Messages In This Digest (3 Messages)
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- Daily Insight - Ugggggg From: holly@ravenoriginals.com
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- A Call to Old Friends From: Radiohawthorne
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- BOOK REVIEW - The Mar Saba Codex (Long) (Novel) From: gleason.mike@comcast.net
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Daily Insight - Ugggggg
Posted by: "holly@ravenoriginals.com" holly@ravenoriginals.com hollyberrysheart
Wed Nov 16, 2011 6:33 am (PST)
Yeah that's right today's insight is "Uggggggg"
So I felt the pull to post my daily insight today and so I pulled out my
cards.. shuffled .. shuffled and shuffled some more. The growth card
popped right out of the deck. I thought, ok I reckon growth it is.. and
then as I started typing the subject line I just did not want to visit
this subject today. I was just not ready to embark on this task. I have
talked about growth many times before but today was not the day for me
to share any light on this particular subject.
So what's the insight for the day?
Be fully aware of what your own body and intuition tells you. Know when
to push and when to let go. You see, I could have pushed through my
insight on growth but if I had done that while I wasn't really feeling
that particular topic, chances are it wouldn't have reached the ones who
may really need it right now. So, I let it go. It is what it is and
today is just not the day for growth. Today is the day we learn more
about listening to ourselves and our own inner knowing. Today we let go
of that feeling that we need to always be doing and always .. constantly
growing .. and allow ourselves to just be.
Many Blessings,
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A Call to Old Friends
Posted by: "Radiohawthorne" radiohawthorne@yahoo.com radiohawthorne
Wed Nov 16, 2011 1:28 pm (PST)
This week's show is a music show, and it's sort of a personal rediscovering songs that I've been overlooking for a while. Some tracks I've actually never played for you, while some I have but it's been a while. At any rate, this week is a time for revisiting; CD's if not tracks.
I hope you enjoy this week's show! Let me know! spiraldance1@excite.com
The Spiral Dance is now streaming audio on the web LIVE. Listen to The Spiral Dance LIVE every Monday at 8PM, Eastern Time over AM1630/ Radio Independent Voice! Find the webstream at www.RadioIndependentVoice.weebly. com
Some of the music you'll hear on this week's show include;Wendy Rule: "Zero"; Sarah Stockwell: "Raven in the Storm"; Incus: "All Hallows Eve"; Coven13: "Haunted"; Puricane: "Sirens"; Celia Ferron: "Health Care Blues"; Kiva: "Jai Ma"; Gypsy: "We Want a World"; Hobbyhorse: "Good Morning Moon"; T. Thorne Coyle: "Song to the Secret Name of the Star Goddess"; Jaiya: "With Open Heart" and more.
Please listen to The Spiral Dance with Hawthorne each week. It's an online Pagan radio show (Webcast & Podcast). The podcast gives you the option to either<BR>listen to right from the website or download to your
computer. It's FREE and it's fun. Your suggestions and comments are welcome!
Each episode is approximately 75 - 80 minutes. Podcasts remain posted for about 4 or 5 weeks, so you can go back and listen to the other episodes for some great interviews, information and fun!
DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY?
Maybe you've composed a new poem and would like to hear it on the radio. If you want to submit audio to The Spiral Dance, send me an email. There are basically no rules - just no harsh language, no commercial
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You can also catch The Spiral Dance with Hawthorne webcast and Podcast by visiting my website to find the links.
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BOOK REVIEW - The Mar Saba Codex (Long) (Novel)
Posted by: "gleason.mike@comcast.net" gleason.mike@comcast.net gleasonm01915
Wed Nov 16, 2011 5:36 pm (PST)
The Mar Saba Codex by Douglas Lockhart © 2011 O Books ISBN: 978-1-84694-618-9 673 pages Paperback $34.95 (U.S.)
Before I even began reading this huge novel, I noticed something different about it – actually two things very different about it: Very few novels contain a synopsis of the story (about a page and a half), nor do they contain over three pages of research acknowledgments. I immediately knew that I was in for either adventure or an extremely tedious read. The fact that "This book is the companion volume to Douglas Lockhart's challenging non-fiction work GOING BEYOND THE JESUS STORY" further set up the potential dichotomy.
As is my usual habit, I had set aside ten days to read and review this work, and my first impression was that I would probably need all that time, based simply on the sheer size of the book. I normally read between 25 and 40 pages a day, but I would need to nearly double that to keep to my personal schedule. Fortunately that increase was easy to sustain, as the story-telling is first-rate.
It will help you understand the background and the underpinnings of this novel if you have the experience of having been raised in the Roman Catholic faith (it isn't vital, but it definitely helps), since much of the intrigue makes more sense if you know the background. Even that experience may not prepare you for the machinations which are revealed as the plot develops. The average Roman Catholic layman has no concept of the politicking and, for lack of a better term, back-stabbing that goes on behind the scenes.
Early Christian history can be fascinating so long as all the minutia is not allowed to get in the way of a general understanding. The major plot line is slow to develop, but that is necessary, since there is a great deal of historical set-up which is needed for the book to be intelligible (unless the reader was raised in a heavily Catholic environment). The one danger I can foresee is that, since there is so much history in the early parts of the book (accurate history), readers may be tempted to treat the entire book as factual – which it is not. Is the premise believable? It absolutely is. The reactions of established churches to the books of the Nag Hammadi library, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and (more recently) The Gospel of Judas all show a reluctance to surrender orthodox viewpoints without opposition. That doesn't make them evil or wrong, merely resistant to change and reluctant to allow dissenting views to be given wide dissemination.
The back cover describes this book as "At once a thriller, a romance, and a slice of life..." By the time I was about one third of the way into the book I had seen the slice of life, had a hint of romance, but had not seen any aspects of it being a thriller. The action was minimal, but I anticipated it picking up speed and altering its emphasis as the background was thoroughly wrapped up. As I neared the mid-point of the book the action began to speed up, although the romance remained pretty much below the radar screen.
There are numerous minor editing glitches (an ongoing pet peeve of mine), with the most noticeable being disagreement of tenses of some of the verbs used. There are also a few instances of inappropriate paragraphing (e.g., starting a new paragraph halfway through a sentence). But, hey, it is not a a huge problem, and it is one I am trying to learn to ignore – especially when it is the only downside to a particular book.
The writing, although fairly slow paced, is excellent and the depictions of the primary characters are totally believable. The description of the surroundings is adequate enough to give the reader a feel for them without distracting from the activity and the characters themselves. Given some of the locations, it would be easy to wander off into grandiose prose, but Mr. Lockhart resists that temptation quite nicely.
There is an excellent sub-plot with the involvement of a "conservative" movement within the Catholic Church (the Children of a New Catholic Dawn). Although I have never personally encountered such an organization the existence of such group is more than plausible. The call for reformation of the Roman Catholic church hierarchy has been building for decades and the formation of such a group in opposition to the liberalizing movement is to be expected
As I neared the conclusion of the book (more than three quarters of the way through it), I still was of the opinion that "thriller" may have been too strong a word to describe this book. Don't get me wrong, it is an extremely well-written book. It holds your interest and, at times, makes you reluctant to put it down. There just isn't enough action (in my opinion) to qualify it as a thriller. If it didn't revolve so heavily around the machinations of the Christian religion, I might be tempted to use the phrase "spell binder" in place of "thriller."
By the time I approached the end of the book I was definitely inclined not to put it down. It still wasn't an action filled experience, but it was enthralling. The only reason I might hesitate to recommend this excellent novel is the price – but don't let that put you off, I'm a notoriously cheap S.O.B. In the store or online I might have hesitated to pick it up, but having read it, I'm glad it came my way.
As we near the colder, less active months here in the Northern Hemisphere, this book will give you something to look forward to after your day's activities. Grab a warm beverage and a snuggly blanket, sit down and allow yourself to be swept away.
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