"A delightful, enjoyable, informative and profoundly thought-provoking read. In his tour-de-force, Omura sweeps the reader along from an insightful analysis of the horrors and misconceptions revealed in a focused reading of the Bible to consider how our species, very gradually, came to look beyond superstition and belief. Over the ages great thinkers, philosophers and novelists built new edifices of thought and Omura paints a canvas of ideas that carries us along on a breathtaking journey of discovery in our endless search for truth that underlies existence. Metaphysical Rebellion is a work of potent scholarship and offers an unparalleled introductionto philosophical thought that should become as widely considered as was Colin Wilson's The Outsider." - Gerrit L. Verschuur, Ph.D., radio astronomer and author of, among other titles, Hidden Attraction: The History and Mystery of Magnetism, The Invisible Universe: The Story of Radio Astronomy, and Is Anyone Out There?: Personal Adventures in the Search for Extraterrestrials.