The Division Of Consciousness: The Secret Afterlife of the Human Pscyhe [Paperback]

Peter Novak attempts to answer this question in his book, The Division of Consciousness: The Secret Afterlife of the Human Psyche. Novak spent ten years studying psychology, theology, thanatology, comparative religion, biblical archaeology, past-life regressions, and near death experiences before formulating his theories. He says that "we still don't understand death or agree about it at all. Our sciences don't agree, our religions don't agree, our ideas don't even agree."

Novak says that we are composed of three parts: body, mind, and soul. Only the body "dies" at death: the mind and soul continue. He refers to the mind as "conscious" and the soul as "unconscious," and believes the conscious and unconscious split from each other after death. He has named this "Division Theory." Division Theory, he says, reconciles the "East's doctrine of reincarnation and the West's doctrine of heaven and hell."

He analyzes various theologies and philosophies, showing how Division Theory reconciles traditional differences. His assertions are carefully documented and supported.

Readers may or may not agree with Novak's Division Theory. As Novak says, "something profound changed" when he began his research. "A door opened; a new perspective dawned; an alternate possibility presented itself." Considering the theories presented in The Division of Consciousness will enable readers to open their own doors to what happens in the afterlife.

Through his comprehensive research, lasting over a decade, Peter Novak has shown that the current major World Religions have all been partially correct in their after-life beliefs about what transpires after we leave this three-dimensional existence, but none has had the whole picture. The simple, yet profound, very early Christian belief of the Binary Soul Doctrine, which was effectively squelched over time by a variety of means, has been almost single-handedly resurrected by Peter Novak. And now, with the advent of the Internet, the ideas discussed in this book, may have a real chance to elevate our global consciousness and unity. Passages from the Bible, whose meaning had heretofore eluded comprehension by most of us, now re-looked at through the Division Theory filter, make a lot more sense.

While his book is brilliant, Peter would be the first to admit that his Division Theory is a work- in-progress. Peter continues fleshing out the nuances of the ideas proposed in his book, via his web site and discussion groups. I think a second book may eventually result from his continued research and I'll be one of the first in line to purchase and read it!

Through his comprehensive research, lasting over a decade, Peter Novak has shown that the current major World Religions have all been partially correct in their after-life beliefs about what transpires after we leave this three-dimensional existence, but none has had the whole picture. The simple, yet profound, very early Christian belief of the Binary Soul Doctrine, which was effectively squelched over time by a variety of means, has been almost single-handedly resurrected by Peter Novak. And now, with the advent of the Internet, the ideas discussed in this book, may have a real chance to elevate our global consciousness and unity. Passages from the Bible, whose meaning had heretofore eluded comprehension by most of us, now re-looked at through the Division Theory filter, make a lot more sense.

While his book is brilliant, Peter would be the first to admit that his Division Theory is a work- in-progress. Peter continues fleshing out the nuances of the ideas proposed in his book, via his web site and discussion groups. I think a second book may eventually result from his continued research and I'll be one of the first in line to purchase and read it!