The Shiva Syndrome Trilogy Quotes

“The "paranormal" is what we call a phenomenon when examined through the narrow lens of what we consider "normal." You have to transcend the senses to understand them.”
― Alan Joshua, The SHIVA Syndrome

“Most people live out ordinary lives by denying death. Others live more completely because they’re aware of it. I choose the second group.”
― Alan Joshua, The SHIVA Syndrome

“Art imitates life, but science fiction informs us about what form it will take.”
― Alan Joshua, The SHIVA Syndrome

“To write a novel is to dream while awake, then express the dream to the reader in an absorbing way. The road leading from the writer's inner world to the readers' is paved with prose.”
― Alan Joshua, The SHIVA Syndrome

“Today, religion is systematized, formalized group worship. It’s packaged. We don’t live the divine any longer, we only hear or read about it.”
― Alan Joshua, The SHIVA Syndrome

“Paranormal phenomena are only a
collection of abilities that challenge known science.Physical laws
don’t explained them. You have to go beyond the limits of traditional
categories to make any sense of them.
Beau Walker--The SHIVA Syndrome”
― Alan Joshua, The SHIVA Syndrome

“The "paranormal" is what we call a phenomenon when examined through the narrow lens of what we consider "normal." You have to leave the entrapment of "normal" beliefs to understand them much as zero gravity can't be understood when you are earthbound.”
― Alan Joshua, The SHIVA Syndrome

“Art sometimes imitates life. When it does, science fiction presages what form that life may take.”
― Alan Joshua, The SHIVA Syndrome

“Myths grew from the ancient tradition of passing on knowledge orally, the only means of doing so before writing.
They’re narratives of human existence. They helped our ancestors interpret reality, solve problems, and guided social behavior. They structured natural and social information into patterns using symbols, and embedded fact into story form. This increased their impact, making information meaningful and personally involving—not just cold, detached facts.”
― Alan Joshua, The SHIVA Syndrome