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	Why is it Called Metaphysics? Part 2 by Nancy R. Fenn Be My Astrologer
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Why is it Called Metaphysics?
Part 2
by Nancy R. Fenn

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If we look closely at the word metaphysics, we see that it is made up of two words meta + physics. The prefix "meta" means "beyond" or "after" (spatially). It has some other meanings, too, which have evolved from the original meaning of the word "meta" in Greek.

Let's see how the meaning of the word evolved. Webster says that "meta" is "used with the name of a discipline to designate a new but related discipline designed to deal critically with the original one."

In this sense, we can see that meta-physics developed in order to explain things "beyond physics" or "beyond the physical". In other words, there are some things about reality that can't be comprehended through the five senses and that is exactly what metaphysics deals with.

The word metaphysics also came into being because of a treatise Aristotle wrote on first principles which followed his treatise on Physics. Therefore it was "meta" or "after" physics [(Ta) meta (ta) phusika: the works after the Physics].

Since the later 19th century, the prefix "meta" has been used to describe sciences that study previous sciences. That is how the meaning of the word shifted. In the 20th century, the German philosopher Martin Heidegger reinterpreted "metaphysics" as "things or concerns arising from the consideration of the Being of things in general."

Don't let the big words fool you. Metaphysics and it's handmaidens astrology, Tarot and New Age thinking are ways of exploring how things come into being, in other words the creation of the universe.

In the Bible, this is done through myth. In physics it is done by scientific tools such as numbers, formulas and hypotheses. In metaphysics it is done with intuition and other right brain tools.

We study the creation of the universe because we understand we are gods of our own smaller universes. Stop to consider for a moment, at any given time, your "world" is comprised of about 15 people " these are the people you interact with on a routine basis. If you were to change those 15 people, your whole world would change.

We also study the principles of creation so that we can understand how to "un-create" our worlds and then create a better one. We do this when we divorce, end a business, change careers, say good bye to a best friend or lovingly close a chapter in our lives.

Many cultures around the world have a creation myth in which a first world is destroyed because it is imperfect and a second more perfect world follows. In the Judaeo-Christian tradition, for example, this myth is Noah and the Ark.

The truth is that each of us will find ourselves in this same process at several times in our lives, like it or not. So it is important when we study the creation of the world with our intuitive mind. This is the study of metaphysics.

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Nancy R. Fenn is an astrologer and intuitive consultant in the San Diego area. She enjoys working with intuitives, creatives and visionaries to help them discover their vision for the future and their mission in life. She has an international clientele and maintains a website full of good resources for astrologers of all levels. Nancy is also the Introverts' Coach providing support and resources for the eight different types of introverts. Introversion is a legitimate personality type and not a failure to be an extrovert.

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