Shawn Murphy

Torn Between Two Worlds: Material and Ethereal – Shawn T Murphy

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BOOK TITLE: Torn Between Two Worlds - Material and Ethereal

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Torn Between Two Worlds, Material and Ethereal, is the third book in a trilogy written by the author, Shawn T. Murphy.  The third book, the Material and Ethereal, focuses on the world we live in today, compared to the world we cannot see, the invisible.  Murphy points out that all of us are at different points in our lives, and are more ready to receive this information than others.

As with the previous two books, Shawn T. Murphy points out all of his opinions with supporting references, which are impressive to say the least.  He points out the illustrations on the front of this book, as representing the viewpoints of the enlightened Greeks which show a temple referred to as the Erechtheion.  Murphy identifies with Greber because Greber was already a Catholic Priest.  The six Karyatides staring out to the ocean depict the women of Athens carrying the weight of society while their men are off at war.

Murphy mentions that the enlightened Greeks had a developed view of the beings of the ethereal world and categorized them as Gods, Muses, and Nymphs.  Murphy describes the battle of the ethereal world being fought since the beginning of time and cites many historical facts to prove it throughout the book.

This book will keep you interested throughout, opening your eyes to validations of Murphy’s thinking along the way.  Throughout the book, he points out how different the material world is compared to the ethereal world.  The book will draw your attention towards many interesting hypotheses including viewing the numbers in the Bible in Genesis from a new perspective, as well as the reincarnation theory, which points out we are all at different points in life on our individual journeys.

Murphy touches on the work of Dr. Carl Wickland,  a famous doctor known for looking at a medical cause rather than effect as modern medicine does.  Wickland provided help for mentally ill patients who were attacked by ethereal beings.

Murphy also recounts his own spiritual path and how it started, when he began focusing on the work of Johannes Greber’s book which challenged the author’s own Catholic upbringing.  Murphy identifies with Greber because Greber could not see becoming a Catholic Priest after becoming enlightened himself.

I personally found the chapters focusing on part of Revelations in the Bible fascinating, due to my own struggle to understand Revelations.  This book also covers the Menorah, mentioned in the Bible and explores possible numerical meanings, and a potential correlation the Menorah may have to its number of arms and candlestick holders.  The Menorah could as well have a potential correlation to the sun and moon and planets. Murphy suggests another possibility of the Menorah being built to represent our physical body which I found to be interesting.

In summation,  this book covers many controversial viewpoints but backs them up in a logical fashion.  The end of the book suggests several resources to understand better the foundations for Murphy’s theses.  Mark TTwain'sthoughts on Joan of Arc, who took command of the King’s army at seventeen, are particularly enlightening.  Walther Hinz’s work is intriguing as well. Overall, I rate the book and its theories and supporting references a fascinating read at the very least. Murphy has put his work in and should be commended for the amount of research and supporting documentation he provides in this book with his research and supporting documentation.

 

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Torn Between Two Worlds – Wisdom and Rhetoric – Shawn T Murphy

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BOOK TITLE: Torn between two worlds - Wisdom and Rhetoric

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Wisdom and Rhetoric, is the second book in a series of three books, pointing out the dynamic perspective from the author.  He starts by quoting personal experiences in his life, which humanizes the book connecting it to its readers.

He opens the book with the story of a young Jamaican Minister and the minister’s ability to give an honest and thoughtful sermon.  He also mentions the second commandment and this commandments importance today.  Within his introduction, states the purpose this book was written.

Socrates taught us about logic and wisdom, and how important it is to appreciate the truth and wisdom as unifying words.   Shawn T. Murphy points out three invaluable questions:  1)  Have you made sure what you are saying is true?  2.  Is what you are saying, good?  3.  Is what you are saying useful?  These three questions are addressed throughout this book in Shawn T. Murphy’s writing itself, using references and personal stories about his daughter, including a stroke she suffered at 20 years old.

Shawn T. Murphy refers to the Bible and the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.  He compares the tree of life to the wisdom God planted in the garden and the tree of knowledge and evil representing rhetoric.  He defines wisdom to all that is good and true, and he defines rhetoric as a language designed to have a persuasive effect on its audience and often parables of truth and knowledge mixed together lacking in meaningful content.  The book refers to the pull of wisdom and rhetoric being at the center of conflict since the beginning of time.

Within this book is a series of chapters broken down into the months in one year, with invaluable information;  part of this is a point the author drives home to the reader.  Wisdom is based on scientific laws and needs to meet the criteria of goodness, usefulness, and truthfulness.  Rhetoric does not.  This book goes on to use key historical figures to prove his viewpoint including Abram’s story mentioned in Genesis and how important it is to our life today.  He points out the study of the Gods across cultures and the need to stick to our principles of logic.  In Abram’s story in the Bible, he speaks about multiple gods and angels during his lifetime.

The author talks about the importance of a name and its given meaning and how much water it held in the past.  He also conveys to us the importance of analyzing every word read in the Bible and looking at its true meaning.  He refers to the good path of wisdom and truth, fighting against the attempts by the benevolent force and how easily it would have been for Abram to be misled.  He supports his book with many important historical facts that have not always come to light.

He uses the story of the flood in the Bible as a way of giving farmers and fisherman a chance to establish a new way of life, as opposed to killing each other for food.  In his book Shawn T. Murphy references the book of Exodus, the power of Moses’s time in the 13th century and Ramesses, who attempted to erase wisdom from the world, by building large monuments in the name of the pagan gods, putting his name on newly renovated older monuments, and attempting to take the place of the sun god Ra on earth.  There is also reference to the mentioning of the sun and moon where symbolism is helpful.

The book goes on to mention many Greek Gods and their relevance to the history of wisdom and rhetoric even though their history has been twisted in some cases by rhetoric turning them into something they are not.

The author uses Socrates and Eryximachus and their stories to enlighten us to the meaning of wisdom.  Other important figures in history are Joan of Arc, Mark Twain and the value of some of Albert Einstein's work trying to disprove the quantum theory.

The author points out that we are all unique individuals, and by taking personal responsibility for our happiness we can acquire wisdom and overcome rhetoric.  He also points out that each of us thinks differently and we should be respected for the benefits each type of thinking can bring us.  He also refers to success, and how in today’s world it is valued differently than it once was, and how that affects our children and the day to day pressures the academic process brings them.  Instead of education using human intelligence to pursue creativity,  we find ourselves caught up in the educational policy.  He also refers to parents continuing to exert their will over their children, and the rhetoric they acquired in their past on their children.

This book gives us a clear history on one of the greatest victories over rhetoric, accomplished in 381 AD at the First Council of Constantinople reducing the wonderful diversity of Heaven to one single entity:  the trinity.  He again points out in this chapter how blinded we are with rhetoric using the example, of how hard it is to believe we all go into one melting pot, (One Heaven), after we cease to exist.

One of the chapters I found most interesting in the book was the chapter of November which goes into the importance of angels in our lives and explanation that they are not gods, but live around us to protect us.

Shawn T. Murphy concludes his book with one final chapter, about the narrow path of Wisdom.  Wisdom and Rhetoric in our world are so closely mixed in together, they produce rhetoric. He goes on to infer that the battle of science and religion are in constant conflict causing discourse in the world while hiding the reasons we are here in the first place.  Shawn T. Murphy provides references and supporting evidence for all of his teachings and should be commended for integrating his personal experiences with his daughter for inspiring him with the wisdom to do so.

This book is a must read for the deep thinker who would truly like to investigate the meaning of life, and is congruent with his first book, Torn Between Two Worlds, Science and Religion.

 

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Torn Between Two Worlds – Science and Religion – Shawn T Murphy

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BOOK TITLE: Torn Between Two Worlds – Science and Religion

AUTHOR:   Shawn T Murphy

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What makes this book so fascinating, is what it addresses;  two fields of knowledge that appear to stand alone from each other;  Science and Religion.  The author talks about the gap between the two times the world has been destroyed and the missing information beforehand.  It answers many of the questions about life before we knew it and much of the missing history in specifics in our past.  Much of this history has been buried and today, unless researched has not been promoted and must be deeply researched to uncover.  

This book ties together religion and science by using what is true and not what is politically motivated.  It quotes many famous scholars works and fills in the gap that has always existed in science and religion.  This book is based on enlightenment in its truest form.  To read this book, be prepared to look at the truth.  Not from only the author’s perspective but from years and years of research quoting scholars and historians minus political motivation;  just pure facts and he provides the evidence within the book or where to obtain it if you question its authenticity.  

Torn Between Two Worlds: Science and Religion points out a very important fact.  In order to be a good philosopher, you must be a scientist first, tying in philosophy and science with religion.  All three together can answer our past.  One school of thought alone cannot.  Origen of Alexandria, one of the greatest Christian Theologians, uses history to explain and tie together many of the different Christian schools of thought and also ties together some of the actual gaps in history itself by questioning what he doesn’t know. 

Shawn T. Murphy is quick to point out that history and philosophy are based on fact, and when discovering a new fact, history needs to be corrected.  He points out that prior to Socrates, there wasn’t a conflict between science and religion.  In the third century AD, Origen of Alexandria wrote 32 books on the Gospel of John and completely explained how the wisdom of Socrates was aligned with the teachings of Solomon and Jesus.  This book explains by the sixth century,  the enlightened teachings of Origen, Jesus and Plato became a threat to The Roman Empire.  Shawn T. Murphy manages in twelve months to show us through several teachings that we can make sense of the world, if we ask the right questions, which is what we should have been doing all along.    It is worthy to point out that Shawn T. Murphy also addresses the failure of modern medicine because we focus on statistics more than fact.  I must mention that in order to understand this book fully, you need to be aware of the Work of Origen of Alexandria, as he is referenced many times.  It would also be invaluable to understand the work of Socrates as his work was considered invaluable until it was cast in the hands of the Spartans.  

In summarization, we see that history has done its best to cover the truth, by hiding valuable work of many important scholars and factual evidence to support why it very well may hold water in our society.  Science and Religion is the first in a series of three books, and I feel you must read and understand to fully comprehend the author’s viewpoints.  One viewpoint I found fascinating is that logic and reason have been absent from religion for centuries and this author uses this book to reference enough evidence to know it’s not accurate.  He also mentions sound evidence to support any of his theories. book 1 is part of a series of three books that look for answers to the questions, where did we come from?  Why are we here?  Where are we going?  Shawn T. Murphy is an excellent author and has a supporting knowledge base for all of his hypothesis in this book.  This is a must read if you are looking for answers to human existence.  

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