# Help me locate this new-agey group **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 3, 2004, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-locate-this-new-agey-group/277957 "2004-12-03T20:54:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-locate-this-new-agey-group/277957/1 "2004-12-03T20:54:35Z")
I’ve got this old book called _Key to the Book of Life (Math and Sign Symbols)_ with an Al Marusa credited as the author. The book is 3rd edition copyright 1973. It was printed by Boyd Done’s Skyline Printing Company (actually spelled “Copmany” in the book.) The address for this company is listed in the book as 3750 East Speedway, Tucson, Arizona, 85716, Phone number 793-1562 or 326-2025. Neither of these numbers work anymore, and there doesn’t seem to be any such printing company in Tucson anymore. I found a prining company with the name “Done” in it listed on the Internet, but the given phone number did not work. Names listed in the book include a President, Al Marusa, a Vice President, Dave Marusa, a Treausurer, Ruth Kraus, a Secretary, Marion Boyd Done, and a General Distribution Manager (San Diego), George Pallas. It is not specified what organization these guys hold these offices _in_ ] however. The book contains such fascinating text as: "We measure from beginning without beginning to end without end–infinity minus and infinity plus–endless past to endless future. hat can we be sure of? What can we think of that has no beginning or end, is without measure an permeates all? Nothing! In a positive sense to make it something–What is it? this is our ZERO in numbers, our first, last, and all embracing symbol–both mius and plus, “nothing” and “everything”. To make it mostly something, as a beginning, we cal it a “quantum” or particle of light, an electron particule, or on paper a minature ZERO or point. “LET THERE BE LIGHT”–our 1st dimension… …So one is two in reality and we use our poiont moving to express the feeling of time moving from past to present, and we name this second dimension the minus sign. It is equal to the first and the ZERO on a one to one ration. So now 0 + 1 = 2. Since our minus and point are equal, what makes them dfiferent? Only the point of view and symbol… …‘Mass is a relative coordinate of dimension in a four dimensional entity’, an appearance of things to and away from point of view or balance…" It reads like this for 180 pages. I have looked up various combinations of various important terms from the description I just gave on google and come up with nothing useful. I am just interested in finding out who wrote this and if there are still any people connected to this group who in some way take seriously whatever ideas are being expressed here. The book originalyl belonged to my mother, but she has no recollection of how she came to hav a copy. She probably just bought it from a used book store on a lark one day. -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-locate-this-new-agey-group/277957/2 "2004-12-03T20:56:43Z")
All typos in the quoted text are my own. Sorry about that. -FrL- > [@Frylock](#): > > I’ve got this old book called _Key to the Book of Life (Math and Sign Symbols)_ with an Al Marusa credited as the author. The book is 3rd edition copyright 1973. It was printed by Boyd Done’s Skyline Printing Company (actually spelled “Copmany” in the book.) The address for this company is listed in the book as 3750 East Speedway, Tucson, Arizona, 85716, Phone number 793-1562 or 326-2025. Neither of these numbers work anymore, and there doesn’t seem to be any such printing company in Tucson anymore. I found a prining company with the name “Done” in it listed on the Internet, but the given phone number did not work. > > Names listed in the book include a President, Al Marusa, a Vice President, Dave Marusa, a Treausurer, Ruth Kraus, a Secretary, Marion Boyd Done, and a General Distribution Manager (San Diego), George Pallas. It is not specified what organization these guys hold these offices _in_ ] however. > > The book contains such fascinating text as: > > "We measure from beginning without beginning to end without end–infinity minus and infinity plus–endless past to endless future. hat can we be sure of? What can we think of that has no beginning or end, is without measure an permeates all? Nothing! In a positive sense to make it something–What is it? this is our ZERO in numbers, our first, last, and all embracing symbol–both mius and plus, “nothing” and “everything”. To make it mostly something, as a beginning, we cal it a “quantum” or particle of light, an electron particule, or on paper a minature ZERO or point. “LET THERE BE LIGHT”–our 1st dimension… > > …So one is two in reality and we use our poiont moving to express the feeling of time moving from past to present, and we name this second dimension the minus sign. It is equal to the first and the ZERO on a one to one ration. So now 0 + 1 = 2. Since our minus and point are equal, what makes them dfiferent? Only the point of view and symbol… > > …‘Mass is a relative coordinate of dimension in a four dimensional entity’, an appearance of things to and away from point of view or balance…" > > It reads like this for 180 pages. > > I have looked up various combinations of various important terms from the description I just gave on google and come up with nothing useful. > > I am just interested in finding out who wrote this and if there are still any people connected to this group who in some way take seriously whatever ideas are being expressed here. > > The book originalyl belonged to my mother, but she has no recollection of how she came to hav a copy. She probably just bought it from a used book store on a lark one day. > > -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![WHITELIGHT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@WHITELIGHT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WHITELIGHT)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-locate-this-new-agey-group/277957/3 "2019-06-05T04:14:09Z")
Are you still around and looking for info on this? The book KEY TO THE BOOK OF LIFE? If so, let me know. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-locate-this-new-agey-group/277957/4 "2019-06-05T04:37:34Z")
He has not been active here since October of last year. He does have an email not associated with the board listed on his contact page. He waited 14 years, but it took 15. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-locate-this-new-agey-group/277957/5 "2019-06-05T04:47:04Z")
The book has an Amazon listing, but no copies are currently available for purchase. > **[key to the book of life: Al Marusa: Amazon.com: Books](https://www.amazon.com/key-book-life-Al-Marusa/dp/B000KBE6IG)** > > key to the book of life \[Al Marusa\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. key to the book of life ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-locate-this-new-agey-group/277957/6 "2019-06-05T04:58:47Z")
> [@steatopygia](#): > > He has not been active here since October of last year. He does have an email not associated with the board listed on his contact page. > > He waited 14 years, but it took 15. 🙂 Now that you mention it, I hadn’t seen him much. He used to post a lot, too. Hope he’s OK. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-locate-this-new-agey-group/277957/7 "2019-06-05T16:53:02Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Now that you mention it, I hadn’t seen him much. He used to post a lot, too. Hope he’s OK. I hope he’s not on some galactic adventure while his dog, Seymour wasts away waiting for him. ---
**Author:** ![juliane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@juliane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/juliane)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-locate-this-new-agey-group/277957/8 "2019-06-06T03:31:01Z")
Hope he comes back as soon as possible.