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Countdown to Coherence

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I loved Countdown to Coherence Countdown to Coherence: A Spiritual Journey Toward a Scientific Theory of Everything and had the opportunity to interview author Hazel Courteney. I love how she weaves science and spirituality and leaves room for your own connection to the universe join into the conversation as you are reading. Courteney lets us explore the evidence found by Professor William Tiller about the coupling of the molecular physical world and the magnetic information wave level to Dr. Miceal Ledwith work with the study of orbs, to the descriptions of the community intent around the spirit of service of Damanhur. Courteney invites the reader into a new world of wonder in a beautiful way.

Bitter disappointment is the best way I can describe my reaction to "Countdown to Coherence." It promised to be "a spiritual journey toward a scientific theory of everything," but in reality it's just another collection of fanciful suppositions and extreme leaps in logic (as if logic is a part of anything in this book) preached to us as absolute fact, as culled from so-called "experts" in the field of the outer-fringes of the paranormal. The first clue comes on page 6 when the author describes how she looked up and saw for the first time a woman named Claire whose eyes, she writes, radiate light and knowledge. In the next sentence the author claims that she instantly knew beyond doubt that Claire was a spiritually aware soul. Claire casually tells the author that an angel once told her that her name is Divine Intervention, and when the two meet later to discuss this grand spiritual awareness, Claire, with absolute conviction, informs the author that the universe is nothing but a big cosmic joke and we're all living in a movie that's all been played before.

The book goes downhill from there, if that's possible. Even her writing style is bad. Instead of giving us the gist of a conversation, she constantly and tediously quotes in I-said, he-said dialogue.

As someone who is a firm believer in both science and spirituality, I had high hopes that this book would actually include some occasional logic and rational intelligent thought. What we have instead is a collection of outer-fringe authorities preaching their fictional theories to the author as absolute fact and several are, incidentally, taking this opportunity to get free publicity for their own books on the subject.

If you want another book on lofty, bizarre theories about Jesus, time travel, spiritual 'walk ins' and what have you like you've seen in dozens of other books, you might enjoy this one. But if you're looking for a sound, rational examination of the truths of spirituality, take my word for it: you won't find it here.

Actually as Hazel says herself, you'll be "amazed" how much the spirit wants to help you. That's the underlying message throughout this book. She makes the claim that there are other dimensions and worlds around us at all times that are comprised of various higher realms of differing frequency - essentially making up all that we would consider the spirit world. These spirits are here to help us, as long as we have pure intentions - the more pure they are, the stronger our connection to this world will be. The concept is profound yet utterly simple.

The path that she takes the reader along to convey this message is via interviews with a very diverse group of thinkers, physicists, and shamans. The result is a wild and wondrous ride that perfectly balances mainstream science, mysticism, religion, quantum physics, and common sense. Rather than one long piece of work about one author's unique concept of reality as a six-fold dimension, the innate details of the zero-point field, or whatever, Hazel presents the reader with a very broad perspective and continually asks the reader to think about their own views along the way. Certainly I found myself pausing to think during this book; sometimes for several minutes to ponder what she had just suggested. When learning about the most astounding aspects of reality, why limit yourself to one person's opinion?

Courteney does not pretend to be an expert at quantum physics, but she manages to cut through the technical jargon and tackle the subject head-on. I've read numerous accounts of the famous double-slit light beam experiment and what it means, and it never really sunk in for me. But what Hazel manages to do in the space of a couple of pages is simplify this conundrum to the point that you wonder how you didn't figure it out before.

A balanced approach is the key to all things, and this technique is what makes this book so perfect. This is the best commentary on esoteric and spiritual realms that I've yet come across. After a dozen or so books on the same general subjects, this book put me over the edge and into a different spiritual mode of thinking. A brilliant effort.

This is simply the best book I have ever read.

It is a combination of spirituality, quantum physics and psychology wrapped up in 250 some odd pages. Though it is written in "this is my story" format with interviews, it is easy to extract the information and apply to one's life.

Simply the best.

countdown to coherence was truly an awesome read.there was some very interesting topics concerning religion, spirituality and theories pertaining to just about any important question you may have about humans,god you name it. not taking anything away from this book; nanci l.danison,s book:backwards returning to our source for answers, in my opinion is the best book ever written about: metaphysics,nde,s religion, spirituality god and all the rest.


alex turner--bridgeport, connecticut.