed El Na-schie, Philosopher of Religion Huston Smith, mathematician Alexey Stakhov, and astronaut/mystic Edgar Mitchell.
A national lecturer for the Theosophical Society in America,
the Foundation for Theosophical Studies in the UK, and regular presenter for the New York Open Center’s Esoteric Quests,
Dr Scott Olsen lectures widely on the perennial philosophy (in both its ancient and modern forms) with special emphasis on Plato, the golden mean and transformative states of consciousness.
In 2009 he assisted Alexey Stakhov with his highly acclaimed book, The Mathematics of Harmony: From Euclid to Contemporary Mathematics and Computer Science.
He is worked on his new book, Divine Proportion: the Mathematical Perfection of the Universe, was out in the spring of 2014. In 2012 Dr Olsen travelled twice to the Library of Alexandria, Egypt where he presented a workshop in June on The Philosopher Mathematicians of Alexandria: Euclid and Hypatia for the New York Open Center’s “Esoteric Quest for Ancient Alexandria: Greco-Egyptian Birthplace of the Western Mind,” and in October that year, presented a paper on The Golden Section: Roots, Rediscovery and Relevance for Modern Physics. In 2014 he travelled to Shanghai, China where he presented The Golden Mean Solution to Dark Energy at the Mini-Symposia on Dark Energy, which he also chaired.
Dr Scott Olsen is the author of the award-winning international bestseller, The Golden Section: Nature’s Greatest Secret (now in nine languages).
An avid collector of shamanic visionary art, he has also authored Mysteries of the Amazon: Visionary Artwork of Pablo Amaringo and His Students, and has curated several gallery exhibitions in Florida, Connecticut and Washington.
Education:
1983: Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Florida; Dissertation: The Pythagorean Plato and the Golden Section: a Study in Abductive Inference
1982: JD, University of Florida
1977: MA, Philosophy, University of London, Birkbeck College; (philosophy of science thesis: The Collapse of Continuous Space-Time).
SCOTT OLSEN, PH.D.: LIST OF LECTURE TITLES
ADVANCED PRINCIPLES OF SACRED GEOMETRY
ALCHEMICAL SPAWNING & PEAK EXPERIENCES
ALCHEMY I: SERPENTS, SPIRALS & NATURE’S ELEGANT NUMBERS
ALCHEMY II: SHAMANS, HUICHOL INDIANS AND TRANSFORMATION
ALCHEMY: THE GREAT WORK OF SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION
ANCIENT WISDOM & MODERN SCIENCE, A PARADIGM SHIFTING CONNECTION
ANCIENT WISDOM & THE PATH OF RETURN
APOLLO, ZEUS & HERMES: REVEALING THE GREAT MYSTERY OF GEMATRIA
ARCHIMEDES & THE 13 SEMI-REGULAR SOLIDS
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF SACRED GEOMETRY
BIOMATHEMATICS: PENETRATING NATURE’S MYSTERIES OF GEOMETRIC DESIGN
BUDDHA, PLATO AND THE PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT
CANONS OF HUMAN PROPORTION
CAN RELIGION BECOME EVIL? FUNDAMENTALISM, ABSOLUTISM, INTOLERANCE & TERRORISM
CONSCIOUSNESS, RESONANCE AND SELF- IDENTITY
CONSCIOUSNESS: TRANSPERSONAL & TRANSFORMATIVE STATES OF SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE
COURAGE & ALCHEMICAL TRANSFORMATION
THE DAVINCI CODE: VIEWED FROM AN ESOTERIC PERSPECTIVE
THE DIVINE PROPORTION & THE NEW RENAISSANCE
THE DIVINE PROPORTION: A NEW RENAISSANCE IN SCIENCE, ART, & SPIRITUALITY
THE DIVINE PROPORTION: THEOSOPHICAL ROOTS AND RENAISSANCE
EGYPTIAN TOMBS, TEMPLES & PYRAMIDS
EGYPT: THE LAND OF KHEM
THE FUTURE OF RELIGION IN THE 21ST CENTURY
THE GEOMETRIC KEY AND INITIATION INTO THE EGYPTIAN AND ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES
THE GOLDEN SECTION & THE ROOTS OF THEOSOPHY
THE GOLDEN SECTION: EGYPTIAN ROOTS, REDISCOVERY & RELEVANCE FOR MODERN PHYSICS
THE GOLDEN SECTION AND SPIRITUALITY
THE GOLDEN SECTION: NATURE’S GREATEST SECRET
GOSPEL OF THOMAS & ALCHEMY
THE GREAT MYSTERY OF THE DIVINE PROPORTION
GREEK GODS AND THE MYSTERIES
THE HERMETIC KEY TO EGYPT’S GREAT MYSTERY
THE HERO’S JOURNEY: QUEST FOR THE HOLY GRAIL
HORSES: THEIR MYTHICAL & SPIRITUAL ASPECTS
INTENTION & SELF-DIRECTED UNFOLDMENT
INITIATION & THE MYSTERY SCHOOLS
THE JOURNEY WITH FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY
MANDALAS, ALCHEMY AND THE SEARCH FOR WHOLENESS
THE MONOMYTH AND THE ROAD TO ELEUSIS
MORPHIC RESONANCE & THE ROLE OF THE INITIATE
THE MYSTERY TRADITIONS WITHIN (BEHIND) THE WORLD RELIGIONS
NATURE’S DIVINE PROPORTION AND TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE
NATURE’S ELEGANT NUMBERS
NATURE’S NUMBERS AND THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLES OF BEAUTY
THE NEW RENAISSANCE: PEAK EXPERIENCES AND THE QUEST FOR THE HOLY GRAIL
NDES AND INITIATION INTO THE MYSTERIES
NDES AND SELF-TRANSFORMATION: LIFE-CHANGING ILLUMINATION AS HUMANITY’S ULTIMATE GOAL
NUMBERS, NATURE AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE
OBES, NDES AND OTHER TRANSFORMATIVE STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
THE PATH: QUEST FOR THE HOLY GRAIL
PHE, 1, PHI, PHO, PHUM
THE PHILOSOPHER MATHEMATICIANS OF ALEXANDRIA: EUCLID AND HYPATIA
THE PIVOTAL ROLE OF THE GOLDEN SECTION IN MODERN SCIENCE
PLATO’S ALCHEMICAL SOLUTION AND THE SECRET OF THE GOLDEN MEAN
PLATO’S GOLDEN SECTION & THE ROOTS OF SACRED GEOMETRY
PLATO’S GREAT SECRET: THE INDEFINITE DYAD
PLATO’S SECRET AND THE GOLDEN CHALICE
PLATO’S SECRET DOCTRINE & THE LOGIC OF DISCOVERY
REINCARNATION & KARMA: PART I & 2
REINCARNATION: INDIVIDUALS & THEIR NATIONS
RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM: THE ROOTS OF INTOLERANCE & TERRORISM
SACRED GEOMETRY AND ALCHEMICAL TRANSFORMATION: AN INTRODUCTION
SACRED GEOMETRY: BIOMATHEMATICS AND THE NEW RENAISSANCE
SACRED GEOMETRY: THE PYTHAGOREAN PLATO & MODERN SCIENCE
SACRED GEOMETRY: THEOSOPHICAL ROOTS & RENAISSANCE
SACRED GEOMETRY & TRANSFORMATIONS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
SAMADHI & PEAK EXPERIENCES
SCIENCE & ART OF SACRED GEOMETRY
TAOISM AND THE SECRET OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER
THEOSOPHY & THE DIVINE PROPORTION
WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN TO BE AN ARTIST?
WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE UNIVERSE THAT ALLOWS FOR TRANSFORMATION?
THE FUTURE OF WORLD RELIGIONS: THE GOLDEN & SILVER RULES
YOGA, DREAMS & OTHER STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
