(Unpublished article) Consciousness as the foundation – new theory of the nature of reality

Consciousness is fundamental; only thereafter do time, space and matter arise. This is the starting point for a new theoretical model of the nature of reality, presented by Maria Strømme, Professor of Materials Science at Uppsala University, in the scientific journal AIP Advances.

Retracted article

2026-05-13. The article referred to in this interview has been retracted from the journal AIP Advances.

2026-05-19. Due to the above we have now chosen to unpublish the contents of the interview on this page.

Read more in the journal’s announcement: Retraction: “Universal consciousness as foundational field: A theoretical bridge between quantum physics and non-dual philosophy” [AIP Adv. 15(11), 115319 (2025)]

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