If I were to pick one book to bring with me before being marooned on a desert island, The Seven Mysteries of Life would be it. It’s thick, full of interesting information, and the language is gorgeous. Murchie’s transcendental prose describes the miracles of two of the greatest fascinations in life: science and the soul. He wasn’t a scientist, but he believed that science could prove intangible things like the existence of the soul, the spirit, and astral planes. The first part of the book was all about hooking his readers in with interesting facts about the more unique attributes of different species. He leaves out no kingdom, phylum, or even non-organic material; everything from metamorphic rocks to dangling monkeys are covered here. The facts might seem trivial at first, but then comes the middle part of the book, which is as mind-expanding as a DMT trip. Here Murchie writes about the psychology of different species and their extrasensory perceptions. The third part- the one about the seven mysteries- is a poetic bridging of science and the spirit. In this part, he uses biological abnormalities to explain transcendence. Some of the chapters here changed my perception of life and “what it all means”. I’ve probably learned more things from this book- factual and philosophical- than from any other. The Seven Mysteries of Life is a true gift to humanity, and it’s a shame that it is not a genre standard when it comes to philosophy, the new age movement, or even science.
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