
Maha Sivaratri (Night of Siva) is the most auspicious celebration of Lord Siva, and one of the most sacred nights on the yogic calendar. After this momentous all-night celebration of chant and puja, join scientist and practitioner of Triadic Saivism, Menas Kafatos, for an exploration of the ways modern science and ancient wisdom mirror each other.
Examine what science says about the nature of reality, what the Saivite scriptures say, and how the common findings are relevant for humans in our search for meaning in our lives. Gain perspective on some of life’s most important questions: What is reality? How do we live our daily lives? What answers can science provide and is Quantum Mechanics relevant? These are questions that upon contemplation enhance practical steps to a fulfilling and loving life.
Offered as 1 evening satsang (subject to change)

Menas C. Kafatos, PhD, is a quantum physicist, cosmologist, his work also emphasizes natural and anthropogenic hazards for the Earth. He works as researcher and philosopher extensively on consciousness and the nature of the mind. He studied with renown physicist Philip Morrison at M.I.T., who was a student of J. Robert Oppenheimer. He has 50 years of experience in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research.
Menas is the Fletcher Jones Endowed Professor of Computational Physics and Director, Institute for Earth, Computing, Human and Observing at Chapman University in California. He is foreign member of the Romanian Academy of Science and the Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST); an international scholar working with the Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering also having served as an advisor on the BK21 Plus Eco-Leader Education Center at Korea University in Seoul, Korea and in the past, an affiliated researcher at the National Observatory of Athens, Greece.
Menas has authored 350-plus articles and published or co-authored 26 books, including The Conscious Universe, Looking In, Seeing Out and Science, Reality & Everyday Life and has many social media and blogs. He is often interviewed for international television networks, newspapers, and radio.
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