Evolution, A Theory That Shook The World.

150 years ago, in 1858, the joint papers of Darwin and Wallace were presented by the Linnean Society in London. Debate and dissension continue to this day. I present in layman's terms a brief overview of Charles Darwin's theory. I then identify some areas lacking in adequate explanation. Next I introduce the issues of energy and consciousness following this up by integrating these using Spiritualism to illustrate this. The connection with the Academy comes via its twin interests in Spirituality and Paranormal Studies. My argument is that taken together these two strands effectively modify the mechanistic model into a spiritual one. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]