Matter into Feeling: A New Alchemy of Science and Spirit

by Fred Alan Wolf

What's unique about being human? We experience feelings. Once again bridging the gap between spirituality and quantum physics, Fred Alan Wolf takes us on an exciting journey toward understanding where our feelings come from and how we can work with them to create more abundant and joyful lives. In his followup to Mind into Matter , Dr. Wolf guides us through the conflicts and resistances we feel as physical beingsthe everyday demands, addictions, successes, and failures we experienceand into an understanding that being "stuck" is only a phase, one from which we can escape once we understand the origin and role of human feeling.

Genres: Science, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Spirituality, Metaphysics, Alchemy

200 pages, Paperback

Published July 1, 2002

Reviews

[Brian · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just loved this book. I like how it was written too -- the style. It's a combination of quantum physics, theology, new age spiritualism and jewish mysticism. You might think that's a really odd mixture. It's very thought provoking.

[Ricardo Acuña · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting and controversial mix of quantum mechanics, psychology and spirituality. The subtle meaning of this book, can be better understood by reading other Ramtha books and budist texts.

[Lashley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good.

I've read the book several times. I was able to understand it more this time having read other books similar to it.

[Michael Mann]

Read when I was a spritely young teen. I just randomly remembered that. :)

[Allan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is not at all what I expected -- more metaphysics than physics. I gave up on it at one point because it was just so "out there" -- and I'm an "out there" kind of person, which tells you how very far out this one goes.

Nothing tires me out more than speculation presented as "science" or spirituality. In order to gain my interest, you have to start with something familiar and explain it in a new way. Too many books seem to assume that if you're writing about spirituality, you can just create something out of whole cloth, but any good science-fiction writer can do that. If you want me to take your view as "reality," let alone real, you have to show me how what you're telling me arose from some observation in the real world. YOu cannot just present ideas as fait accompli and assume I'll say, "I like that and therefore I believe that." Liking something does not make it a fact.

In all fairness, I haven't finished reading it yet, and I may change my review once I'm done, but for now, let's say, I'm still waiting for the book to make its case.

[Pam Mcmahon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wolf is on my list of top five writers on the topic of spirituality and science. He writes to my own spiritual experience; if it weren't for my introduction to the world of quantum mechanics, I doubt I would be having one at all. It's rare to see a scientist "come out of the closet" as being highly spiritual, and, in Wolf's case, even mystical - although it is less uncommon in the world of quantum physics, where possibilities are unlimited.

In this book, as in most of Wolf's books, he is able to present quantum theory in a manner that is understandable to the layperson. In the end - and this is what I love about quantum physics: there is no final answer, because one theory builds on another and another - you reach a point where you must just act on faith, based upon your own human experience and intuition.

[Kenneth Bachmann · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this as a follow-on to one of Wolf's earlier books, The Spiritual Universe. As with the latter book it seemed to me that Wolf did not effectively make the transition from a scientific perspective of reality to a spiritual or metaphysical perpspective of reality, or adequately demonstrate a relationship between them. I was ultimately also left confused about the time loop and how the future determines the present, but I think that that confusion is grounded more in my difficulty in thinking in non-Newtonian ways.

Nevertheless, I think the book is an interesting read, and I hope that when I revisit it in a few months, I'll pick up on matters that simply escaped me during my first reading.

[Robin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Fred Wolf's books. I've been a fan of his since seeing him in the movie What the Bleep Do We Know?. His explorations into the crossover between quantum physics and spirituality--like in his book about the physics of shamanism (The Eagle's Quest) are great brain-expanders. I've learned so much hard science from him, just because he's such a great story-teller while he's at it. Mind Into Matter was another great read! It's my third time reading it, and each time I grasp something new.

Great work, Dr. Wolf. Please write more and more and more.

[Kimberly Morghan · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I really enjoyed reading Fred Alan Wolf's "Taking the Quantum Leap", I found this one harder to grasp. I did manage to take home a few concepts from it, but other parts seemed like they would need more study to really understand what he was getting at. Since it was a library loan, I really didn't have enough time to get in and "study" the material. Still, the bits I grasped were informative, and I wouldn't say it was a wasted read.

[mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you ever wanted to read in depth about how matter & feeling are tied together this book is it. It is not a book you read rather a book you study. This is his philosophy albeit out there still has much to recommend it to those that are interested in an indepth study. I have read back front notes in margins plus study groups it takes time and other minds to put it all together.

[Liz · Rating 2 out of 5]

Didn't enjoy this book as much as I thought I would-- didn't dig the correlation between Hebrew letters and the concepts of quantum physics. Won't toss it, may read it again at some later date, after learning more on the topic, to see if I have a eureka moment with it.

[Sherry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great work on the notion of particle physics and how we create our own reality. I had some trouble grasping all the ideas -- but the overall notion of how we affect our lives by how we think rang true.

[W. Fyfe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read before reading "The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle, and understood some. Read again after reading "The Power of Now" ... understood much!

[Roselyn Lachapelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

His mind is simply fascinating.