SPIRIT, SOUL, and BODY: Mystical Transformation into Light according to Orthodox Christianity Quantum Physics

What is a human being? Do we have a soul-and is it immortal? Do we have a spirit, and is it different from the soul? How does that spirit relate to the Holy Spirit? Does the difference between soul and spirit matter at all-biblically, or in the life of prayer? Orthodox theologian Fr. Laurent Cleenewerck draws together strands that are usually kept apart: quantum physics (the collapse of the wave function, quarks, the nature of light); the architecture of the Temple (the Holy of Holies, the cherubic throne, the veil, the altar of incense); and the mystical theology of the Eastern Church (the language of icons, the Bridegroom of the soul, heavenly Wisdom). In these pages you will learn: - Why Scripture names three realities in a person, not two - How the Temple's three chambers map a human being - How the Fall can be read in the language of quantum physics - The relationship among soul, heart, mind, and spirit - Why the mind must descend into the heart-and how - Why observation changes what it observes - Why quarks cannot be parted, and why light is never seen - How fermions and bosons bear on eschatology - Why the soul is a bride and the spirit loves Wisdom - How worship and music either carry biblical anthropology or betray it >Featuring engraving-style artwork inspired by Pavel Florensky's The Pillar and Ground of the Truth, this book aims to become a lasting companion for readers who want science, Scripture, and spirituality in the same room-not as rivals, but as witnesses to the same mystery.