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You might not believe it, but I have finished reading The Ezekiel Code. It was the most gripping and informative book I have read in ages. First time I read an e-book on the computer right through. Although it pushes the edges of a scientific world view, I found the whole book plausible, except perhaps for the gematria, where I share the skeptical view of some characters in the book that putting numbers to letters is arbitrary. Even so, I have a fascination for numbers, especially 144, which is imbedded in our solar system in interesting ways. Just some of the wild contents include: do the Jesuits have rogue illuminati links? Are there secret powers in the world? What is the history of Rennes-le-Chateau? Is an Egyptian ankh magical like a divining rod? can the pyramid capstone save the world from a rogue comet? Do the 13 levels of the pyramid on the US dollar bill predict anything? What is the energy in chakra meditation? Can sound be focussed to enable levitation? Do universities prevent scientists from investigating fringe topics? Is Ezekiel 1 a description of UFOs?

These wild questions are raised by a well paced and superbly characterised plot in which a guy who runs a homeless shelter in Seattle turns out to be The Chosen One, a title he finds slightly irritating, and sets off with his new girlfriend to save the world. As he links up with various powerful people and looks into the various woo-woo ideas promoted by new agers and conspiracy theorists he finds an amazing hidden unity.

Robert Tulip wrote:You might not believe it, but I have finished reading The Ezekiel Code. It was the most gripping and informative book I have read in ages. First time I read an e-book on the computer right through. Although it pushes the edges of a scientific world view, I found the whole book plausible, except perhaps for the gematria, where I share the skeptical view of some characters in the book that putting numbers to letters is arbitrary. Even so, I have a fascination for numbers, especially 144, which is imbedded in our solar system in interesting ways. Just some of the wild contents include: do the Jesuits have rogue illuminati links? Are there secret powers in the world? What is the history of Rennes-le-Chateau? Is an Egyptian ankh magical like a divining rod? can the pyramid capstone save the world from a rogue comet? Do the 13 levels of the pyramid on the US dollar bill predict anything? What is the energy in chakra meditation? Can sound be focussed to enable levitation? Do universities prevent scientists from investigating fringe topics? Is Ezekiel 1 a description of UFOs?

These wild questions are raised by a well paced and superbly characterised plot in which a guy who runs a homeless shelter in Seattle turns out to be The Chosen One, a title he finds slightly irritating, and sets off with his new girlfriend to save the world. As he links up with various powerful people and looks into the various woo-woo ideas promoted by new agers and conspiracy theorists he finds an amazing hidden unity.

Thank you, Robert, for that terrific review!
I'm so glad you enjoyed it. And I can't believe you read the whole thing on your computer screen! And so quickly! Man, I don't think I could have done that.

Would you mind posting your review on my amazon.com page?

That'd be awesome.

RT: "As he links up with various powerful people and looks into the various woo-woo ideas promoted by new agers and conspiracy theorists he finds an amazing hidden unity."

As a skeptical person, would this book irritate me? I can't stand people who think they see the virgin mary in a piece of toast.

Interbane wrote:RT: "As he links up with various powerful people and looks into the various woo-woo ideas promoted by new agers and conspiracy theorists he finds an amazing hidden unity."

As a skeptical person, would this book irritate me? I can't stand people who think they see the virgin mary in a piece of toast.

I tend to operate with a fair degree of skepticism, myself. But there's a difference between a skeptic and a debunker. A skeptic will question extraordinary claims with an open mind and be willing to accept the claim if it can be shown to have merit or some degree of credibility. A debunker doesn't question anything. He just dismisses anything and everything out of hand and without question if it doesn't fit into his rigid and unyielding world view.

Are you familiar with the term, "True Believer"? A true believer is a person who believes all sorts of extraordinary claims without question (the Virgin Mary in a piece of toast). So basically, a debunker is just the extreme opposite of a true believer.

Anyway, keep in mind that The Ezekiel Code is a novel, a work of fiction, a temporary escape into a world of imagination and "what if?". Like a lot of fiction

The ufology is interesting and informative, especially the remarkable link to the Bible in Ezekiel. It just leaves me with the feeling that our universe is teeming with life. I also play the didgeridoo and am interested in tonal harmonics, two topics which get interesting discussion. It is interesting how The Ezekiel Code channels these physical ideas towards a theory of number. The gematria is irritating in a superficial way, because there are a lot of poetic words which are compared according to how the numbers of their letters add up. The Ezekiel Code is after all a poetic work, a result of deep study and research over many years to build an imaginary vision of deep time. The theme of the link to the oceans is a big one for the planet, picked up well.

I discuss related themes at http://www.ascm.org.au/jgOnline/jg2007Autumn.pdf
http://www.bautforum.com/against-mainst ... ology.html
http://www.booktalk.org/d-h-lawrence-ap ... t5103.html
http://www.geocities.com/rtulip2005/The ... Jewels.htm