The Great Field:
Soul at Play in a Conscious Universe
by John James, PhD
Best Spirituality Award
The soul is one of the most venerable, enduring images of spiritual traditions worldwide. In The Great Field, John James brings new information to this ancient concept, and in so doing helps bridge the worlds of modern science and spirituality, which is one of the most urgent tasks of our time.
—Larry Dossey, MD
Author, The Extraordinary Healing Power of Everyday Things
Therapist John James, PhD, draws on nearly twenty years of therapeutic practice to present elegant and sometimes startling conclusions about the nature of the universe and its implications for the human experience. Drawing on the established scientific wisdom of biology and astronomy, he shows that everything that exists has been created out of and within the vast domains of energy that form the Great Field, and that soul—that energetic part of us that connects with the universe—is as powerful a creative factor as DNA in our physical and psychic development.
Because his findings are based upon an innovative combination of scientific evidence, diverse cultural and spiritual wisdom, and therapeutic case histories, James’ conclusions provide stimulating and original theory of how the Great Field is the foundation of everything in the universe—including the personal energy we call soul.
Our experience shows that all existence is energy, bathed in vibrations that are connected to everything in the universe, and that our senses in daily life are just one aspect of a universe of fields. Ever since Einstein wrote, “the field is the only reality,” we have increasingly come to realize that the universe embodies both these realms, and that though they may appear contradictory, they are in fact mutually enfolding.
—from The Great Field