By: Joanne Elder

SPECTRA

Cutting Edge Science Fiction Thriller Combines Fast-paced Action with Thought Provoking Insight into the Possible Existence of the Human Soul

Do we have a soul? Throughout history, philosophers, spiritualists, and physicists have sought answers to this question. Independent of the belief in a god, the belief in the existence of a soul has given comfort to humans in their quest for eternal life…

Spectra, recently released in print and ebook by MuseItUp Publishing, delves into one of the most compelling and thought provoking questions humanity has to offer right in the preface of the novel. Set in the future, Spectra offers all the action and adventure of a first rate thriller together with a glimpse at the possible physical existence of the human soul, edging on controversial.

In the story a mining team encounters a species of intelligent life comprised of unknown energy. Those exposed to the entities experience a temporary increase in intelligence but at a terrible cost. As the story unfolds, it’s found that the entities are a form of living plasma with helixes of energy flowing into them resembling DNA. So what makes this compelling? Read on…

Actual research was consulted when writing Spectra. Recently, researchers in Russia demonstrated plasma (ionized gas composed of ions, free protons, and free electrons) could self-organize into a structure similar to a simple living cell with helical currents resembling DNA. Since plasma is the most common state of matter in the universe, it is conceivable for inorganic living plasma to be the most common form of life in the universe.

Exposure to the entities causes a temporary increase in intelligence. In the story this is attributed to the energy of the entities enhancing the energy field of those exposed. Recently at UCLA, improvements in the sensitivity of measuring devices have led to the confirmation of minute energy fields around the human body (the human energy field). These electrical impulses have a frequency significantly higher than brain waves and may correspond to the human aura. One day, these research results could be used as a diagnostic technique and possibly lead to medicinal energy healing techniques.

In Spectra it is theorized that if the soul exists beyond an idea, it has to exist as something in the physical makeup of the universe. It can’t be nothing. Nor can God be nothing. Is modeling the human energy field as living plasma that could exist on its own as a soul that farfetched? Is there a physical difference between good and evil? Perhaps living plasma existed on early Earth and formed a template for the development of biological life. According to Theosophy, a doctrine of philosophy and metaphysics dating back to the 1800’s, the soul can be reincarnated. Theosophists postulate that initially the soul existed as pure spirit without a body and then evolved into the modern human: spirit and body.

Over the centuries, many cultures have theorized about the existence of a soul. Ancient Indian spiritualists developed the concept of prana as the vital, life-sustaining force of living beings. This spurred the practice of Yoga, which focuses on the energy centers of the body referred to as Chakras to promote health and well-being. Interestingly, energy is thought to flow into Chakras following a helical path—is there a connection to DNA? The ancient Qigong masters in China identified Ch’i as the vital flow of energy sustaining all life. Scientists believe the flow of energy through the body follows specific pathways, a concept inherent in the practice of acupuncture in Chinese medicine.

Many scientists now support the possible existence of a human energy field beyond the physical realm. Continued research may one day answer the question: What is this energy and how does it interact with the human body? Once this question is answered, the true human potential may be embraced.

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