ARABELLA THAÏS
BEAUTY, CONSCIOUSNESS, & TIME
Arabella's research lies at the intersection of quantum mechanics, chaos theory, aesthetics and poetics, higher-dimensional mathematics, and metaphysics. In line with Neo-Platonic thought, she proposes that we inhabit an intrinsically aesthetic cosmos; one in which beauty is not ornamental but structural, and essential to the evolutionary unfolding of consciousness. In the words of Dante Alighieri, “Beauty will save the world.” Crucially, her work is underscored by the belief that we absolutely must synthesise disciplines and adopt a holistic worldview if we are to advance the frontiers of human understanding.
Arabella's thesis specifically centres on the architecture of time. She argues that conventional entropic models represent a flattened view of time, overlooking its deeper fractal geometry and multidimensional nature She thus seeks to develop a new temporal ontology: one that is retro-causal, recursive, and fundamentally shaped by higher-order harmonics. Rather than treating consciousness as a byproduct of time, her work considers time itself as an expression of consciousness, structured through pattern, meaning, and aesthetic form.
Watch Arabella's Keynote on Beauty & Utopia
for The Gallileo Commission here
Listen to Arabella talking about
Non-Linear Time in an interview here
Read Arabella's peer-reviewed paper on
retrocausality here
DEPTH COSMOLOGY
Depth Cosmology is a term Arabella has coined to describe an expanded, integrative approach to cosmology that unifies the branches of physics with insights from poetry, mythology, astrology, cultural history, philosophy, and consciousness studies. It recognises that the cosmos cannot be understood through material science alone, but requires a framework that honours interiority, symbol, and meaning. Just as depth psychology introduced the unconscious as a necessary dimension of the psyche, depth cosmology proposes a paradigmatic shift in how we understand the universe itself - not as inert mechanism, but as a living mind.
Read her article on Depth Cosmology for Kosmos Journal here
MUSIC, MATHEMATICS, & MANDALAS
One strand of Arabella’s research explores the metaphysical role of number in shaping the cosmos, drawing on the ancient idea that reality is structured not just physically, but harmonically. Inspired by the Pythagorean tradition, this inquiry considers how numerical proportion, musical interval, and geometric form may express a deeper order.
Arabella engages especially with the visionary work of Hildegard von Bingen, whose illuminated cosmologies reveal a world ordered through divine ratio, where music, colour, and number mirror the structure of the soul and the heavens alike. Her work also draws on Marie-Louise von Franz’s writings on number and archetype, and explores the interconnection between mandalas and labyrinths as maps of the psyche.
This research supports a broader vision of the cosmos as an intelligent, patterned whole, wherein number may point beyond mechanism toward a higher logic of causality; toward a universe shaped not only by forces, but by final causes.
