Itzhak Bentov (1923 - May 25, 1979) was a Czech born scientist, inventor, mystic, and author. He was an early exponent of the science of consciousness.

He was born in Czechoslovakia and moved to America where he followed his passion as an inventor. By profession he was a mechanical engineer specialising in bio-medical engineering and instrumentation. He is credited with the invention of the remote controlled cardiac catheter (US Patent 3605725 Sep., 1971 Bentov. )

He was also an accomplished meditator.

By blending analytical knowledge and intuitive insight, Itzhak Bentov was the first to develop what is now widely accepted as a holographic model of reality.

His best known work is Stalking the Wild Pendulum: On the Mechanics of Consciousness (1979) in which he described his theory of The Continuous Big Bang Universe a form of Eternal return.

He died in the American Airlines Flight 191 disaster at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on May 25, 1979.

Ideas

• Our bodies are mirrors of the whole universe,at every level.
• Vibration permeates all things.
• The universe and all matter is made of consciousness in the process of developing to higher levels.
• Our brains are thought receivers and amplifiers, not the source of thought.
• All knowledge that has ever been generated is potentially available to us from other consciousnesses somewhere in the universe.
• The universe is a hologram. The brain is a hologram interpreting a holographic universe.

List of published works

• On the Mechanics of Consciousness (?)
• A Cosmic Book on the Mechanics of Creation (?)
• The Cosmic Book (?)

References

• Review of his work
• "The Book of Telling: Tracing the Secrets of My Father's Lives," Itzhak Bentov, biography, Israel Science Corps, history, by award-winning author Sharona Muir. The author discovered by accident, after the death of her father, that he had invented Israel's first rocket, and had been a member of a secret group of scientists who had created weapons during Israel's war of independence.
• "Video on Holographic Reality" Video on Holographic Reality featuring Itzhak Bentov.

1923 births | 1979 deaths | Mystics | Inventors | Czech expatriates