Information Fields as a Fundamental Physical Primitive (Chapter 1)

Erico Azevedo & José Pissolato Filho

How two Brazilian Researchers Aim to Fulfill a Century of Scientific Intuition

About the Book

Information Fields: Theory and Applications (Springer Nature, 2026) is a landmark publication that establishes a new frontier in science. Edited by Erico Azevedo and José Pissolato Filho, this volume brings together 17 chapters from leading researchers around the world to explore how information—not just matter and energy—may be a fundamental building block of reality. The book bridges quantum physics, biology, and psychology, offering a unified framework for understanding how information organizes the universe, from entangled particles to human consciousness.

[Link to book: https://link.springer.com/book/9789819517411]

About the Authors: The Minds Behind the Theory

Erico Azevedo, PhD, is not a typical researcher. He is a rare polymath who bridges worlds that rarely meet: the hard precision of electrical engineering and the deep introspection of clinical psychology.

His Unique Journey

• Two Doctorates: PhD in Electrical Engineering from UNICAMP (2020) and PhD in Clinical Psychology from PUC/SP (2017)—a combination that allows him to approach the information field theory from both its physical and human dimensions.
• Master in Philosophy: PUC/SP (2011), grounding his scientific work in epistemological rigor.
• Specialist in Ontopsychology: Saint Petersburg State University, Russia (2007), where he studied directly with the legacy of Antonio Meneghetti, becoming a direct disciple of the great Italian thinker.
• Co-founder of ORIONT: An institute dedicated to research, training, and practical applications of Ontopsychology and human potential development.

Recent Contributions

Beyond his scientific papers, Azevedo has authored books that make these profound ideas accessible:

• Intuition: From Mystery to Mastery — A guide to understanding and developing our most mysterious cognitive faculty.
• Initiatic Paths: No One Can Walk Your Path for You — A philosophical exploration of self-development and the unique journey of each individual.
• Exploring the Possibility of Non-local Communication in Human Beings: An Empirical Test of the Information Field Hypothesis. In: Bandyopadhyay, A., Ray, K. (eds) Brain-like Super Intelligence from Bio-electromagnetism. Studies in Rhythm Engineering. Springer, Singapore (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-0232-9_1

As Senior Researcher in the field of Physics of Information Fields, Azevedo stands at the confluence of rigorous science, philosophical depth, and practical human development. He is, in many ways, the embodiment of the synthesis this book represents.

José Pissolato Filho, PhD, co-author and co-editor, is a Full Professor at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (FEEC) at UNICAMP. A specialist in electromagnetic systems and high-voltage engineering, Pissolato brings decades of experience in classical field theory. He coordinates the High Voltage Laboratory at UNICAMP, has published over 300 technical papers, and was awarded France’s “Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques” in 2012. His collaboration with Azevedo ensures that the information field theory rests on solid mathematical and physical foundations.

The Central Idea: Information as a Fundamental Force

For over a century, physicists have described the universe in terms of two primitives: matter (particles, atoms) and energy (forces, fields). This framework has been extraordinarily successful—but it has also hit walls.

Consider:

• How can two entangled particles instantaneously affect each other across the universe with no energy exchange? (Quantum nonlocality)
• How do cells coordinate complex behaviors using signals so faint they carry almost no energy? (Biological coherence)
• How do our brains integrate millions of disparate inputs into a single unified experience? (Conscious binding)

Azevedo and Pissolato propose a radical solution: these phenomena only seem mysterious because we’re missing a piece of the puzzle. Information itself is a fundamental physical field—as real as electromagnetism, as real as gravity. They call it the information field ($\boldΨ_I$)—a spacetime-filling, causal medium that carries pure organization: phase, topology, symmetry. It doesn’t transfer energy; it transfers form. And when it meets a system with its own energy (a particle, a cell, a brain), it modulates that energy according to the information it carries.

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The Lineage: A Dream Fulfilled

What makes Azevedo’s contribution so compelling is that he stands on the shoulders of giants—and weaves their insights into a coherent whole.

• Michael Faraday saw invisible “lines of force” around magnets and wondered if space itself could be structured.
• David Bohm proposed a “quantum potential” that guides particles not by pushing them, but by informing them—the shape of the wavefunction, not its energy, determines their path.
• Basil Hiley, Bohm’s longtime collaborator, refined this into “active information”—a framework where information, not force, organizes quantum behavior.
• John Wheeler famously declared “It from Bit”—suggesting that information is more fundamental than matter.

But these were fragments, intuitions, brilliant glimpses. What Azevedo and Pissolato offer is the unified theory—the mathematical architecture that shows how all these pieces fit together. As the opening hook suggests:

Many scientists suspected everything was deeply connected. His physical theory finally explains why—from quantum to biopsychic systems.

Azevedo is not merely proposing another interpretation. He is providing the missing physical primitive that generations of researchers sensed but could not formalize.

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The Evidence: Information Fields Across Scales

The beauty of Azevedo’s approach is that it’s not just philosophy—it’s grounded in empirical evidence from multiple domains:

Quantum Nonlocality

Aspect’s famous experiments showed that entangled particles violate Bell inequalities ($S = 2 \sqrt{2} > 2$), correlating instantaneously across space. In Azevedo’s framework, this is not mysterious action-at-a-distance but the natural behavior of information fields. The particles are linked by topological connections—think of them as sharing a hidden thread in the fabric of reality (the ER=EPR wormhole idea). No energy is exchanged, only information about their relative state.

Biological Coherence

Luc Montagnier’s experiments showed that DNA emits electromagnetic signals that can reconstruct nucleotide sequences in distant tubes—without chemical contact. Fritz-Albert Popp documented “biophotons” that coordinate cellular activity with astonishing precision. These are not energetic signals; they are informational signals, riding the phase gradients of $Ψ_I$. The energy comes from the receiving system; the information field merely provides the pattern.

Cognitive Binding—Azevedo’s Own Experiments

In his own doctoral research, Azevedo placed pairs of participants in electromagnetically shielded (Faraday cage) rooms and had them share dreams. The results showed statistically significant autonomic nervous system synchronization ($p < 0.001$). Despite complete electromagnetic isolation, their bodies responded as if connected. This is exactly what $Ψ_I$ predicts: information fields penetrate shielding because they are not electromagnetic. They are a different layer of reality. These results align with Dean Radin’s ganzfeld telepathy meta-analysis (8.1σ above chance, $p = 5.6 \times 10^{-16}$) and cross-brain EEG coherence studies—all pointing to the same conclusion: information fields are real, measurable, and fundamental.

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The Mathematical Vision (In Plain Language)

Azevedo and Pissolato don’t just assert these ideas—they provide a mathematical framework.

The Lagrangian $\mathcal{L}_{I} = \frac{1}{2}(\partial_{\mu}{\Phi}_{I})^{2} – V({\Phi}_{I}) + g{\Phi}_{I}\mathcal{F}[\psi]$ shows that information fields have dynamics, that they interact with matter and can be modeled with the same mathematical tools we use for any fundamental field.

But we can understand its essence without equations:

Think of the universe as a vast, multidimensional score. Traditional physics describes the instruments—the particles and forces that make up the orchestra. It tells us how they vibrate, how they interact, how much energy they carry.

Information field theory adds the conductor—the silent presence that doesn’t play any instrument but shapes how they all play together. The conductor’s gestures carry no energy—they don’t push the musicians—but they organize the music. A slight movement changes the phrasing, the timing, the emotional quality of the entire symphony.

In Azevedo’s framework:

• The instruments are matter and energy systems (particles, cells, brains)
• The music is the behavior we observe
• The conductor is $Ψ_I$, modulating systems through phase, topology, and symmetry

The mathematical heart is a nonlocal kernel $G(x,x’)$—a function that quantifies how information correlates across spacetime without local mediation. For entangled particles, this kernel takes the form of a geometric phase, linking them across any distance. For biological systems, it describes how solitons propagate through DNA. For brains, it models how neural oscillations synchronize without physical connection. This kernel explains why Bell violations peak at specific angles, why GHZ states maintain coherence across multiple particles, and why Azevedo’s Faraday-caged subjects showed synchronized physiology. It’s the same math, applied at different scales.

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Beyond “It from Bit”: Bit from Field

John Wheeler’s famous phrase “It from Bit” suggested that information is primary—that physical reality emerges from informational relationships. But Wheeler’s framework remained abstract, observer-dependent, and difficult to test.

Azevedo and Pissolato invert this: “Bit from Field.” Information is not an abstraction floating above reality; it is physically instantiated in the geometry of information fields. These fields are as real as the electromagnetic field, as real as spacetime itself. They existed before observers, they operate in vacuum, they shape the evolution of the cosmos.

This shift has profound implications:

• Information becomes causal—it can alter physical systems without energy transfer because it is itself physical
• Observers are not required—information fields operate whether anyone is watching or not
• Testability becomes possible—the framework generates specific predictions (angle-dependent entanglement, CMB topological defects, biological coherence thresholds)

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The Human Dimension: From Physics to Experience

Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of Azevedo’s work is how it bridges the impersonal world of physics and the intimate world of human experience. Trained in both electrical engineering and clinical psychology, steeped in Meneghetti’s Ontopsychology, he sees the information field not as an abstraction but as something we live.

The Five-Phase Hierarchical Model

Following Meneghetti’s five-phase hierarchical model, Azevedo describes how $Ψ_I$ interacts with human beings through a structured cascade:

Phase	Scale	What Happens
(a) Subatomic	Quantum	Phase coherence and spin alignment in particles—unconscious, automatic
(b) Molecular	Cellular	Macromolecules (like microtubules) polarize according to field topology—trained observers can detect this
(c) Emotional	Physiological	The field generates affective states—fear, joy, attraction—felt as our own emotions, yet identifiable as field-mediated
(d) Attentional	Cognitive	Emotions stabilize into focused intentionality—experts can discern the field’s source and choose to accept or reject its influence
(e) Externalization	Behavioral	The field’s effects manifest as psychosomatic symptoms or actions—headaches, impulses, decisions

This model suggests that what we call “intuition,” “gut feelings,” or “being influenced by someone’s presence” are not vague metaphors. They are the perception of information fields at the emotional and cognitive levels.

Three Modes of Resonance

Based on semantic field theory and experiments, Azevedo describes three fundamental ways humans interact with $Ψ_I$:

1. Biological/Emotional: Reflexive physiological responses—hunger, fear, arousal. The body as transceiver.
2. Psychological/Informational: Intentional states, conscious attention, decision-making. The mind as phase-locked receiver.
3. Intellective/Transcendent: Nonlocal knowledge acquisition—intuition, remote viewing, mystical experiences. The self as topological explorer of field-configuration space.

Egoceptive Awareness

Most of us experience $Ψ_I$ unconsciously—as emotions we can’t explain, impulses that seem to come from nowhere, sudden insights. But Azevedo argues that with training, we can develop egoceptive awareness: the capacity to perceive information fields directly, to distinguish between what originates in our authentic self and what is introduced from outside.

This is where his work as a psychologist and his work as a physicist converge. The same $Ψ_I$ that entangles photons in Aspect’s lab also mediates the subtle influences between people. Learning to perceive it is not mysticism—it is reclaiming a primary biological endowment.

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The Legacy: Completing the Circle

Azevedo’s chapter is the opening statement of a book he co-edited—a book that brings together researchers from around the world to explore information fields from every angle. Dean Radin on nonlocal consciousness, Rupert Sheldrake on morphic resonance, Antonio Meneghetti on the semantic field, Anirban Bandyopadhyay on fractal hyperspace—all are woven into a coherent narrative.

But it is Azevedo himself who provides the foundation. Trained by Meneghetti, he carries forward the ontological vision. Trained in engineering, he provides the mathematical rigor. Trained in psychology, he keeps the human dimension central. Co-founder of ORIONT, he builds the institutions that will carry this research forward.

He is, in a very real sense, the father of information field theory—not because he invented the concept out of nothing, but because he synthesized a century of insights, added his own experimental evidence, and built a framework that finally makes sense of it all.

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Why This Matters

The implications of Azevedo’s work extend far beyond academic physics:

• For Science: It offers a unified framework that resolves long-standing anomalies—quantum nonlocality, biological coherence, psychic phenomena—without abandoning physicalism or invoking mysticism.
• For Technology: It opens pathways to room-temperature quantum sensors, decoherence-immune computing, and entirely new modes of communication based on information fields rather than energy transfer.
• For Medicine: It provides a theoretical basis for understanding how intention, presence, and meaning affect biological systems—and how to develop practices that harness these effects.
• For Self-Development: It offers a map of human perception that includes not just the five senses but the subtle awareness of information fields—and practices for developing that awareness.
• For Philosophy: It resolves the ancient tension between materialism and idealism. The universe is not dead matter pushed by blind forces, nor is it pure mind projecting illusion. It is information made manifest—a cosmic symphony where every being is both instrument and conductor.

How does a single cell know to become a complex organism? Ghelman explores the role of morphogenetic fields in guiding development, regeneration, and healing. These fields—long hypothesized by biologists—find new grounding in $Ψ_I$ theory, suggesting that form is not merely genetically programmed but informationally guided.

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Final Thoughts

Reading Azevedo’s chapter, one senses that something significant is happening. This is not just another interpretation of quantum mechanics. This is a paradigm shift—a re-founding of physics on deeper principles.

The evidence is here. The math is rigorous. The implications are profound. The only question that remains is whether we have the courage to follow where the data leads.

As Azevedo writes in his closing lines:

The age of information fields is not coming—it has arrived. Will you witness it or help to shape it?

For those who choose the latter, this chapter is not just an introduction. It is an invitation.

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Key Takeaways

1. Information is physical: $Ψ_I$ is a fundamental field, as real as electromagnetism—not an abstraction.
2. Energy and information decouple: Organization (phase, topology, symmetry) propagates without energy transfer, explaining quantum nonlocality, biological coherence, and psychic correlations.
3. Evidence spans scales: From Aspect’s Bell violations to Montagnier’s DNA solitons to Azevedo’s own Faraday-caged experiments—the data is robust.
4. “Bit from Field” inverts Wheeler: Information arises from field geometry, independent of observers—solving the “observer problem.”
5. Humans are $Ψ_I$ resonators: We interact with information fields at biological, emotional, cognitive, and transcendent levels—a five-phase hierarchical model.
6. Perception can be trained: Egoceptive awareness of $Ψ_I$ is a learnable skill—reclaiming a primary biological endowment.
7. A unified vision: The same principles govern quantum-to-classical transition across scales, from vacuum fluctuations to human consciousness.

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Explore other Information Fields book chapters

Book Intro

Part I: The Physical Realm

Chapter 1: Information Fields as a Fundamental Physical Primitive
Erico Azevedo & José Pissolato Filho

Chapter 2: The Persistence of Information in a Quantum Reality
Shantena Sabbadini

Chapter 3: Unveiling Quantum Entanglement
Erico Azevedo & José Pissolato Filho

Chapter 4: Fractal Hyperspace Engineering
Anirban Bandyopadhyay, Sudeshna Pramanik & Pushpendra Singh

Part II: The Biophysical Realm

Chapter 5: Long-Distance Cellular Communication: A Review
Mariana Cabral Schveitzer & Maria Luiza Bazzo

Chapter 6: Biofields and Bioenergy
Konstantin Korotkov

Chapter 7: Developmental Biology and Morphogenetic Fields
Ricardo Ghelman

Chapter 8: Imperfection as the Foundation of Life
Ivan V. Savelev, Michael M. Rempel, Oksana Polesskaya, Richard Alan Miller & Max Myakishev-Rempel

Part III: The Biopsychical Realm

Chapter 9: Morphic Resonance and Beyond
Rupert Sheldrake

Chapter 10: Semantic Fields
Antonio Meneghetti

Chapter 11: Nonlocal Experiences in a Quantum Reality
Dean Radin, Helané Wahbeh, Garret Yount, Thomas Brophy, Sitara Taddeo & Arnaud Delorme

Chapter 12: Nonlocal Human Communication: A Unified Framework via the $Ψ_I$ Field
Erico Azevedo

Chapter 13: Exploring the Dimensions of Consciousness
Tommy Akira Goto

Part IV: Applications

Chapter 14: Information Fields in Psychology
Erico Azevedo & Nathália Perin

Chapter 15: Medical Systems and Integrative Health
Ricardo Ghelman, Caio S. Portella & José Ruguê Ribeiro Junior

Chapter 16: Intuition and Noise in Decision Making
Erico Azevedo

Chapter 17: From Metaphysics to Science
Alécio Vidor

Conclustion

About ORIONT

ORIONT is an institute dedicated to research, training, and practical applications of Ontopsychology and human potential development. Co-founded by Erico Azevedo and Nathália Perin, it serves as a bridge between rigorous scientific investigation and the lived experience of human development. Through research, publications, and training programs, ORIONT carries forward the vision of a science that includes the full depth of human experience. [Website: https://oriont.org]

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