The Dynamics of Gender and Life

Stephen is an independent thinker, and his book is subtitled 'timeless principles of quantum, fractal and natural phenomena, and human social dynamics' representing as such the distillation of a worldview based on complementarity. The central concept is the universe as a self-organising system (SOS) where everything in it is 'engaged in an ongoing, dynamic, cyclical, interactive conversation' forming a dance between unity and individuality masculine and feminine, boson and fermion, particle and wave, separateness and togetherness, Yang and Yin, possibility and actuality. The elaboration of these polarities is extraordinarily fruitful as the book unfolds into considerations relating to types of creativity, identity politics, personality structure, the relationship between belief systems (central command centres) and habit. Stephen develops two original new terms – the right hemisphere 'Wego', contrasting with the left hemisphere 'Igo'. Life consists of possibilities represented by waves becoming actualities as particles, corresponding to the implicate manifesting into the explicate. We also try to balance an active masculine focus with a feminine receptivity and openness. All this is embodied at the end of the book in a series of Tables of One and All (TOA) providing an amazing visual summary. Readers will find this an expansive and insightful journey that is sure to enhance their philosophy of life.