Alan Joshua Profile

"The SHIVA Syndrome was inspired by research and exposure to the paranormal. Not just science fiction, it's a thrilling, sometimes chilling, view of tomorrow. We have the technology to make it happen," he says. "The United States and Russia are have been involved in mind research. But do we have the wisdom to handle the superhuman powers the technology unleashes? Or are we handing weapons to a primitive? The book shows us the very real blessings and dangers of the human mind."
As a native Philadelphian, Alan Joshua (pen name) is a practicing Clinical Psychologist with a background in Forensic Psychology.
Joshua has published many nonfiction journal articles. The Shiva syndrome, his debut fiction novel, is a science fiction/paranormal mystery and thriller.
Always curious about the unknowns of human experience, he is fascinated with creativity and paranormal abilities. This led to his involvement with Psychology and research into Parapsychology.
He has explored paranormal abilities and reincarnation using hypnosis and in-depth interviewing of a wide range of practitioners. Among his prized possessions are a shriveled, mummified banana (a product of one healer’s biopsychokinesis) and a small, curled Austrian teaspoon produced by a German healer while six witnesses sat around him. (seehttp://alanjoshua.com/biopsychokinesis )
The Shiva Syndrome incorporates his knowledge of Parapsychology and experiences with healers, intuitives, “psychic” sensitives, etc.
Unsurprisingly, he is a science fiction fan. He has been influenced by Asimov, Bradbury, Crichton, Heinlein, Serling, and Phillip Dick.
As an avid Trekkie, he is fond of contradicting Gene Roddenberry: “Roddenberry dealt with science and morality (e.g., the Prime Directive”), but avoided matters of religion and spirit. “I believe that that human consciousness and its potentials are ‘the final frontier.’”