posted August 19, 2012 12:02 PM            

RP, you will love C.S. Lewis

posted August 19, 2012 12:28 PM            

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Originally posted by juniperb:
I have many but the 2 that comes to mind quick is The Seventh Mesa by Mary Summer Rain and the oldie but goodie The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield.

RP, you will love C.S. Lewis

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what are those books about?

posted August 19, 2012 11:00 PM            

Cat Magic was awesome, more of a horror story but still very spiritual about a Wiccan who literally faces death and comes back from the dead after a harrowing ordeal while dead (but there are spiritual & theological aspects throughout the entire story). Whitley Strieber is sometimes the only name listed on the book but he only helped write it at best. I loved this book so much that I grabbed a bunch more by Strieber but just couldn't enjoy him and they just didn't seem like Cat Magic at all to me. Then I found another copy that listed a Wiccan author (who died not long after IIRC which I guess is when Strieber felt he could steal total credit for it).

And a book I'd highly recommend to Christian friends (as it ACCURATELY--at least as close as accurate one can be--explores both paganism and the various Christian sects most Christians never even heard of active in Ancient Rome, and Christians will like the surprise ending--DON'T READ THE ENDING FIRST--which delighted even me as it was such an unexpected surprise that put an unexpected twist on everything I thought had happened until then) is Search the Seven Hills. Of course the mystery and love story is what really makes this book shine.

Though one book that would probably offend many Christians but I thought was very good was The Walking Drum. He does know his Christian & Muslim theology active in the 12th century, and his history, and I think it's very educational in a very entertaining story...but even I got tired of every Christian being stupid & shallow. He also explored Russian paganism and the character (who gives the viewpoint for the story) is a Druid (don't know how accurate that would be...), or at least had Druidic training. Unfortunately the ending begged for sequels which were never made (I'm betting his publisher got all kinds of grief from the author's no doubt mostly Christian audience). I did get tired of the character's womanizing ways, but in a way it was almost funny (at least his sidekicks were making jokes about it) and flirting with princesses to rescuing damsels in distress did lead to many of his epic adventures that added a lot of complexity to it so I shrugged it off.

posted August 20, 2012 04:17 AM            

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Originally posted by PixieJane:
I LOVED The Illuminatus! Trilogy, though it took about a hundred pages before I got into it.

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Yep, its a masterpiece, every page is a barrel of laughs if you have the right eyes

Yet I rarely meet anyone who has a high opinion of it... most throw it away before the 100 page mark lol

Nice to meet a fellow Discordian

posted September 27, 2012 04:51 AM            

The reviews say it all...but I'll add that this is the god of not only Christianity but also Judaism and Islam and toward the end magic & technology get mixed to finally confront (to kill) God (though it's fuzzy on how real God is and how much of a "program" from human belief he is) and it gets very philosophical at that point.

I loved this book but I've read it a dozen times, and when I sold a lot of my things to fund my trip to Texas I decided to sell it as well in the hopes it could inspire someone else.

posted September 27, 2012 05:08 PM            

Stupendous reading!

Lei, you would love Dialogues With the Devil

posted October 08, 2012 04:56 PM            

And as this Amazon review put it:

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He provides you with an answer for everything you were shushed for asking in Sunday school: "How was God formed from Chaos? How was Heaven created? What would cause a group of angels to rebel? Why would God let them rebel?" The outcome is the same, of course, but Brust's version of the story is great reading. All the expected (and a few unexpected) players are there, and Brust does a fantastic job of giving each of them very real personalities. The way he gives every character a distinct form of speech is brilliant, and he doesn't stumble once. An especially nice touch is the ongoing dialogue between two lesser angels, Sith and Kyriel, interspersed throughout chapters, which provides a "common man's" perspective on the events in the book

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posted October 08, 2012 08:01 PM            

The House of Spirits, Isabelle Allende

posted October 07, 2013 10:23 PM            

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The Celestine Prophecy

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That one's Excellent!

posted October 07, 2013 10:33 PM            

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Cat Magic was awesome, more of a horror story but still very spiritual about a Wiccan who literally faces death and comes back from the dead after a harrowing ordeal while dead (but there are spiritual & theological aspects throughout the entire story). Whitley Strieber is sometimes the only name listed on the book but he only helped write it at best. I loved this book so much that I grabbed a bunch more by Strieber but just couldn't enjoy him and they just didn't seem like Cat Magic at all to me. Then I found another copy that listed a Wiccan author (who died not long after IIRC which I guess is when Strieber felt he could steal total credit for it).

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I loved this book as well!

I keep it with all my Darkovers, Atlantis', Agatha Christie's, Tolkien, Xanth, Dragonsinger Trilogy (Mennoly) and C.S. Lewis'. I guess the Dion Fortune's could go there as well, Moon Magic, The Winged Bull, Dr. Taverner, all those fictional ones. I keep them in the Vault with the Real Ones, though; if you know what I mean...

posted October 11, 2013 05:20 PM            

"The Celestine Prophecy An Experiential Guide?"