Jim Willis

“The Quantum Akashic Field is open for exploration to all who develop a systematic strategy of meditation and creative imagination. By sharing his own out-of-body experiences, recorded through the years in his personal journals, Jim Willis serves as our guide into that world of mystery and revelation.”

— GEORGE NOORY, host of Coast to Coast AM

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"Jim Willis, through a combination of modern science and very personal experience, manages to produce a veritable DIY guide for anyone interested in OBE.  The result is a book that should cause the steadfast non-believer to admit that there is at least a scientifically-based possibility that the OBE phenomenon is plausible, and for those of us who have actual experience with OBEs, provides validation as well as explanations and encouragement.  If there ever was a successful explanation for the inexplicable, this book is it."

— Gerry Bailey: Computer Scientist, Systems Engineer, and fellow OBE practitioner

 

"Willis weaves science, metaphysics, and cultural references in a thoughtful exploration of the out-of-body experience. Using his fascinating and highly symbolic personal experiences, he gently, but logically guides the reader to see that OBEs are a natural part of our spiritual development.

This book is a great summary of the basics with inspiring personal examples, encouragement, and practical guidance that is both useful for the beginner and a valuable refresher for those looking to enhance their experience."

— William Buhlman, author of Adventures Beyond the Body

 

"Another brilliant book by Jim Willis. How he manages to make complex concepts so easily accessible, I don’t know. Read it at your own risk!"

— Elyn Aviva: PhD, MDiv, author of The Question: A Magical Fable

 

"This is a very dangerous book. With his ability to tell a good story, Jim Willis can draw you right out of your body and into the astral planes. So, if you choose to read it, don’t say you haven’t been warned."

— Gary White: PhD, Professor Emeritus, Iowa State University, co-author of the Powerful Places Guidebook series

 

"Combining cutting edge theories, mysticism, and personal narratives, Jim Willis provides a fascinating overview of the out of body experience. Willis seamlessly makes connections between such diverse topics as perception, consciousness, philosophy, shamanism, and quantum physics, which challenges readers to look beyond their present assumptions about who and what they really are."

— Paul J. Leslie, psychotherapist, author, educator, author of Shadows in the Session: The Presence of the Anomalous in Psychotherapy

 

"Accessing the fabled Akashic records has always been a curiosity of mine, and in his book, Quantum Akashic Field, Jim provides a fun and easy to understand guide that makes exploring this sacred domain a fun experience."

— Cliff Dunning: Host/Producer, Earth Ancients, radio/podcast

 

"Jim Willis has written a wonder-filled, magical book. The Quantum Akashic Field is not merely entertaining and compelling reading; it is chock full of information, knowledge, insightful reflections, humor, and the kind of wisdom that can only come from deep, personal experience and extensive hands-on practice. The author is a master teacher and guide--one who is exceedingly adept in the art of communication.

It was the British philosopher Gilbert Ryle who made a sharp distinction between knowing-how and knowing-that, that is, practical and theoretical knowledge. One can know everything there is to know about, say, bicycles, but still be chronically unable to ride one.

Happily, Willis has both bases well-covered. He is thoroughly acquainted with the theoretical principles of the new physics and how they relate to the problem of consciousness in general, and to what were once regarded as “esoteric” or “paranormal” phenomena, including out-of-body experiences (OBEs), visions, inner guidance, and dreams, in particular. Moreover, he possesses an extraordinary gift for translating the paradoxical, often inscrutable concepts of quantum mechanics into accessible models for understanding and interpreting what parapsychologist Rhea White labeled our “exceptional human experiences,” and what psychiatric researcher Stanislav Grof dubbed “non-ordinary states of consciousness.”

C.G. Jung was the first to grasp that the new, post-Newtonian/Cartesian concept of nature inaugurated by quantum physicists such as Wolfgang Pauli (with whom he collaborated) shattered and rendered obsolete all the old--implicitly pejorative--dichotomies of “natural” versus “supernatural,” “scientific” versus “spiritual,” “objective” versus “subjective,” and “matter” versus “consciousness.” In making his argument, Willis cites Jung and successors such as Ervin Laszlo (and others), to whom he is clearly indebted.

The second half of the book is given over to offering sage practical advice on how to achieve a conscious OBE and navigate the challenging terrain of non-ordinary states of consciousness--advice grounded in the author’s own practices and personal experiences, which he generously shares with his readers. It is here that the author’s light as a gifted story-teller shines the brightest, and his passionate spirit of inquiry burns the most intensely.

What emerges from these captivating pages are the outlines of Jim Willis’s life-narrative. This is a fascinating story of someone marinated in the narrow, intellectualistic rationalism of our mainstream western culture, along with an equally narrow and dogmatic fundamentalist form of Christianity, who yet manages to free himself from these mental prisons even as he learns to experience ever wider, more expansive and inclusive states of awareness.

This is a story that Jung would have regarded as “a myth for our time,” and Joseph Campbell would have recognized as a contemporary version of the archetypal hero’s journey. That is to say, it is an exemplary story that those of us who yearn for a more meaningful mode of existence in a more sustainable world can and must learn how to live—if, that is, the human species hopes to survive on this beautiful and mysterious island earth."

— Joseph M. Felser, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy at Kingsborough Community College of The City University of New York; author of The Way Back to Paradise (Hampton Roads, 2005) and The Myth of the Great Ending (Hampton Roads, 2011); member of the Board of Directors of The Monroe Institute in Faber, Virginia (2015-2018)