Tabular Evidence of a Monument in
Harmony with the Universe
By Joseph Turbeville
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Title of Review:
Turbeville's Tables: Cosmic Connections and Organic
Numbers
Someone once said, "Once in a while we stumble
over a remarkable truth and then pick ouselves back up and continue on
as if nothing had happened". What might account for this? The answer
may lie in yet another quote from physicist, Dr. Paul Schock, who said,
"Often we don't see something if we're not prepared to see it."
In the case of Joseph Turbeville, author of "A Glimmer of Light From
the Eye of a Giant", he was apparently ready to see whatever it was
he stumbled upon. Fortunately for anyone even mildly interested in the
great mysteries of the world - such as the Great Pyramid in Egypt, Dr.
Carl Jung's concept of "synchronicity", sacred geometry, and
the "number magic" of the Pythagorean mystery schools - Turbeville
has given us a record of the discovery he stumbled upon. Explaining just
exactly what that discovery was is not easy because it's not the kind of
thing we're taught in school and it is not the kind of thing our current
scientific paradigm is quite ready to acknowledge, with the exception of
a few scientists on the cutting edge of quantum mechanics. This is the
case despite the fact that Turbeville's discovery is solidly grounded in
conventional mathematics. However, Turbeville, himself, gives a huge clue
as to the nature of his discovery early in the book when he describes the
mathematical tables he developed (the tables are nicely illustrated in
the book).
Of the tables he tells us they were the result
of playing with the numbers generated by the famous Fibonacci sequence.
This numerical sequence is reflected in the natural organic growth process
of plants and has been found, oddly enough, to be present within the geometry
of the Great Pyramid. The tables generated their own intriguing sequences
and patterns of symmetry and, like the original Fibonacci series, they
repeatedly generated numbers reflected in the exact measurements of the
Great Pyramid. If that were the extent of what the Turbeville Tables revealed
that would be intriguing enough. However there was more. Turbeville writes:
"Other numbers that continually reoccur
in the tables represent physical earth measurements of such things as size,
density, angular velocity and rotational energy, or harmonics thereof."
Turbeville has apparently discovered something
new under the sun. Or has he? While it may be new to us, as we stumble
along seeking answers to the mysteries of the universe within the current
scientific paradigm, the implications of the stunning correlations discovered
by Turbeville suggest the possibility that he has rediscovered something
that was known to the ancients but which was lost over the millennia. What
we may have here is an archaeological find uncovered without ever having
weilded a single stroke of pick-ax or shovel.
A complete review of this extraordinary little
book would be remiss to not mention what Turbeville, a man with two degrees
in physics, would probably just as soon not have to have mentioned himself.
Yet he didn't really have much choice since this element played a large
part in his discovery. That element is the concept of "synchronicity".
Synchronicity is, simply put,a special catagory of "coincidence"
identified by the degree of "meaningfulness" to the experiencer
and often by the sheer improbability of the coincidence having occurred
by mere chance in the first place. A number of leading synchronistic events
occurred to the author leading up to and during the time of the work presented
in the book. In some strange way, these events appear to be linked to the
work itself and may have significant implications in regard to the deeper,
and in this reviewer's opinion, the cosmic/universal nature of Turbeville's
discoveries.
Lest one be tempted to dismiss such notions out
of hand it would be instructional to note that this concept of synchronicity
has, for some time now, been finding its way into the writings of scientists
researching the area known as quantum physics. For example, two of the
world's most highly respected physicists, David Bohm and Karl Pribram,
have postulated the idea, based on quantum physics research, that the universe
may actually be a hologram of sorts. Science writer, Michael Talbot, in
his book The Holographic Universe (1991) discusses this idea in depth and
notes that the phenomenon we call synchronicity may be a function of the
way the universe is constructed. Talbot quotes physicist, Wolfgang Pauli,
who, in a discussion of what is known in physics as "non-local quantum
effects", says such effects "are indeed a form of synchronicity
in the sense that they establish a connection - more precisely a correlation
- between events for which any form of causal linkage is forbidden".
Therefore, to suggest that synchronicity played a significant role in the
process of Turbeville's work is not without merit. Indeed, it may be justified.
There is a growing consensus among forward thinking scientists and philosophical
thinkers that much of what we have thought of in the past as fanciful mysticism
may actually be misunderstood aspects of reality and that our tendency
to catagorize some of these things as mysticism is simply a reflection
of our own scientific ignorance.
While "A Glimmer of Light From the Eye of
a Giant" may be a relatively small book (just over 80 pages), the
stunning information contained therein could undoubtedly generate volumes
of discussion just on the implications alone. Turbeville, in fact, encourages
interested parties to explore the further possibilities suggested by his
findings. Highly recommended for anyone with even the slightest bit of
interest in the subjects highlighted in this review.
Review by Gary Val Tenuta, June 2000
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