"Fascinating. It gives a breath of fresh air to theology and yet remains within the broad scope of Christian theology. Any seeker of truth should read Novak. I think it deserves attention that this 'Division Theory' is able to pull different concepts into a unity. This new concept of the double soul ... helps to explain, and in some cases even simplifies, traditional Christian theological tenets."
---- Bill Lanning, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy & Religion, Butler College, Andover, Kansas

"Thrilling ... original and insightful. This is a work of great significance. You realize that the secret of the afterlife is staring us right in the face and we don't realize it - that the supposed conflict between reincarnation and �heaven and hell" can be resolved.... If we apply this divided human consciousness to the afterlife equation, a truly momentous understanding results - reincarnation and the heaven/hell model are both true. This division of the afterlife also explains many of the descriptions that arise of wandering ghosts, spirits, and the like.""
---- Bob Jackson, Editor,"The Independent Review"

"This is a strange, disturbing, and brilliant book [...] Novak introduces a whole new theory of the human soul and its journey through the afterlife [and] succeeds in providing answers to a surprisingly large number of questions."
---- "Gnosis: A Journal of the Western Inner Traditions"

"Novak's two books stand beside Myers' as classics of research into the most disturbing of human problems."
---- Colin Wilson, celebrated author of numerous books, including Poltergeist and After Life

"Unique, fascinating, and highly credible. Amazingly, Novak has discovered a concept that has eluded all the brilliant minds of the past. I applaud him on his achievement and thank him for his insight."
---- Dr. Donald R. Morse, President of The Academy of Religion and Psychical Research, and author of Search for Eternity

"Peter Novak brings an amazing discovery to us in the 21st century. Most people today refer to "soul" and "spirit" interchangeably. The ancient Egyptians and other spiritual teachings tell us otherwise. Novak's scholarly research of ancient teachings brings this wisdom back and places it alongside current scientific knowledge. He has accomplished the enormous task of bringing together research in near-death experiences, past-life therapy, afterlife communications, and other paranormal information alongside current scientific knowledge. This book is exciting in its scope, logic, and wisdom. Be prepared to have your mind stretched!"
---- Janet Cunningham, Ph.D., author of several books, and past president of The International Association for Regression Research and Therapies, Inc.

"The Division of Consciousness is, quite frankly, the most important book in its field since Elaine Pagel's "The Gnostic Gospels" in 1978, and takes Pagel's conclusions light years further. Some of the conclusions drawn may make casual Christians uncomfortable, but serious Christian scholars will either feel vindicated, be intrigued, or both. Division Theory is such an ingenious concept I'm amazed nobody had been able to think of it in this way before."
---- Christopher Coolidge, Ph.D., Burlington, Vermont

"Ingenious [...] This is too important of a work to be dismissed. It will definitely be looked back upon as a turning point in the scholar's collection of ideas, as one of those hinges that opens the field of vision to possibilities of thoughts that were not possible before this point."
---- Thomas Ragland, Ph.D., Nashville, Tennessee

"Every so often there comes along a book with a provocative, even brilliant insight. This book is one of them. [...] If this book becomes ignored, we will be the poorer for it. Novak's conceptual resolution of apparently differing views of the afterlife ... gives Christian theologians a new and powerful insight into both the mystery of death and what "resurrection" might in fact be. Novak's collection of anthropological data of similar beliefs is impressive, and his psychological insights are exhilarating.... [His] interpretations of "The Gospel of Thomas" and the other Nag Hammadi manuscripts seem to make considerable sense."
---- Dialogos: An Interactive Journal of the Sciences, Philosophy, and Theology

"Truly momentous. [...] This interpretation of the afterlife is pregnant with meaning. The traditions of the underworld, heaven, hell and reincarnation all come alive and mean so much more. Swedenborg's descriptions of heaven and hell become surprising poignant, as does the gloomy afterlife of the Sumerians and Israelites ... [and t]he Egyptian initiatory system ... takes on a new relevance."
---- New Dawn Magazine

"Do we, perhaps, have here the lateral thinking that will at last move forward the tired old debate between reincarnationists and non-reincarnationists? [...] Novak has offered us a novel insight and we ought to ask whether it can be developed in ways compatible with main-stream Christianity."
---- Editorial in The Christian Parapsychologist, Journal of the Church�s Fellowship for Psychical and Spiritual Studies

"I couldn't put The Division of Consciousness down until I finished it. I am very impressed with Novak's DivisionTheory, which ties everything together perfectly. This material is fresh, thought provoking, and you will not be satisfied in reading it only once."
----- Kevin Williams, Life After Death Researcher, webmaster of www.near-death.com

"This book ought to be read by every thoughtful person on this planet [..] Peter Novak effectively pulls it all together: religion (the major World religions' after-life beliefs of reincarnation and a heaven/hell scenario, and more); science (current scientific ideas about the duality of the mind, ie. the conscious and un-conscious aspects of the brain); "paranormal" activity (ie. near-death experiences, past-life hypnosis regression analysis, and ghosts). Through his comprehensive research, lasting over a decade, Peter Novak has shown that the current major World Religions have all been partially correct in their after-life beliefs about what transpires after we leave this three-dimensional existence, but none has had the whole picture. The simple, yet profound, very early Christian belief of the Binary Soul Doctrine ... has been almost single-handedly resurrected by Peter Novak..."
---- Ian Lawton

"You're the first one that has ever explained that to me in a way that I could understand. Now that suddenly makes sense. If there is a division, that would the "tapeloop" ghost. DivisionTheory makes all the sense in the world."
---- Art Bell, on "Coast to Coast with Art Bell", March 11th, 1999

"Provocative and unsettling. [Novak�s research] is worthy of serious consideration."
---- Michael York, Ph.D., Professor of Religious Studies, Bath Spa University College, UK

"I have been researching and studying the mind and mentation for 20 years, and I have never read a theory that so perfectly addresses so many aspects of the phenomena of mind. One significant way to test a theory is to "shine" it at various disparate aspects of the higher phenomena. Indeed, everywhere I did so regarding DivisionTheory, I found myself with an "aha" experience."
---- Melody Clark, Ph.D.

"The most intellectually challenging idea I have come across in a very long time. Novak has backed up his theory with a rather imposing support. [...] Amazing."
---- F. James Shepherd

"Brilliant, original, and profoundly disturbing. Perhaps the most original speculation on the nature of the human spirit in 50 years."
---- Jeff Duntemann, Scottsdale, Arizona

"I have read about DivisionTheory with captivated fascination. Next time I read scripture it will be in a new light. I don't think that it's too profound to say that by questioning the secret of death, you have found the secret of life."
---- Kevin Mann

"The reconciliation between Eastern and Western thought is well underway now. This theory has legs. It is robust. A good theory has the ability to predict and foreshadow events and discoveries before they occur. Division theory does just that. There are not only parallels, but explanations for existing beliefs that seem odd or without context in various traditions. Add division theory and they seem to make a lot more sense. To me, this is the strongest recommendation for his new paradigm. Even religions the author has not yet studied are relevant to his theory and enhance each other."
---- Kari M. Marchant, Carlsbad, California

"Like a biblical prophet, Novak's conclusions are savored and pondered by the reader for numerous, significant, and meaningful layers. [...] Peter Novak�s presentation of the Division Theory offers intriguing new tools for historians, researchers, and scientists of all fields to use. [...] The Division Theory is truly illuminating and brings together a seedbed of great, ancient, and critical understanding to the center of the world�s problems and happenings today."
- Berthold E. Schwartz, MD, Vero Beach FL

"I have to give Peter credit for painting one of the most hopeful scenarios that the world currently offers. With the tragic events of the last few months, we see the inadequacy of our religious leaders to offer anything other than patriotic platitudes even as sincere men on both sides plot their mutual destruction for the glory of the One God. Unless a bridge can be quickly built over the seeming gulf that divides the good guys on one side from the �evil ones� on the other, the escalation of violence can only spiral.... The Lost Secret of Death provides such a bridge. For the book makes the case that knowledge of the reality of division as a universal fact of experience can be the bond that brings unity to so many descriptions of spiritual and religious truth currently at odds with one another. Within Christianity itself, fractured with its own battles over dogma, a much needed healing could take place if the traditional definitions of soul and spirit were restored. And with the phobia against reincarnation overcome, Christianity could once again be a universal message of hope to the world. This new vision will make a lot of sense for many who are dispirited by the many contradictions in our world. Perhaps The Lost Secret of Death will help breathe new life into them."
---- Robert Friend, Hawaii

"Peter Novak proposes that the soul is not a single entity and can even divide at death. The thesis he presents in this pioneering book is compelling and deserves serious consideration and empirical research. This book is quite fascinating!"
---- Gary E. Schwartz, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Medicine, Neurology, Surgery, and Psychiatry at the University of Arizona and author of The Afterlife Experiments.

"To say that this book is thought-provoking and belief-provoking is an understatement. I not only read every word of the book, but re-read my underlinings several times. I am totally impressed with the amount of research Novak obviously did and how he presented his case. His knowledge of the subject is quite impressive. Just one of the many discussions that I particularly enjoyed was that of the "time dispute". The Lost Secret of Death has most certainly caused me to seriously re-evaluate my thoughts about my hundreds of interviews with NDErs, as well as the many, many ADC accounts which I have been privy to. Timing is everything! At this time in earth's history, this work is particularly important and is most definitely something of great value!"
---- Barbara Rommer, M.D., Author of Blessing in Disguise : Another Side of the Near-Death Experience, and founder of the South Florida chapter of the International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS)

"This is a strange, disturbing, and brilliant book."
---- "Gnosis Magazine"

"Thrilling ... original and insightful....
This is a work of great significance."
---- "The New Dawn Magazine"

"If this book becomes ignored, we will be the poorer for it. Novak may have given Christian theologians a new and powerful insight into both the mystery of death and what "resurrection" might in fact be."
---- Richard Kropf, "Dialogos Magazine"

"It is, quite frankly, the most important book in its field since Elaine Pagel's The Gnostic Gospels in 1978, and takes Pagel's merely scholarly conclusions light years further. Division Theory is such an ingenious concept I'm amazed nobody had been able to think of it in this way before."
---- Christopher Coolidge, Ph.D.

"Riveting. No matter what your current theological or philosophical approach is to life, this book will be of interest to you."
---- "Hypercult Magazine"

"Division Theory helps to explain, and in some cases
even simplifies, traditional Christian theological
tenets.... Any seeker of truth should read Novak."
---- Dr. Bill Lanning, Professor of Religion, Butler College, Andover, Kansas,

"It is too important of a work [to be dismissed]"
---- Thomas Ragland,
Nag Hammadi Scholar,
Nashville, TN

"So original, gripping, and controversial
that [it] leaves the reader feeling slightly stunned."
---- Colin Wilson

"I read the book and found it very interesting.
The basic tenet that the soul and spirit
may have separate destinies is a good one.
You certainly have written a very provocative book."
---- John Edmiston, "Eternity Online" Magazine

"Why do I feel that my lifelong search has finally arrived at its destination on this webpage? I have downloaded everything you have here, and each new frame I brought up elicited sighs coming out of the realization that you are giving answers to all the questions I have been asking.... DivisionTheory. I just knew it would be this simple."
---- Richard Stevenson

"[DivisionTheory] strikes to the very core of my practice.... I use certain methodologies to prove the very thing you discuss.... I will be using some of [your book] in my practice...."
---- Dr. Hugh O. Smith, Ph.D.

"Compelling and astounding....
...possibly the most important book we will ever publish.
The Division of Consciousness will be studied for years to come."
---- Publisher Frank DeMarco of HRPC