The concept of universal Consciousness is the main idea of the philosophical system of Julio Ozán Lavoisier. “From the psycho-philosophical point of view we can say that there is a universal Consciousness of which man is a part and from which he can participate, so that just as his psyche can know the multiplicity, he can know the Unity, which is the core of that Consciousness.” (Origin and Destiny of Man, 2008) “From the cosmological point of view, the universal Consciousness is the beginning, middle and end of the existence, it is the Life itself of all things, the process that is permanent and at the ends of which the cycle of life begins and ends.” In his work The Quest for Consciousness the author develops in detail the concept of universal Consciousness, as well as its manifestations in the World.

This concept designates, within the philosophical system of Julio Ozán Lavoisier, “the highest peaks of thought: Platonism, neo-Platonism, Indian Mahayana Buddhism, Shankara’s Vedanta.” “The Idea that inspires them is the fruit of a high level of consciousness, which has allowed them to observe reality from these summits.” (The Spirit in History, 2011). In his work The Quest for Conscience, the author traces the development of this concept from Plato to his own philosophy, which aims to summarize and integrate the long and varied search of the idealists. This lineage “is not due to a cultural heritage but the product of a similar spiritual experience, which allows its reappearance and transmission.“ 

In the development of his system, Ozan Lavoisier stands out as “restorer of Idealism in the West,which had fallen into disrepute and oblivion for two centuries due to the artificial idealism of Hegel”. His philosophy leads to a high level of consciousness for which is essential the practice of virtues and the humanist disciplines; hence his social proposal of a Neo Renaissance.

We reproduce here what has been published by Dharmapedia, Wiki, India, under the title Psychosophy: According to the philosopher Julio Ozán Lavoisier, Psychosophy: “it is a knowledge of the first causes, which aims at the plenitude of human beings and their integration in the World through the unification of the mind”. A basic principle of this discipline is that “psychic balance and moral balance are consecutive.” Nevertheless, it does not deal with personal or subjective problems, as it may only bloom in mature spirits. Therefore, “Psychosophy starts where psychology ends.” “Psychosophy starts from an essential perspective (for which the author has developed a theory of perspective within his theory of knowledge), that looks not from what has been revealed but from what is revealing”. (Return to the Sources (Edit. Rueda, Madrid,1993)

Eleven years later, Ozan Lavoisier publish Psychosophy. Psycho-philosophical research on the nature of human beings (Edit. Dunken, Bs. As. 2004, and by Motilal Banarsidass publishers, Delhi, 2024), in which he elaborates upon his method of knowledge in detail. He makes clear that his discipline is not in search of news, but of “perennial truths found in ancient traditions.” It is essentially “a philosophy that makes use of transcendental psychology in order to provide grounds for a metaphysics, ethics, esthetics, a theory of knowledge and a philosophy of history, that is to say, a philosophical system.” Therefore, the concept of Psychosophy, according to Ozan Lavoisier, should be interpreted in the context of this system, independently of other views or schools that have adopted this concept.

My whole life has been a search for the sources; all my work is an expression of this Origin, from the First Principle, which is the basic subject and principal of philosophy, as Aristotle had earlier observed.

Human beings take part in this search, even if the majority does so unconsciously; it is the task for philosophers to do so consciously in order to take back the spirit to this Origin. Scientists have also made significant advances in this sense, but as they cannot transcend the material world, they are very limited and very distant from the Principle that is of a spiritual and transcendent nature.

I am convinced that I have found the First Principle; my whole philosophy derives from this. It is not possible to explain in a few words what this Principle is; I have tried to do so in various works. On the other hand, the concepts that define it are not very useful, as one is dealing with a vital experience. For this reason most of my work is directed to producing this experience showing the access routes, the paths that lead to it, as well as the usual obstacles that impede the ascent of the spirit towards this basic reality.

For this reason I have believed it necessary to follow the trajectory of idealist thought of the West as well as that of the East; I am referring in particular to Platonism and Neo-Platonism, as well as to Mahayana Buddhism and to Vedanta with the objective of comparing these doctrines and explaining them from a unifying perspective or vision. These traditions converge in my philosophy, as I start from the Origin that generates them and its manifestations. We are not talking about a syncretism but of a similar experience of the principle that underlies and explains them. (Parallel Civilizations)

This convergence is the result of a long search, not just on my part but from the human spirit in its millenarian development to find the principle of life and give meaning to our existence. (Origin and Destiny of Man; The Evolution of the Spirit)

This convergence and synthesis are grounded on a theory of knowledge that involves a particular vision of the mind and a transcendental psychology, as well as a unitive method, (Psiychosophy, Psycho-philosophical Investigations into Human Nature); through a philosophy of history (The Spirit in History); and an ethics that tends to demonstrate the common origin and the fraternity of all living beings (The Roots of Moral); through an aesthetics with the purpose of making us see the beauty of the World in its primordial unity (The Roots of Art) and a metaphysics that includes a religious vision (The Quest for Consciousness); all of which constitute a philosophical system that cover my thought and the aforesaid traditions. In fact everything is taken over by a universal Consciousness, the origin, basis and destiny of all beings, from whose knowledge and harmonious integration of all human faculties derives the freedom of the spirit and consequently intrinsic happiness, i.e. true and real.