The Seven Secular Sermons are

Each sermon gives a poetic introduction to a field of knowledge that has something to say about what we are. They are integrated in an arrangement loosely inspired by the Open Systems Interaction model.

  1. 🌌 Adrift in Space and Time (2013) – Astrophysics
    The physical atoms that everything runs on.
    🔊 Audio
    In German: Im Flug durch Raum und Zeit, 🔊Audio.
  2. 🧬 The Games of Entropy (2015) – Molecular Biology
    The self-replicating patterns of links between atoms.
    🔊 Audio
    In German: Von Entropie gespielt, 🔊Audio.
  3. 🌳 One of Us (2016) – Evolutionary Biology
    The network of relations between all life on Earth.
    🔊 Audio
    In German: Unsereins, 🔊Audio.
  4. 💖 The Love that guides Humanity (2022) – Biological Anthropology
    The relationships and exchanges between us.
    🔊 Audio
    In German: Die Liebe, die uns Menschen führt🔊Audio.
  5. 🗣️ The Words our Voices Raise (2023) – Cultural Anthropology
    The dialogues between individuals that give rise to culture.
    🔊 Audio In German: Die Stimme hat das Wort.
  6. 🧠Our Maps and Territory (2023) – Cognitive Science
    The mental representations that attempt to understand the world.
    🔊 Audio In German (unfinished): Die Bilder von der Wirklichkeit.
  7. 💥 The Universe Machine (2024) – Philosophy
    The relationship of consciousness and reality.
    🔊 Audio In German (unfinished): Die All-Maschinerie.

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To the extent possible under law, Daniel Böttger has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to Seven Secular Sermons and all works derived from it. This work is published from: Germany.

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This work was inspired by Lucretius, Richard Dawkins, Rudyard Kipling, Carl Sagan, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, the Symphony of Science project, Daniel Dennett, Christopher Hitchens, Alan Moore, Gustav Theodor Fechner and too many more to mention.

There is a project blog with occasional updates on progress, other poetry and assorted thoughts.