Review: Probing philosophy, science, metaphysics with a glint in the eye
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 16, 2014
Refreshing is hardly the adjective one would first choose to describe a novel, but there is so very much about the manner in which `WALL - Sex, Love and Immortality' is written that it is like a breathe of literary fresh air. The author has exceptional experience writing (some twenty books published) and obviously has a wide following, but for some reason he has not jumped onto the stage of famous contemporary authors with the other famous (and less talented) ones. Perhaps part of that is due to what he brings to the writing table. A bit of biography from his site: `Stanislaw Kapuscinski, (aka Stan I.S. Law) an architect, sculptor and prolific writer, was educated in Poland and England. A refugee from Poland at 13, then at 33, having overcome numerous difficulties, he began his search for the secret of life. Now, he is a successful writer, happily married for 25 years, with an assured future. His special interests cover a broad spectrum of arts, sciences and philosophy. At times he seeks inspiration in the Peruvian Andes, or solitude under sail. His books (articles, short stories, poetry) attest to his particular passion for the scope and the development of Human Potential. He authored more than twenty-five books, fourteen of them novels. His non-fiction explores Ancient Myths, Biblical Symbolism, Immortality and the mystery of Visualization. Three volumes of Essays (Beyond Religion) investigate the Nature of Being. Generally, if you suspect you are more than flesh and bones, read Stan Law. If you want to be sure, read Stanislaw Kapuscinski.'  Breathe.........Simon Jones teaches Comparative Religions at a Jesuit school in Montreal, Canada and is suffering from an ankle pain beyond the ability of physicians to heal, a frustrating situation as Simon assigns the responsibility for his inability to `bond physically' with women on his ankle. He tries self hypnosis and that miraculously works - a window onto what is to follow. He encounters one of his own students, Ambrosia Milos (a vision of beauty and desire) who is very intelligent and a physicist involved in controversial research on tunneling, requiring she and the college president sign a confidentiality statement for the government. (Quantum tunnelling or tunneling refers to the quantum mechanical phenomenon where a particle tunnels through a barrier that it classically could not surmount. This plays an essential role in several physical phenomena, such as the nuclear fusion that occurs in main sequence stars like the Sun, etc). `Fate' joins Simon and Ambrosia soon bonded by love, sex and intellect. - a combination that allows the couple to walk through walls! And it is that mystery that attracts the minds of all who seek the path of immortality. The love story encompasses the beauty of the Greek Islands, linking in a mystical manner the marriage of Quantum tunneling where physics and metaphysics blend into a new reality. Or as Law writes, `There is more on heaven and earth than meets the eye, more than our senses can detect. We, you and I, can walk through walls, visit other realities, past and present, make love on Greek Islands drenched in sunshine, all by an act of our will.  How? Let Ambrosia and Simon show you. The abilities lie dormant within us.'Reading Stan I.S. Law is an invitation to absorb not only a sensuous love story but to also expand your mind into fields that perhaps are a bit foreign until Law makes them so explicable. This is a wondrous work - wise, witty, enthralling. Grady Harp, January 14.