Quantum Physicist Fred Alan Wolf on Consciousness & The Afterlife

09/11/2013 15:35

Wolf's inquiring mind has delved into the relationship between human consciousness, psychology, physiology, the mystical, and the spiritual. His investigations have taken him from intimate discussions with physicist David Bohm to the magical and mysterious jungles of Peru, from master classes with Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman to the high deserts of Mexico, from a significant meeting with Werner Heisenberg to the hot coals of a firewalk. Direct, salty, and unafraid to speculate, here is this brilliant scientist's take on mind, matter, and meaning in the universe. Wolf asserts that quantum mysteries have been used—wrongly—to justify everything from motivational training to magical thinking. Nevertheless, he offers a quantum interpretation of reality that allows room for soul, spirit, and a deep sense of interconnectedness. Wolf concludes, "It's not a mechanical universe, after all." [Read more] ...