Title: Zor: Philosophy, Spirituality, Science
Author: J.B.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 0741450518
Pages: 268, Paperback
Genre: Spirituality/Self-Improvement
Reviewed by: Gary Sorkin, Pacific Book Review
Featured book on PBR for February 2011
Book Review
Behind the gilded hue cover photo displaying a drink tumbler along with the humble initials of the author J.B. printed in the corner, Zor: Philosophy, Spirituality, and Science is an enigma for the reader as to its content. For those of you which at times in your past became less than sober one way or another, and contemplated the meaning of life, God, the energy of the universe, or the complexity of relationships, Zor is the answer you’ve been seeking.Zor, a short Haitian midget possessing a Cheshire cat’s smile with a charismatic soft-spoken mannerism, meets Jonathan Brewster, a middle aged Bostonian money manager and family man. This chance meeting developed into a friendship in which Jonathan at first was suspicious of Zor’s intent. He then accepted a no-harm-done challenge of slightly changing a conversational pattern in his evening’s routine with his wife Mary. Instead of talking about his daily problems and mishaps, negative ch’i energy, he talked about only good things that happened instead, positive ch’i. Unbelievably he became the beneficiary of surprisingly welcome results, at which time Jonathan befriended the man with a one syllable name. During the weeks and months that followed, their intellectual sparing and innate differences of opinion seemed to align – towards Zor’s persuasive posturing of beliefs.
The reader is taken on a path of the author’s contradictory beliefs in his first person narrative format, being an advocate for the status quo of the American lifestyle. In a literary sense, this is a rather casual and clever way to reflect the impact of the learning process J.B. had undergone assimilating Zor’s beliefs. Most always over a cocktail, I might add.
For example, Zor was explaining to Jonathan how the power of prayer actually worked, in this excerpt:
“Again I use the example of a tuning fork. The vibrations of one tuning fork will only affect another if they are identically calibrated. The more tuning forks one uses the greater the likelihood of finding a match. It is the same with the power of prayer.
“Recipients of a group prayer speak of feeling the energy: the positive ch’i. This is why large praying vigils are often successful. The bigger the sample of people praying, the greater the likelihood of finding someone whose positive energy is on the same frequency.”
The life force of the world’s energy is brilliantly described by Zor using the analogy of television sets receiving network broadcasts. The energy, which we cannot see unless we have a TV set, is there all around us. Some TV sets see it in color, some in black and white, others in HD, and so on. Our brain is the TV set of life’s energy, not the energy itself but the receptor. The interlaced philosophies, spirituality assessments and the true and false scientific facts are all brought into an enjoyable and unintimidating page turner which will captivate everyone’s interest, as the subject matter is of prime curiosity to all. This book is excellent because of the empowering information as it opens up new perspectives and ways of thinking. I highly recommend Zor as part of a self-growth and self-help library.
Zor is someone I guarantee you’ll never forget after you get to understand him. To J.B., I wish to take my right hand pointer finger, gently tap my right nostril twice while winking, and say “Now you got it.”
