Sun of gOd

Just in case you wondered, the spelling of gOd is not a typo but stands rather for the nameless ultimate principle, the visible counterpart of which Sams equates with the sun. The first religions were all animistic, spirit was everywhere, while we now live in a scientific world that denies the reality of spirit, but mainly on a philosophical rather than strictly scientific basis. Sams puts forward a view whereby the boundaries of consciousness are extended beyond human beings. It reminds me of an excellent conference and 15 years ago arranged by Rupert Sheldrake on The Conscious Sun. What if, wewondered, the sun was a conscious being far beyond our own comprehension? This also happens to be the view taken by the Bulgarian sage Beinsa Douno. This engaging and well-written book takes the reader through the history of religion and the human distortions that they have implied. He also considers origins, but all in the light of a conscious and self-organising universe. It adds up to a powerful argument that is a plausible alternative to the way we currently understand life and one in which we have more than an accidental role. The book also features many stimulating and sometimes amusing quotations – Gallagher is quoted as saying 'don't you wish there were a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence? There is one marked "Brightness," but it doesn't work.'