AuthorsBookshop.com: Divinely Inspired

Denise's Pieces Book Reviews:

A touching narrative that reaches out to the reader and proves that it is never too late to find God. The author believes and rightly so, that the original Ten Commandments are not only to maintain order in a chaotic world, but they are also in their essence, the source for any human efforts at self improvement. A thoroughly engrossing narrative style and almost conversational tone makes this an easy, fast and extremely satisfying read, yet one that leaves the impact of a gentle loving wallop, if there is such a thing.
Denise M. Clark, Denise�s Pieces Book Reviews

Ian Tattersall:

Most people thank goodness only know insufferable stress from the accounts of others, but those who know it from personal experience will take comfort from the ways in which the author has contrived to find a peaceful way to handle his battle with anxiety, manic depression, migraines, and that sense of emptiness and sadness.
Ian Tattersall, Ph.D., Curator of Anthropology
American Museum of Natural History

Elizabeth Batt Book Reviews:

The author writes from a Jewish perspective on spirituality and admits that it would perhaps best serve a Jewish audience, but I have to disagree. No matter what faith we carry, if any at all, we can all learn something from this book. Its honesty is both liberating and refreshing.
Elizabeth Batt, Elizabeth Batt Book Reviews

Steven Hawlings Martin:

Jerry Pollock has discovered that very few men of science like him have. We each have available to us, if we recognize and seek it out, a loving and supportive force, an organizing intelligence that in reality is the being of all of us.
Steven Hawlings Martin, Author of Keys to the Kingdom

Chaim Seymour:

The reader cannot but be impressed by the honesty and courage of the memoir. The author aims to help people attain inner peace. I hope that the author succeeds and achieves his purpose.
Chaim Seymour, American Jewish Libraries Review

Audrey De LaMartre:

Through primal therapy, he exorcised his painful youth and then his feelings guided him to his spiritual rebirth into the paradigm of the Judeo Christian tradition. That the author is able to provide intellectual, psychological, historical and spiritual content is impressive. A Tilt-A-Whirl of a biography.
Audrey De LaMartre, Steps for Recovery

Richard Fuller:

In his provocative book, Divinely Inspired, Dr. Pollock details his personal journey to his discovery of God that helped him overcome more negativity than one person should suffer. Here is a story that begins in the depths of despair, physical and mental illness, uncaring and cheating parents and a deep sense of inadequacy; and ends with an understanding of not only spirituality but of faith.
Richard Fuller, Metaphysical Reviews

Henry Berry:

The strength and uniqueness of this tale is its sense of reality, even grittiness and steaminess, not found with most books dealing with personal spiritual growth. Pollock�s book is of interest to anyone suffering and looking for spiritual guidance and how spirituality and related beliefs are incorporated into one�s life.
Henry Berry, The Small Press Book Review

Jennifer Hollowell:

Courage, wisdom, and strength and the unrelenting desire to teach rather than preach are what the author arms himself with. This book has had a profound effect upon me. I�m not only considering what is written among these pages as a description of experiences. I�m considering it a handbook for those seeking to get on the right path.
Jennifer Hollowell, J.M.H. Creative Solutions

James Cox:

Divinely Inspired: Spiritual Awakening of a Soul by microbiologist and biophysics expert Jerry Pollock is the story of his personal journey beyond Bipolar Disorder into the embrace of God�s love. Professor Pollock has written a candid and moving spiritual guide to accepting the wisdom of God. The pages of this published testimony are aptly written to accurately reflect Pollock�s faith, and offers unforgettable guidance and encouragement to fellow seekers to shed emotional negativity and devastation to search out God�s blessing within the context of a mature and maturing spirituality.
James Cox, Midwest Book Review

Camden Alexander:

The devilish paths his childhood demons led him on are painstakingly described in vivid detail so that the reader cringes when Pollock explains what happened. For those who are not familiar with Bipolar Disorder, this book is a real eye- opener. With this knowledg firmly in hand, readers should never look at the mentally ill in the same way. The fortitude and accomplishments of the author cannot help but move the reader.
Divinely Inspired gives the reader a frightening glimpse inside the veiled world of mental illness. While not a pleasant thing to view, this unflinching look provides comfort to those so afflicted, knowledge to those not afflicted, and - hopefully - better undrestnading to all. The author offers a gentle suggestion that each bipolar patient can benefit from an in-depth exploration of his or her particular religion/spirituality. The book truly is a spiritual awakening of a soul as the book's cover asserts.
Camden Alexander for Curled Up With a Good Book

Reader:

There are many books about science and many books about spirituality, but not too many about spirituality by a scientist. Dr. Pollock elaborates on what he has learned about people, religion, evolution, creation, and the Ten Commandments. It is gratifying, life-affirming and uplifting to read Dr. Pollock's experiences center around Judaism, but his spiritual experiences are for everyone who would like to find that elusive quality we call inner peace. This intensely moving, higly personal memoir is excellent and worthwhile; well documented and brutally honest. A real Divine inspiration.
Reader from New York

Bernie Nelson:

Readers will be enthralled sharing the author's path to recovery-from an emotionally damaged depressive life to a powerful demonstration of Divine Presence via direct encounter with God. An excellent "how to" attain fresh, enhanced spirituality arising out of direct contact. Anyone can learn from the author's experience, and receive the blessings of inner peace with increased spiritual experiences.
Bernie Nelson, Editor of Mindquest, Lightword Publishing.

Harold McFarland:

This is an interesting chronicle of one man's experiences and growth. The author grew up in a family environment that can be best described as unloving and apathetic. He perseveres through manic depression, electric shock therapy, clinical depression, and excessive prescription medication. Finally, he has a spiritual awakening and through a slow steady series of miracles, he comes to have a relationship with God. The relationship is the basis on which he finally resolves his past hurts and begins growing as a spiritual human being.
Harold McFarland, Freelance Reviewer

Rebecca Brown:

Divinely Inspired: Spiritual Awakening of a Soul is a well-written, richly imaged, and exhaustively detailed journey of an intelligent man beset with haunted memories of an anxiety- and pain-filled childhood caused by undemonstrative and dysfunctional parents coupled with a debiltating, inexplicable, resistant mental disability. Finally, something cracks open and the author relates a series of visual and physical events that came to him and with which he found himself miraculously touched and guided by God into healing and happiness.
Rebecca Brown for Rebeccas Reads

Paige Lovitt, Reader Views (12/08):

�Divinely Inspired� is written about one man�s spiritual path and how his life experiences brought him through a great deal of spiritual change. It is written from a Jewish perspective; however, I feel that people of religious backgrounds, who respect his belief system, will relate to Dr. Pollock�s story. For myself, I enjoyed learning more about the Jewish faith.

Each of us progresses down our spiritual paths at different paces. Dr. Pollock tells his personal story with a great deal of honesty and self-revelation. I appreciated his willingness to share both his personal successes and failures with us. It gave me greater insight into his story. He had to deal with both an emotionally damaging childhood and manic depression. By reading �Divinely Inspired� it will help us further our own personal journey and provide us with a great deal of motivation.

As a child, Dr. Pollock held his feelings in. He did not get the nurturing that he needed from either parent. He had a lifetime struggle of trying to win recognition and love from his parents. He learned to use pills to deal with the pain. It wasn�t until he was in his forties that he learned to work through these issues through therapy. Then he began to learn to express his emotions. He found a great deal
of success using primal therapy. This actually seems like an unusual form of therapy for a research scientist; however, he found that it worked for him.

Because Dr. Pollock is a scientist, I really appreciated how he blended his scientific beliefs into his spiritual beliefs. He offers one of the most fascinating discussions on creationism and evolution that I have ever read. He covers a variety of interesting theories in this section.

Dr. Pollock tells us, �When you totally trust in God, you do so because you feel confident enough
that when you do it, God will be there to assist you.� Accepting this belief awakens our souls to a higher state of spiritual being and provides us with inner-peace, self-confidence, self-respect and self-worth. What more can we need for ourselves? I highly recommend reading �Divinely Inspired,� and Dr. Pollock�s other book which I really enjoyed, �The Messiah Interviews.�