In Appearances: Genetic Mythology and Cosmic Instincts Laurie McRobert argues that the theoretical physicists' concepts of the cosmos need to be replaced by a biological cosmology. This revolutionary perspective brings with it the claim that embedded in our genome are cosmic instincts which have played a key role in our scientific evolution. It proffers that our historical preoccupation with the heavens, God, other spiritual visions, UFOs and abductees have surreptitiously inspired humankind to discover ever new scientific frontiers. It follows that attention needs to be paid to what "Appearances" are telling us: that our mythological history is deeply embedded in our genome which holds valuable information inviting us to uncover further mysteries as to why the cosmos exists at all. A multi-dimensional perspective, integrating philosophy, physics, biology, cosmology, astronomy and popular science fiction material, is employed in contending that our inherited cosmic instincts are the ground of a dialogue between the cosmos and human beings. The possible relation between our cosmic genes and holographic projections suggest that our visual systems are tuned into a greater cosmic electromagnetic dynamic which enables us to see holographic phenomena from other spacetimes. Challenging the firewall of Einsteinian spacetime and the speed of light, the author argues that cosmic travel by human beings can only be possible through teleportation as holographic images. This, she claims, is the method that beings (Appearances) from other worlds have used to communicate with us.
About the Author Laurie McRobert is an independent scholar who received her Ph.D. in Philosophy of Religion from McGill University where she lectured in the Department of Philosophy. Her last book, Char Davies' Immersive Virtual Art and the Essence of Spatiality, explored spatiality from various disciplines concentrating primarily on immersive virtual art. Her present work Appearances: Genetic Mythology and Cosmic Instincts takes another step forward into a cosmic perspective of spatiality. By grappling with the question "why appearances?" she moves us beyond the present boundaries of our concepts of spacetime. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.
