{"product_id":"balls-of-fire-a-science-of-life-and-death-9780976281429","title":"Balls of Fire: A Science of Life and Death","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe cited study uses two fantasy baseball teams to explain human potential for postmortem evolution and genetic immortality, while examining the mind-body problem.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBalls of Fire\u003c\/em\u003e explains several discoveries that cast a new light on human history, evolution, consciousness, and the microbial DNA in our bodies.The science reviewed in \u003cem\u003eBalls of Fire\u003c\/em\u003e builds on \u003cem\u003eThe Isis Thesis\u003c\/em\u003e (2004) and 13 peer-reviewed journal articles (2005-2019). \u003cem\u003eThe Isis Thesis\u003c\/em\u003e is a semiotic study of ancient Egyptian literature, artwork, ritual, and architecture, showing that ancient Egyptian deities are signs for human and microbial DNA. The ancient texts map a gene expression pathway for human evolution that has been secreted by the elite in many cultures. \u003cem\u003eBalls of Fire\u003c\/em\u003e explains how baseball originated in ancient Egypt to describe this genetic pathway. In addition, other key historical behaviors (farming, fermentation, milk production, myth, Christianity, alchemy, literature, art, capitalism, genetic engineering, machine fascination) model the same viral gene expression network over time for human evolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBalls of Fire: A Science of Life and Death\u003c\/em\u003e won \u003cstrong\u003e1st Place \u003c\/strong\u003ein the category \"Body, Mind, Spirit\" for \u003cstrong\u003eReader Views Literary Awards\u003c\/strong\u003e (2015-2016). The study was also a \u003cstrong\u003eFinalist\u003c\/strong\u003e in the \u003cstrong\u003e18th annual Foreword Reviews' INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards \u003c\/strong\u003ein the Nonfiction Adult category of \"Body, Mind, Spirit.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing a baseball model of two teams, \u003cem\u003eBalls of Fire\u003c\/em\u003e presents the scientific argument for and against the Isis Thesis through a fantasy-draft of dead and living scientists, philosophers, writers and other creative artists. This book is organized into five sections: Spring Training, Baseball Diamonds, Pregame, Fly-Ball Ferris Wheel, and Opening Day. \u003cem\u003eBalls of Fire\u003c\/em\u003e exposes the hidden survival message in baseball, culture, alchemy, literary texts, Christianity, world visions, our sciences, and history itself. \u003cstrong\u003eWelcome to the Game of the Centuries.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2006, King presented \u003cem\u003eThe Isis Thesis\u003c\/em\u003e on the microbiological meaning of Ancient Egyptian texts, artwork, ritual, and architecture at the \u003cstrong\u003eSecond International Congress for Young Egyptologists in Lisbon, Portugal\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKing, Judy Kay:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Judy Kay King, M.A. English, is a literary theorist and independent scholar, specializing in the area of philosophy of science and mind, using semiotics, systems thinking, and a transdisciplinary approach grounded in quantum theory. Her Masters Degree is from Oakland University, Michigan, where her graduate education centered on literary criticism. As a college instructor for 20 years, she designed and facilitated over 16 different college courses, including Mythology, Creative Writing, literature courses, and Seminars on West Africa. Her independent research and writing includes The Isis Thesis, a study decoding 870 ancient Egyptian Signs (2004), The Road from Orion (2004), a novel explaining the science in the thesis, continuing research on the thesis in 13 peer-reviewed articles (2005-2015) published in international journals and Annual Meeting Proceedings, and Balls of Fire, a Science of Life and Death (2015), summarizing and expanding research on the thesis. King presented The Isis Thesis at The Third International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities at the University of Cambridge on August 3, 2005. She also presented her research to an Egyptology audience on October 25, 2006, at the Second International Congress for Young Egyptologists in Lisbon, Portugal, organized by the Universidade de Lisboa. King was affiliated with the Semiotic Society of America (member from 2007 to 2020) and has facilitated courses for universities and community colleges from 1991 to retirement in 2015.","brand":"Envision Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50610773688594,"sku":"9780976281429","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5fa7a25a-e300-4a00-8ba4-233b74362621.jpg?v=1732349163","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/balls-of-fire-a-science-of-life-and-death-9780976281429","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}