Reading Lawrence Spencer's The Oz Factors gave me the same thrill as an adult that I remember getting over 40 years ago when I first saw Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz.

As a child, the movie amused me, thrilled me, scared me, and made me think. I can say the same things about The Oz Factors. Those who never question traditional assumptions about life, health and thinking may find The Oz Factors disturbing and even dangerous to their view of the world because the book calls into question the validity of many of the ideas most of us are brought up to accept as being true.

Those who like to have their view of the world and their accepted reality challenged will call The Oz Factors just what the doctor ordered. Well, maybe not what the doctor ordered since Lawrence Spencer puts the status quo of medical thinking under the microscope of his keen insight and finds what the AMA would have us believe about health to be seriously flawed.

Although I found every page of this book intriguing and highly readable, I believe its most valuable contribution lies with the extended Oz metaphor and how this metaphor has affected the way I think about assumptions in my life that I've long accepted as being true without ever actually questioning them. In this sense, Lawrence Spencer has not only written a wonderful book about philosophical ideas as well as writing the most insightful commentary on the movie version of The Wizard of Oz that I've ever read or heard; but, he's also written a how-to manual that will teach you a new way of thinking, a method of reflections that will open your mind to all kinds of new ideas and perceptions.

The Oz Factors now has a solid place on my "must read" list.

Chet Day
Health & Beyond Newsletter

In his book The Oz Factors, Lawrence R. Spencer portrays a rare view of the extraordinary, almost laughable, so-called scientific theories of the 20th Century expounded by the world's greatest experts.

This expose, firmly grounded in fact, exposes controversy and modern day myths passed off as scientific facts, which are backed without conclusive evidence. It is a compendium of those tall tales and the exuberant folds of lies embraced by the world at large.

By laying bare evidence of falsehoods, it forces us to reconsider the past and also our role in the universe. Covered in his intriguing analogy is the recklessness, or perhaps intentional attempts, of the powers that be at misguiding our society.

It's an explosive look into what we have come to believe and know as "truth" and the astonishing role this has played in stunting true scientific exploration. In his straightforward and easy-to-read text, Spencer disproves common theories, what these theories mean to most scientists and how they have been misused. The rest is up to you to decide for yourself.

Lay aside popular belief systems, special interest groups and political influences, and painfully obvious becomes the tragedy caused by the assumptions of a society. Violations of a citizen's right to know are commonplace as Mr. Spencer skillfully negotiates the sometimes slippery terrain of rights, respect, responsibilities and entitlements while offering a solid understanding of the importance of re-examining what we know to be fact.

In these pages you will find humor and exhilarating wonderment of society's "well grounded" beliefs. You will be amused at the outrageously colorful myths and legends of leaders, preachers, politicians, historians and scientists. Perhaps, you will find an answer to some wide-ranging questions and/or even an answer to a riddle of your own childhood, all set against a backdrop of a familiar and much loved fairy tale...not so different from modern day beliefs. This book will whet the appetite of the layman who thirsts for knowledge and understanding.

The Oz Factors forces mankind to look beyond his own blinders. And, it is sure to ruffle the feathers of critics, scientists and the superiority of the snob movement and their theories which are unfit to absorb the attention lavished upon them. No doubt some will be displeased with this work while they have only themselves to blame for the narrowness it has caused. The gap between life and knowledge widens as the course of the world is forever altered by assumptions and erroneous facts, and not by legitimate research.

With unprecedented detail, Mr. Spencer divulges the battlefronts of truth hidden and artfully adds a seasoning of humor at the absurdity of it all. This book explicitly, daringly offers itself as an invitation to question the so-called authorities and exclusiveness of their knowledge from the world. The revelations will reverberate for all present and future theories.

This book is destined to be an enduring examination of scientific power, limitations and information, dissemination of misinformation and ultimately the control of human nature.

The Oz Factors is not for the weak at heart and perhaps a warning label should be attached. Kudos to Mr. Lawrence Spencer and to those who dare to question.

Sheryl Schaffner
Airline Hostess

Mandatory reading for all citizens of Earth!


This is an incredible book that will open your eyes to the real history of mankind, the current precarious conditions of our world's ecology, economy, and social structures under the influence of the powerful and oppresive vested interests, and the propaganda machines they control and use so well.
I could not put this book down as Lawrence Spencer gave me a history lesson unlike any I ever had before. And even as I was being amazed by this tapestry of the history and development of the educational, medical, pharmaceutical, banking, government and military organizations of our world, it was the combined impact of their effects on our planetary environment, the health, sanity, and freedom of all beings that changed my viewpoint forever. I was so shocked that it took this book to draw back the curtains of illusion and make the truth so evident that I had to admit to an old, nagging apprehension that things were not quite as they appeared or were being "officially" presented to be.

The author's humor and wit kept me glued to this story, and the analogy of "The Wizard of Oz" to these frightening mysteries of life made the vast scope of this work magically comprehensible. He even exposes the simplicity of how to handle our information overload so that we can actually see and determine for ourselves just what is actaully going on "in the merry old land of Oz" so we can act to help create a meaningful future on this planet. I foresee this book as a major motivation for increased global awareness and social responsibility that will rejuvenate our hopes for the future generations with positive and effective actions taken now.

Shirley Cage - Account Executive

Peel off the falsehoods in Western thinking.

This is the study of Western logic, its history and its underlying falsehoods. These falsehoods are exposed, using the Wizard of Oz as a simple analogy against which to evaluate our view of our origins and our logic.

Spencer weaves the cloth of history into a manageable, understandable whole from which the reader can begin to discern from whence he came and to whence he goeth.

Few of us remember what our high school history books tried to teach us, and even if we did, Spencer straightens us out and lets us in on the truth of the motives behind the most famous of men and the most infamous of scientific research and world dominators.

Modern history, as compared to ancient history, proves without a doubt that history does repeat itself. The key to breaking this cycle of repetition is knowledge. With humor, stealth and bald-faced truth, to boot, the reader is moved from ignorance to awareness in a few short hours of "can't put it down" reading.

Spencer pulls back the veil of ignorance and forces the reader to assume responsibility for the future by understanding the past.

"What technology might have already been developed by a race of alien beings that had been progressing at this rate for 200 or 2,000 or perhaps two million years?" With these words, Spencer takes us through the past which brought us to this state of potential future enhancement or destruction, and catapults us into what kind of future we wish to create for ourselves, our children, and our children's children.

How do Tom Edison, Ben Franklin and Al Einstein predict the future? What was their secret to deciphering the mysteries of the physical world in which we exist? What makes Tom and Ben different from Al? And which of the three would you want on your baseball team? Pick those sides and let's get on with the game of life, with Lawrence Spencer leading the way.

Carol Lee South, Editor
The Oz Factors