The Unity of Science in Unification Thought

In the Introduction to the Divine Principle is the prediction that the development of modern religion and the development of modern science will inevitably bring these two ways of understanding our universe into harmony and agreement. A prophecy that the “non-overlapping magisteria” of Dr. Stephen Jay Gould will fruitfully merge into a unified worldview:

“When the sailor, who has completed his voyage in search of external truth under the sail of science, adds another sail, the sail of religion, and embarks on a new voyage in search of internal truth, he finally will be headed toward the destination for which his original mind yearns.”

Currently, however, at the start of the 21st Century, the two magisteria are still separated by concepts of God, an eternal spirit, evolution, and so on. This book records the progress of such a sailor, thoroughly versed in math and science, who embarked on a voyage to reconcile internal and external truth powered by the insights of Reverend Moon’s Divine Principle. This book is available for purchase on lulu.com In my formative years, I embraced science and consigned both God and spirit to the realm of medieval fantasy and www.lulu.com/shop/richard-l- scientific ignorance. I obtained a degree in Biochemistry, lewis/the-unity-of-science-in- which has the advantage of being multidisciplinary and unification-thought/paperback/product- requiring both an understanding of physics and biology. 21357175.html After graduation, I worked as a Senior Biochemist researching into anti-histamine resistant asthma for a major pharmaceutical firm. In those halcyon days of five-weeks paid vacation, I took a vacation to California and met the Unification Church and, inspired, dropped out to become a missionary. In the inevitable period of serious doubt that eventually engulfed me, my guardian spirit rescued me with the glowing words, “You will write a textbook of Unification Science.”

That was 38 years ago. I eventually gained my PhD and I expanded my thesis into what became Volume One of this trilogy. It took another 4 years to write Volume Two, and another 4 years to complete Volume Three. I am sensible that this effort can only be a formation stage, and I look forward to watching future developments from the spirit world.