KUOW Radio, Seattle, PBS
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Steve Pomper is a Seattle-based writer and the author of, "Is There a Problem, Officer? A Cop's Inside Scoop on Avoiding Traffic Tickets," (The Lyons Press, 2007) and the upcoming "Seattle Curiosities," and "It Happened in Seattle." (Both Globe-Pequot Press, 2009)
<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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">"Steve Pomper's book may well save you a ticket, or it <br />might just save your life. We all slow down when we see a cop talking to a driver <br />he's pulled over because we're curious. Now, read about what really goes on. <br />You will be surprised and if those of you who view traffic stops with <br />annoyance, impatience and, even anxiety, will pay attention to the advice offered <br />here, I think you'll pay fewer fines and avoid racking up so many dings on your <br />driving record. This is also a great read--full of anecdotes that will make you <br />laugh, gasp, and understand both cops and other drivers much better! I'm <br />surprised that no one thought of this idea before; it's a natural. After you read <br />this, the sight of whirling blue bubble lights in your rear view mirror won't <br />be nearly so scary. As an ex-cop myself, I know that men and women in law <br />enforcement want first to protect the rest of us, and Pomper has done that with his <br />writing as well as with his badge. I love this book!"<br /> <br />--Ann Rule<br />Author of Green River, Running Red, Small Sacrifices, and Too Late to Say <br />Goodbye <br /><br /></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;">“Officer Steve Pomper’s book will not only go a long way toward improving communication between police officers and drivers, it will also better educate the public on the daily stress and difficulties officers confront trying to keep us safe. It should be mandatory reading material in every driver’s education class in America.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;">Robert Dugoni, New York Times best-selling author of <em>The Jury Master, Damage Control, </em>and<em> Wrongful Death.</em></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"></p>