There is some sort of desire to make a synthesis of
both spiritual ideas and also science. And you can trace that back to
theosophy at the turn of the last century. So I think there is a
synthesis here of both science and spirituality which in our age is
something that people want. They want to somehow be able to cross that
great divide -- what [British scientist and novelist] C.P. Snow called
'the two cultures' -- and try to find meaning in both worlds.