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A light chat about how our modern society is communicating in a way that gives anyone with passion a position of influence. Concise concept; easy read.
After the unparalleled, exceptional precedent of Nobody's Mother, a series of essays by women without children, I was unfortunately disappointed by Nobody's Father. I found the voices of the childless/childfree men in this volume to be without conviction, weak, and superficial. I had high expectations and was hoping for the depth, diversity and strength of the women's edition. Although a very important effort on an underexamined social topic, this book could have had tougher editing.
If you're interested in shamanic discovery, this is a very good first-person story of one woman's unexpected initiation. I appreciated her descriptive, emotional writing, her personal, feminine perspective, and the fast-moving narrative - so startling for the reader as to be unimaginable as reality for the writer.
This is the second of Robert Monroe's classic books on Out of Body experience, and it launches right out there into full-on boundless exploration. There is so much going on that he even builds his own vocabulary in an attempt to translate the non-physical experience. Monroe's writing shaped my view of the “afterworld” and my spirituality when I first read it in my early twenties, and his series of books remain the most thorough, scientific, and "action-packed" I've ever read on the subject. A must-read on the OOBE topic.
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Tribes by Seth Godin
selka, November 4, 2009
A light chat about how our modern society is communicating in a way that gives anyone with passion a position of influence. Concise concept; easy read.Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You by Dorothy Bryant
selka, November 4, 2009
Spectacular! A magical, unforgettable, perfect success of a novel.Nobody's Father: Life Without Kids by Lynne Van Luven
selka, November 4, 2009
After the unparalleled, exceptional precedent of Nobody's Mother, a series of essays by women without children, I was unfortunately disappointed by Nobody's Father. I found the voices of the childless/childfree men in this volume to be without conviction, weak, and superficial. I had high expectations and was hoping for the depth, diversity and strength of the women's edition. Although a very important effort on an underexamined social topic, this book could have had tougher editing.The Reluctant Shaman: A Woman's First Encounters with the Unseen Spirits of the Earth by Kay Cordel Whitaker
selka, November 3, 2009
If you're interested in shamanic discovery, this is a very good first-person story of one woman's unexpected initiation. I appreciated her descriptive, emotional writing, her personal, feminine perspective, and the fast-moving narrative - so startling for the reader as to be unimaginable as reality for the writer.Far Journeys by Robert A Monroe
selka, November 3, 2009
This is the second of Robert Monroe's classic books on Out of Body experience, and it launches right out there into full-on boundless exploration. There is so much going on that he even builds his own vocabulary in an attempt to translate the non-physical experience. Monroe's writing shaped my view of the “afterworld” and my spirituality when I first read it in my early twenties, and his series of books remain the most thorough, scientific, and "action-packed" I've ever read on the subject. A must-read on the OOBE topic.(1 of 1 readers found this comment helpful)
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