A recent article in CANADIAN GEOGRAPHIC describes the Aurora Borealis as an intrusion of cosmic plasma into the terrestrIal essences which are largely limited to solid, liquid, and gas (rock, water, and air), with the occasional occurrence of fire. Yet 90% of the visible matter in the cosmos is composed of plasma. Our Earth is an island of exception.

We are not only “three-dimensional”, but also largely tri-phasic. Yet the Fourth Phase (or Element) pervades the material universe. We are either a backwater or a miracle.

However, the Universe in its appearance is also an exception, or at least an illusion to our senses. For its far overwhelming (70%) Dark Energy, Quintessence, dominates all the rest. The universe as a whole is penta-phasic.