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Victor Vernon Woolf
Dr. Woolf is a recognised world trainer, speaker and consultant. He is a member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences and Director of the International Academy of Holodynamics and has received many awards including the Academy of natural Science's top award for 'outstanding contribution to science and society' in 1996.

His background in physics, education, religion and psychology established an integrated approach to consciousness that was the basis for his remarkable record of success.

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The Dance Of Life

This is the most recent of Vernon Woolf's books and I believe it could well prove to be - is proving to be - a revolutionary work in the field of consciousness research, and a revolutionary book in that field is going to have major repercussions everywhere.

As background, Dr. Woolf is the American thinker and teacher with high qualifications in Physics, Developmental Psychology and Comparative Religions who has developed "Holodynamics".

Holodynamics views reality as a coherent, dynamic, living, holographic information system whose structure, from micro (smallness) to macro (bigness) is intimately connected with human consciousness. Consciousness is considered a prime condition of the holodynamic universe. It is not limited to a single space-time continuum but emerges from parallel dimensions into a coherent potential for each individual (the Full Potential Self). This personal potential manifests as a quantum potential field within the microtubules of every living cell of the human body and controls all body functions as well as mental and social functions.

Before everyone drops off to sleep or goes into a light trance on reading this admittedly theoretical description of Holodynamics, consider: Vern Woolf was one of the prime movers if not the prime mover in taking the Soviet Union from a "war room" to a "peace room" mentality and ushering in Perestroika and the end of The Cold War. This was not done by sheer force of personality, though Woolf has that in spades.

This marvellous book details the author's work in Russia, the Middle East (working towards ending terrorism) and the USA (ending drug abuse in 6 cities and "curing" 80% of the inmates of a mental hospital).

In a short book review it's difficult to even outline Woolf's work but one key insight is the distinction between "particle" and "wave" mentality, neither of which ever resolves issues. From a particle view, a problem is a set of unsatisfactory circumstances that must be analysed in order to find a solution. The particle mind cannot see the whole picture. In contrast "Wave" mentality is non-linear, emotional and people who reference life from this position "feel" their way through life. The wave mind also does not fully comprehend reality.

The particle mentality has been endemic in our culture at least since Newton, to the extent that when anyone today has personal problems that resist solution , they visit a therapist who will seek to know the facts of the past in order to ensure a future that avoids the problems of the past. Rarely is such an enterprise successful, except with talented therapists who manage to encourage their patients to think "outside the box", to see the "whole picture", even though the implicit assumptions in the therapy are that the keys are to be found in a linear, analytical approach.

On the other hand, about a century ago, the birth of quantum physics brought about a revolutionary change in how we view the world. In attempting to find the smallest particle, we found there was no such thing - only "standing waves" of information. Wave processing of information is non-linear, emotive and referenced on "gut level" feelings. However, this view of reality is also partial.

Reality viewed from either the particle or wave mentality is never complete - we only see part of the picture. Only when we are present can we view the whole dynamic, where everything is connected. We are part of a hyperspacial quantum field of parallel worlds and multiple dimensions where everything is driven by potential.

I thoroughly recommend this book to anyone interested in the birth of an exciting new paradigm. In the context of this same paradigm, I also recommend the last chapter of Stephen Hawking's book "The Universe In A Nutshell".

Ross Hendry ...............................................(The Book Shop, South Street, Bridport.