"The Bridge" messages were originally distributed over the academic network BITNET, a few years before the internet became widely available and all the independent and commerical networks out there gradually merged into one vast protocol for interconnectivity. The project attracted a wide range of talented and creative people, particularly including graduate students and academics, who were interested in these broader questions, and who were prepared to study and write on these subjects.

The name "Bridge Across Consciousness" is derived from a general theory of conceptual and cognitive structure, based on the idea that all ideas and concepts can be understood and placed in relationship with one another within the context of a single integral and inclusive hierarchical framework.

(to be continued)