21 Jun 2026 4 min read meeting

Dr Jude Currivan: Time is real, reality has purpose

Evidence for a living, evolving universe with Jude Currivan & Bernardo Kastrup, 23rd June 2026

Dr Jude Currivan PhD MSc CMA

Our guest this week is Jude Currivan, presenting evidence from physics that time is real, the universe is alive, and that reality is evolving with purpose.

Dr Currivan (PhD MSc CMA), is a futurist and cosmologist with an MA in physics from Oxford, a PhD in archaeology, and senior business experience including at the UK Stock exchange, HMV and Scholl.

In a holographic universe, everything is connected. Each part reflects how the same patterns are shaping everything — from atoms to galaxies to human society.

What we call matter may be better understood as organised information

In that case, entropy is not a movement towards chaos, but towards complexity. This is just one of many hints that the universe is evolving based on deep intelligence and purpose.

She had an electric conversation with Bernardo in January that spanned this cosmology and its ethical implications for how we do business, so I'm excited to have Jude with us again tomorrow, Tues 23rd.

The zoom link is below.

Background resources.

I spoke with Jude 1:1 a few weeks ago, and you might enjoy our conversation, posted here:

This short post from Jude summarises key evidence supporting this emerging view:

The same patterns shape everything — from atoms to the universe to human society
What we call matter may be better understood as organised information
Mind and consciousness may play a more fundamental role in the nature of reality
In a holographic universe, the whole is not built from separate parts; instead, each part reflects the pattern of the whole

Her first conversation with Bernardo in January 2026

This conversation spanned cosmology and corporate ethics, and you can find it here:

Meta-conscious leadership

Jude was first recommended by fellow community member Greg Suart, who through his work with meta-conscious leaders hopes to align business with principals that emerge from idealism. I especially enjoyed this section of their conversation:

Jude Currivan

Dr Jude Currivan PhD MSc CMA is a cosmologist, planetary healer, futurist, and author whose life’s work unites leading-edge science with universal wisdom traditions.

Holding a master’s degree in physics from Oxford and a doctorate in archaeology from Reading, she also trained as a Chartered Management Accountant and served on the Council of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and the UK Stock Exchange Listing Committee.

Jude’s early career was in global commerce – she was Group Finance Director of international corporations HMV and Scholl, establishing operations in multiple continents. This experience gave her an intimate understanding of the world’s economic and financial systems, later informing her systemic approach to global transformation.

In the mid-1990s she turned to full-time research and planetary service, integrating her scientific background with her lifelong exploration of consciousness, ancient cosmologies, and the evolution of life. Her seminal works—The 8th Chakra, The 13th Step, HOPE – Healing Our People and Earth, The Cosmic Hologram, and The Story of Gaia – chart a profound arc from personal awakening to planetary evolution.

In them she proposes that the universe is a living, unified system of in-formation - where energy, matter, and consciousness are inseparable aspects of a cosmic whole.

Through her non-profit WholeWorld-View, Jude collaborates with scientists, business leaders, economists, and change agents to foster what she describes as a new “WholeWorld cosmology” – a worldview based on unity, coherence, and regenerative design. She is an active member of the Club of Rome and the Evolutionary Leaders Circle, contributing to global dialogues on reframing economics, rethinking finance, and cultivating planetary well-being.