About
Marty Beaudet has worked in the communications field for 29 years, as an actor, writer, photographer, graphic designer, content creator, editor, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and filmmaker. His current focus is on narrative fiction, in print and on film. He is the author of three books, "By A Thread," "Losing Addison," and "Senseless Confidential" (writing as Martin Bannon), and he is the founder of FauxMeme Productions, a film, video, and audio production company in Portland, Oregon.
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
It started with a dream. A nightmare, really.
One night in March I had trouble getting to sleep. Tired as I was, every moment of near slumber was snatched away from me by a jolt of adrenaline and racing, incoherent thoughts. My restless legs soon joined in, turning the day’s swan song into a dance as well. It was then that I reached for the medication and finally fell asleep.
When I awoke, it was from a vivid nightmare. I can’t tell you now what it was about, but at that moment I perceived it as an entire novel. I knew not only what had happened, but just how I felt about it too. It was as though it had actually happened to me.
I flew out of bed and began writing, skipping both the bathroom and my breakfast smoothie, the usual first steps to my morning routine. I wrote and wrote and am still writing. I see the whole story. I know the characters. I’m one of them.
Reviews
<strong></strong> <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/MariaSavva">Maria Savva</a>, author of Second Chances, says :
<p><em>5 out of 5 stars — I was hooked on this story from the start. I
find the way it was written fascinating. The author literally dreamt
this book, and then wrote it all out from his memory, without editing
it. It’s just perfect as it is! I heard about Marty Beaudet’s
experimental writing and, although curious, I didn’t have time to go
and read the serial as it was developing online. I finally found time
to visit the blog and read the free online version when the author had
already written 16 chapters. I read the whole thing in one sitting
because it was that gripping!</em></p>
<p><em>Losing Addison is a psychological thriller exploring
schizophrenia and the unexplained bond between twins. It’s a story that
will have you glued to the page. The suspense is well constructed and
made me want to continue reading until I found out what was happening.
The story unravels bit by bit, slowly revealing the reasons behind
the characters’ behaviour. Beaudet drip feeds the information in the
most effective way, with flashback scenes and high drama. A
wonderfully entertaining story. I’d recommend it to everyone who likes
a good suspenseful thriller.</em></p>
<p><cite><a href="http://www.brownbrushbooks.com/">Joel Kirkpatrick</a></cite>, author of Breathing Into Stone says:</p>
<p><em>So chilling. There are so many possibilities brought to life by
this story. The one that just haunts me – this is NOT an insanity.
Written directly as a paranormal, to force that response, it might have
lacked the power it has. ‘Losing Addison’ is a wide-open doorway, with
terrible monsters in the darkness beyond. Name your accolades, Sir,
you have earned a basket full.</em></p><a title="Smashwords edition" href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/50400"></a>
