Dark Star Rising by Gary Lachman
Book Review of Dark Star Rising: Magick and Power in the Age of Trump A longtime fan of the subjects Gary Lachman writes about and of his way of writing about those chosen topics (the occult,…
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Super Synchronicity by Gary E. Schwartz Ph. D.
For someone coming cold upon the concept of synchronicity, Super Synchronicity: Where Science and Spirit Meet might be a “You’ve got to be kidding.” Perhaps why Gary Schwartz’s degrees and experience are necessary to make him a credible messenger.
Book Review: Redemption by Jacklyn Lo
Jacklyn Lo’s debut novel, Redemption, is a fast-paced and somewhat trippy read—Artificial Intelligence meets New Age—which enters the burgeoning Visionary Fiction genre market (Reincarnation sub-category) with bursts of brilliance that bodes well for her future.
Book Review: Mystic Tea by Rea Nolan Martin
Unlike some visionary fiction that is little more than diluted didacticism, Rea is a masterful storyteller whose message, promoting genuine spirituality over stodgy ritualism, is dripped into the reader’s mind by very real characters stumbling hilariously along in their quest for the “meaning of life.”
Review: Margaret Duarte, Between Now and Forever
Besides being a good story with many vivid characters, this book is a must-read for Indigo Children—it will give them hope—and their caretakers—it will point to a workable way. I suggest that it be in the hands of every teacher and school administrator because, I dare guess, there are Indigoes in just about every modern classroom, and the old ways just won’t work with them; they already know better.
Jessie’s Song by Eleni Papanou
Jessie’s Song, at its core a love story, largely takes place in the post-death realm that the couple traverses in tandem. Unique is that for one of the characters, Markos, it is a near-death experience (NDE), while for his wife Stella it is full death experience (FDE), with the author demonstrating an excellent command of the literature on both “in-between” states.
Book Review: Miracles Happen by Brian L. Weiss, MD
As an author who writes fiction that features reincarnation as a given and has done considerable research into the phenomenon in history and in the field, I thoroughly enjoyed Dr. Weiss’s latest book Miracles Happen.
Serpente Gigante by J. Allan Danelek
In total, a captivating and curious yarn by Mr. Danelek, already quite the established expert in Fortean phenomena. Caution: some of the scenes presented in the book may cause macabre nightmares in the susceptible.
Saurimonde by Scarlett Amaris and Melissa St. Hilaire
With Saurimonde being my first taste of the dark fantasy/horror/paranormal romance genre—I couldn’t resist the taunting dare in the blurb—I cannot compare it to similar works. So this review is not that of an “expert” but of a casual passerby, lured by other common causes with one of the authors, Scarlett Amaris, and an abiding curiosity about books that fall, however loosely, into the wide spectrum of literature that might be classified as “visionary fiction.”
PURE VISION by Perri Birney: Da Vinci Code Knock-off or Pristine Vision?
Beyond all the literary slicing and dicing, I read PURE VISION: The Magdalene Revelation with relish. It kept me turning the pages, meaning it was either teaching me something new or repeating things I needed to hear again. Most tellingly, all the way through I sensed the book’s beating heart: the resolute vision of peace, framed and sustained by its heroine, the Magdalene, and her army of women, marching from the four corners of the earth to create the new Jerusalem.