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The Omega Point is a theorized future event in which the entirety of the universe spirals toward a final point of unification. The term was invented by the French Jesuit Catholic priest Pierre Teilhar
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, 1947
The Ecumenical Council is a surrealist painting by Spanish artist Salvador Dalí completed in 1960. It is one of his masterpieces, taking two years to complete and very large at 299.7 by 254 centimetre
Omega Point
…this with the Christian "parousia." The Spanish painter Salvador Dalí was familiar with Teilhard de Chardin's Omega Point theory. His 1959 painting The Ecumenical Council is said to represent the "interconnectedness" of the Omega Point. Point Omega by Don DeLillo takes its name from the theory and involves a character…
The Ecumenical Council by Salvador Dali
Dalí's The Trinity Study for The Ecumenical Council, 1960. Oil on canvas. 58.4 x 66 cm. Vatican Gallery, Vatican