Dear Irwin,
Your thoughts about the space is very important. Philosopher Pavel Florensky almost a hundred years have come to conclusion: "Miroponimanie - Prostranstvoponimanie / WorldUnderstanding- SpaceUnderstanding".
You write in conclusion:
«Mathematics, physics and chemistry will not lead us through the chaos of the creation event. They are human observations of the evolved order of survival. They are not fundamental observations of purpose. They are tools for enhancing the future of human experience.»
I think that "the mother of all sciences" - Philosophy must come to help mathematics and physics. Understand the ontological structure of the "Origin" - to understand the ontological structure of space. Modern physics impose our minds naive hypothesis "In the Beginning was "big bang". I am a supporter of the superextreme Axiom: "In the Beginning Was the Logos"
The world picture of physicists, mathematicians, and poets should be united and filled with the senses of the "LifeWorld" (E.Husserl).
Yours faithfully,
Vladimir