The Allegorical Crossing of the Bridge of the Mind

By G. Irving Hildebrand

We’ve been told that there are two parts of our brain and that one side remains largely unused. Open it up, and build a bridge to new ideas. To envision some small parts of our universe, cosmologists develop theoretical models that they can overlay on what they believe may be possible. We use this avenue to explore exciting new potentials for the evolutionary development of the human mind. G. Irving Hildebrand is a lifetime fan of science fiction. His writings are inspired by one of his favorite authors, Ray Bradbury. He is a retired public-health advocate and lives in the small college town of Conway, Arkansas.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu Publishing Services
• Release date: Jan 26, 2017
• ISBN: 9781483461601

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Chapter 1

The letter from the Ormia Foundation had been unopened in his mail box for a couple of days. Karl tore at the envelope and removed the letter, wondering what it was about. The letter was an invitation to speak at one of their special ‘Science Symposiums’. I wonder how they got my name for this, he thought. Maybe one of my students passed along some of my ‘out of the box’ ideas from one of the science club meetings.

The Ormia Foundation was noted for funding ‘way out’ programs and activities. They had sponsored a number of conferences on UFO’s at the same time they had a long tradition in support of solid science as well. He read the letter again noting that the program he was invited to speak at had a strange sounding name…it was apparently one of their unorthodox programs…on the nature and scope of new dimensionalities.

Still puzzled, he noted the date and location for the program, and the nice honorarium included with the invitation. He recalled his discussions on neutrinos and related particles at one of the science club meetings some months ago, and thought that might be where he got on the list for this conference. The students were a very enthusiastic group and enjoyed delving into the less traveled areas of modern science. The Foundation was one of the largest in the nation, and had a great deal of wealth in their various portfolios. They published several newsletters, and a scientific journal that had independent, peer review.

He recalled that science club meeting last October…where the group had gotten into a metaphysical and religious discussion of how God might really be able to hear everyone’s prayer’s and even their thoughts. St. Edna’s University was, after all, a religious school and students often brought their thoughts and ideas about faith into discussions where they might interface with the world of science. He also recalled his own exposition on this subject…a free ranging series of open ended ideas which he knew could well be called science fiction, without the necessary supporting theoretical research.

If this is where they got my recommendation they must really be hard up for speakers, he thought. If this was, indeed the source, he had better check his notes and do some research before taking such far-fetched ideas into a public presentation…even if the primary audience were looking for the weird and unnatural. Wow, he thought if I’m not careful I could lose my reputation as a physicist.

His train of thought was interrupted by the sound of a phone ring. It was a call from his wife. Professor Karl Patrina is married and he and his wife, Cathy have a young daughter named Laurie. On the call, Cathy reminded him to stop at the store on his way home to pick up a few items.

Boarding his train, bound for home, his mind was thinking about the invitation to speak at the Ormia Foundation Conference…when he fell asleep.

Chapter 2

Everything in the room was round or oval in shape. Floating in the center was a large round instrument of some sort.

There were two of them stationed near the center circle. Their huge, oval shapes moved in virtually every direction, apparently seeking some kind of input. There was a scattering of beams, almost like sunbeams and rainbows on earth emanating from a circular device. A long chamber, like a hallway ran off and seemed endless. In the long distance an array of lights flashed dimly indicating some kind of on-going activity.

The flow of neutrinos was also endless and caused the beams to flutter and emit a variety of colors in the beams.

One of them made an adjustment of some kind and its ‘eyes’ seem to gather in the beams even more rapidly.

What must have been some kind of matrix chart appeared along one of the curved side areas. An unknown series of marks and small diagrams suddenly appeared on the chart. Next a laser like image of a human-like form appears on the chart.

The flow of beams had been assembled in some manner to construct a matrix of a human being on the visual chart area of the room. Small bits of light continued to flow and fill the chart and at some point the matrix of the chart and the picture of the human form began to flow in multi-dimensions.

He could not understand what was happening, but it all seemed so very clear. His eyes had been losing some acuity as he grew older, but now things were to him as clear as he could ever recall. He looked out into the vast arena of clarity before him. Then he tried to look at his physical self. Glancing down he tried to seek and see his hands. He could see them, but did not sense them. This was the same for his legs. Movement did not seem important and he had no urge to move, but it was curious to him. He wanted to speak out and ask questions, but did not seem to know how to do this.

It appeared that the very fabric of his life and memories were being assembled in some manner, and bits of memory and pieces of information swelled into his presence.

Chapter 3

Karl recalled that one time, as a child he had been sitting in the bath room area at his parent’s house. There were several mirrors at each end of a counter top and a long one that he faced. He noticed that when they were at a certain angle his reflection appeared to go on and on, repeating itself almost endlessly. It was as if there were hundreds of reflections of him going off into the future… a kind of infinity! He wondered at the time if they might continue reflecting forever. It was one his initial insights about infinity and the universe that helped steer him into the field of physics and the highly specialized area of quantum physics. Karl got a fast start into the world of science. Both of his parents were teachers and they encouraged him to follow his interests with their full support. His intelligence was noted in his early years and his parents placed him into special programs for gifted learners. By age sixteen he was ready for college and by eighteen he enrolled in graduate programs at Princeton, followed by post doctoral work at Cambridge.

Chapter 4

1981 - Moscow, Russia. In a building adjacent to the United States Embassy a team of Russian agents were gathered around some electrical equipment looking like special radiation machines. These had been placed on the south wall of the building, near several large windows coated with darkening material. They were grumbling about the difficulty they were having in calibrating the machine in order to fully bathe the adjacent US Embassy building with the radiation. Another machine was tuned in to receive back information from a variety of electrical devices located in the US Embassy building. IBM typewriters, master computers, fax machine, telephone and teletypes all were giving up their wealth of secret information. The Russians had tried to sneak their spy works into the US Embassy Building when it was under construction several years before, but the CIA had stumbled across some of the devices and worked throughout the building to destroy the capacity of the hidden devices. The use of radiation saturation bathing was a new twist and they were trying to secret out as much raw data as they could with their latest spy technology.

Invisible rays of radiation flowed through the building and receptors were able to screen through the rays on their return to pick up a variety of electronic impulses and to interpret their meaning through some very careful, and time consuming work and analysis. Their main effort was tied into the amount of electrical energy that was used in operating the embassy building. When all of the data was put together the yield was significant.

Chicago. 1991 Groups of scientists gathered in Chicago in the summer 1991 at the Firmi National Lab to discuss some new findings in particle physics. They came from all around the world, seeking a first-hand report on some major break-through in understanding the smallest known things in the universe. A bit too complex for the news services to put into headlines, but of great importance to the world of science.

Scientists long have sought to fully understand electricity. How it operates in biological organisms and how it interacts with chemicals and hormones? What kind of photon release is involved in the simple activation of a single neuron and how do they communicate this action to all the other cells? From the dust of stars are humans made and what a wonder they are. But once formed, how do they relate to the total universe and infinity?

Chapter 5

His field of vision had grown to enormous levels and had moved beyond what he had known and experienced as three-dimensional sight. It went far beyond simple increases in clarity and sharpness of detail. It went beyond anything he could recall of magnification and telescopes. It was, he felt, like being able to see and recall everything as soon as he gave thought to it and ‘see’ it from virtually every angle and quadrant.

He felt no fear with these fast emerging changes and he was beginning to feel greatly at ease with them. More things expanded into his new field of sight as if he was sitting in front of a large computer screen with super speed access. He also realized that he had lost some temporal feelings in his body. He had not thought about it, but when he focused his thoughts he could sense that his arms and legs were there, but somehow were not. His mind wondered, but as soon as it formed a question, there was a response of some nature.

Chapter 6

It was in October and classes had been underway for the new semester for five weeks and the campus routine seemed in good order. Karl was strolling across the tree-lined campus. It was a bright, sunny day and large groups of students were moving in various directions. As he walked up a path toward the science building a student joined him. Hi Professor, heading for the Club Meeting? Yes, Brian, I take it you are also? Sure, the club is always fun…and no grades makes it even better!

The small room had a mix of chairs and small tables plus a sofa. It was often used for small group seminar classes. As Karl was chatting with some of the students he knew well, a few others came in and everyone seemed to be talking a once. It was the first meeting of the Science Club for