Customer Reviews

Dr. Quantum Presents: A User's Guide to the Universe

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I was drawn to Dr. Wolf's work after hearing a theory about alchemy and astrology being the original sciences given to humanity. Although I found his book 'Matter into Feeling' only an average read, I was excited to see this six volume audio series by Dr Quantum.

I'm only a novice when it comes to quantum science so my expectations are not that high, and I found the audio series to be a useful entry level introduction that I would happily play to my kids as well.

I can understand someone of more advanced knowledge feeling perhaps frustrated and a little short changed by the series. It is advertised as a learning guide, so I assumed it is pitched at a beginner level, and it is.

In terms of value for money, and where it pitches itself, its worth three stars - maybe another half. As with 'Matter Into Feeling" I was a little frustrated in terms of pinpointing the objective of this material. If you already have a broad and robust knowledge base of the mystery schools it might not be for you.

Trying to integrate Shamanism and western science is a pretty tough challenge and there are bound to be inconsistencies. You need to weigh these up against what else is available if your interest in this field is strong, before you part with your cash!

The impersonations are a little 'left field' and perhaps are not as elegant as they could be. But if you can put this in the context of Dr Wolf's pure enthusiasm hopefully it won't detract focus away from the underlying message.

Audio is a useful approach and given the subject matter you may need to be extra sure you want this, quite independently of any hype generated by Wolf's appearance on the movie 'What the Bleep'.

Regards,
Daniel John Hancock

If you saw "What the Bleep do we Know", you may be tempted to drop a hefty sum on these CD's. Before you do, consider what you liked about the movie. If you were into the Quantum Physics part of it (the "science"), don't waste your money. If you liked the meta-physical/spiritual parts of the movie, this is for you. These CD's, despite the subtitle, have a very tenuous link to any science. Most of them are about Dr. Wolf being a dirty old man, hitting on a borderline illegal young girl, and trying to sell you on Shamanism and the Kabalism. Plainly speaking, I thought the program sucked. I only gave it two stars instead of one because at various moments throughout his many, many extended tangents, there is actually a nugget of sensible clarity to think about. But those nuggets are few and far between. 2 of the 6 discs are devoted to explaining some Jewish alphabet and the symbolism of every letter. 1 cd is his story about trying to get some young girl in bed while he's stoned, and the other 3 cd's are him repeating every sentence he says about 13 different ways, or going on a tangent that he never brings to a conclusion. It must have taken MILES of movie-reel footage for the "What the Bleep..." people to get his few great lines of insight for the movie. He really comes off as a crack-pot on these CD's. But that's just my opinion--for a much more insightful, interesting, and scientific look at the Quantum universe, try Brian Greene's "The Fabric of the Universe" audio book, or Stephen Hawking's book, "The Theory of Everything".

it will definetly get you to rethink how you or we were taught to think.it will help you to free up your mind from all the trash we have been fed all these years.

Like many people, I was both excited and pleased with the movie "What the Bleep Do We Know?" As a practicing Yogi, and with a great interest in Western and Eastern philosophies and wisdom traditions, I was interested in this audio program. I hoped that Dr. Wolf would shed some greater light on the way in which quantum mechanics connect directly to the concepts in spirituality. After suffering through 7 1/2 hours, I have discovered that this audio set is really the ranting of puerile pseudo-scientist who seems more interested in erections than quantum mechanics.

Fred Alan Wolf, aka Dr. Quantum, begins by explaining that he is trained scientist and has experinced various shamanic traditions. In some traditions, there is the role of the wise-fool: the crazed-one who breaks down barriers by acting outside of normal bounds. I am not sure if Wolf is attempting to do that here, but he comes across as a hyper-active pervert. His grating, over the top, delivery reminds me of that comedian Godfrey. His attempts at humor fall flat because he hasn't established anything serious against which to contrast it. Instead, he simply jumps around from idea from idea, never staying on one long enough to leave the realm of pop culture.

He weaves Yoga and yogic concepts into his narrative. While far from an expert in this area, I couldn't help but notice his blatantly incorrect reading of certain passages, and some basic errors in retelling certain parts of the Gita. These errors just pushed me over the edge into hating this program and its delivery. I had hoped for something that would educate me in quantum mechanics so that I could bridge the gap. No such luck...

Not many people give a "ho hum" about Quantum Physics. It's one of the most important studies of human time. Not something New Age, the research started in the early 1920's.

Quantum Physics affects every moment of your life and the entire world around you.

Dr. Wolfe explains how it affects you and how YOU affect the world around you in down to earth, easy to understand language.

This is a must have set. Worth the cost at even at twice the price!

This is a very informative narrative on 6 CDs. I would have liked for a more picture narrative ie; at least One DVD. I enjoy Fred Alan Wolf very much. He was excellent in "What the Bleep". His 6 CD User's Guide to Your Universe is very good information and it is also entertaining. Really 4 1/2 stars. Stephen Luton

Let me clarify it now, if you are stuck in your little old brain connected to an old world then you won't enjoy this CD's but if you are a forward thinker and you know that there is more than what you eyes, mind and heart can see then you will enjoy this collection as much as I have.
Thanks God there are people like Dr. Fred Alan Wolf that are not afraid to explore lands that other are afraid to explore or stuck in their old brains.
His theories about the interrelation of consciousness and quantum physics that are so critizesed by mainstream science are in fact what science will be in the future. A real scientist, like Dr. Wolf, is who can see ahed of his time and not many people have this gift. So let the stupid talk, they are just like the Church was with Galileo. Blind!

Should have been a good idea. Quantum physics explained by the guy next door but Dr. Wolf goes overboard especially in the Marx Bros. attempts at talking in a phony German accent when explaining a theory by Plank, Schroedinger, Einstein et al.

The accents and other histrionics detract to the extent that you can't even follow the subject matter. Don't waste your time trying.

1. Idiot
2. God he's annoying.
3. I wonder if he's less annoying if I turn down the volumn.
4. He can't complete a thought.
5. Who cares about symbols and the Kabbalah, how boring and meaningless.
6. Idiot
7. I hope this is over soon
8. Glad I only borrowed these disks and didn't buy them
9. Idiot
10. How pathetic
11. Idiot