Many people have observed that the "new cosmology" seems to have an affinity to, or at least room for, a religious understanding of the nature of reality. Why is this so, and what does it mean for contemporary spirituality? In this book Paul Brockelman argues that the new scientific cosmology also functions as a religious creation story, or "cosmogony," with the power to provide our culture with a new vision of an ultimately meaningful sacred reality, and a corresponding basis for a comprehensive guide to living.