Involution-An Odyssey Reconciling Science to God
Description
<p>“<em>We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.”(</em>Teilhard de Chardin<em>)</em></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;"><em>Involution-An Odyssey Reconciling Science to God </em> is as layered as a French cassoulet, as diverting, satisfying and as rich. Each reader will spoon this book differently. On the surface it seems to be a simple and light-hearted poetic journey through the history of Western thought, dominantly scientific, but enriched with painting and music. Beneath that surface is the sauce of a new evolutionary idea, involution; the informing of all matter by consciousness, encoded and communicating throughout the natural world. A book about the cathedral of consciousness could have used any language to paint it, but science is perhaps most in need of new vision, and its chronology is already familiar.</span></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">The author offers a bold alternative vision of both science and creation: she suggests that science has been incrementally the recovery of memory, the memory of evolution/involution</span><em style="line-height:1.6em;">.</em></p><p>“<em> Involution proposes that humans carry within them the history of the universe, which is (re)discovered by the individual genius when the time is ripe. All is stored within our DNA and awaits revelation. Such piecemeal revelations set our finite lives in an eternal chain of co-creation and these new leaps of discovery are compared to mystical experience</em>” (From a reviewer)</p><p>Each unique contributor served the collective and universal return to holism and unity. Thus the geniuses of the scientific journey, like the spiritual visionaries alongside, have threaded the rosary of science with the beads of inspiration, and through them returned Man to his spiritual nature and origin.</p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">The separation between experience and the rational intellect of science has, by modelling memory as theory, separated its understanding from the consciousness of all, and perceives mind and matter as separate, God and Man as distinct. This work is a dance towards their re-unification: Saints and scientists break the same bread.</span></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">All of time and all the disciplines of science are needed for the evidence. Through swift (and sometimes sparring) Cantos of dialogue between Reason and Soul, Philippa Rees takes the reader on a monumental journey through the history of everything – with the evolution of man as one side of the coin and involution the other. The poetic narrative is augmented by learned and extensive footnotes offering background knowledge which in themselves are fascinating. In effect there are two books, offering a right and left brain approach. The twin spirals of a DNA shaped book intertwine external and internal and find, between them, one journey, Man’s recovery of Himself., and (hopefully) the Creation’s recovery of a nobler Man.</span></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">From the same review “</span><em style="line-height:1.6em;">The reader who finishes the book will not be the same as the one who began it. New ideas will expand the mind but more profoundly, the deep, moving power of the verse will affect the heart.</em></p><p><em>(Marianne Rankin: Director of Communications, Alister Hardy Trust)</em></p><p> </p>
Story Behind The Book
For Cory's Sake began as "just" a story--a story about a family's struggle to save an enslaved planet. As I was revising my story, however, I was also thinking and worrying about a real-world issue. Certain specific themes were deliberately strengthened, as I thought about reality while revising my fantasy. I finished with a more cohesive and meaningful story than I'd planned.
In For Cory's Sake, the people in power use a Great Threat, as well as the constant, daily threat and fear of personal violence, to keep the Coryan people down and silent. A group of caring outsiders struggles to a be a voice for the Coryan people, and to work towards their freedom. The nature of the threat, its resolution, and the obstacles met along the way, were all influenced by my real-world pondering.
I decided to publish my story, and donate my royalties to organizations doing something about my real-world issue. See forcoryssake.com for details.
Reviews
<span style="font-family:verdana;line-height:normal;"></span><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">"5-star" Amazon review, T. Norwood (Virginia)</span></div><br />This book is amazing in its ability to talk about freedom on several levels. The enslavement of a society is the main focus, however, the determination of each person to be free, even in if it's only in their mind. Young Roci uses his dreams to escape being born into slavery and forced to work in a factory. The Bentler family uses everything they have, including generations of family, in order to secure freedom. Each member of the family has a mask they show the world in order for their plan to succeed. The son of the most feared leader fights for freedom from his "inheritance". The details of the physical and mental tortures are thorough but not graphic so the reader is encouraged to use the imagination to fill in any blanks. Systematic torture becomes a right of passage for some of the family members and the story leaves you wondering how far you would be willing to go for freedom. Anyone who likes a heart wrenching family saga mixed with conspiracy, suspense, and slow simmering romance will find this book engaging.
