An intriguing exploration of spiritual awakening for a limited audience.
Sanders offers an account of her personal quest for cosmic wisdom.
In a series of diarylike entries, the author takes readers on a spiritual tour of metaphysical realms. She recounts the guidance of non-terrestrial entities, including a being named Xenex, who reveals that humans’ past lives—including those that exist in otherworldly realms—can hold the key to understanding humankind’s deepest purpose on Earth. Sanders asserts the book is “more than just an account of past, non-terrestrial life and the concept of reincarnation. It is an anthology of debates with numerous beings on a variety of issues, including energy, Source, Earth, Twin Flames, and more.” The author tells of revisiting her extraterrestrial incarnations by using astral projection, hypnosis, and meditative states, and taking on various forms to better understand her soul’s purpose and the nature of creation. Throughout the book, Xenex (also known as “R” in its human form) served as her guide, spiritual partner, and eventually her romantic partner. The author writes that her awakening began by accessing the Akashic Records, described as “a massive energy library where every soul stores all its past, present, and potential future life possibilities” in their own personal “Book.” It’s here she says she encountered extraterrestrial beings, such as the Lord of Records, asking them such questions as “What is the past?” The response: “It is the sum of many people’s perceptions.” Sanders’ book introduces some captivating spiritual ideas. However, it’s heavily focused on the author’s own personal journey, and this account offers few insights that are likely to be broadly applicable to general readers. The Akashic Records, for instance, is said to be an individual experience, so what Sanders says she discovered would not apply to others in the same way. Similarly, the concept of “Twin Flames,” while intriguing, is treated more as a personal truth than an open concept. Sanders’ account will be a thought-provoking read for fellow seekers of deeper spiritual understanding, but those who are new to metaphysical ideas may struggle with the book’s individualized focus.
An intriguing exploration of spiritual awakening for a limited audience.Pub Date: Sept. 30, 2024
ISBN: 9789730405590
Page Count: 277
Publisher: Self
Review Posted Online: Oct. 22, 2024
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
Worthwhile reference stuffed with facts and illustrations.
A compendium of charts, time lines, lists and illustrations to accompany study of the Bible.
This visually appealing resource provides a wide array of illustrative and textually concise references, beginning with three sets of charts covering the Bible as a whole, the Old Testament and the New Testament. These charts cover such topics as biblical weights and measures, feasts and holidays and the 12 disciples. Most of the charts use a variety of illustrative techniques to convey lessons and provide visual interest. A worthwhile example is “How We Got the Bible,” which provides a time line of translation history, comparisons of canons among faiths and portraits of important figures in biblical translation, such as Jerome and John Wycliffe. The book then presents a section of maps, followed by diagrams to conceptualize such structures as Noah’s Ark and Solomon’s Temple. Finally, a section on Christianity, cults and other religions describes key aspects of history and doctrine for certain Christian sects and other faith traditions. Overall, the authors take a traditionalist, conservative approach. For instance, they list Moses as the author of the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Hebrew Bible) without making mention of claims to the contrary. When comparing various Christian sects and world religions, the emphasis is on doctrine and orthodox theology. Some chapters, however, may not completely align with the needs of Catholic and Orthodox churches. But the authors’ leanings are muted enough and do not detract from the work’s usefulness. As a resource, it’s well organized, inviting and visually stimulating. Even the most seasoned reader will learn something while browsing.
Worthwhile reference stuffed with facts and illustrations.Pub Date: Sept. 1, 2005
ISBN: 978-1-5963-6022-8
Page Count: -
Publisher: N/A
Review Posted Online: May 23, 2010
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
This a book of earlier, philosophical essays concerned with the essential "absurdity" of life and the concept that- to overcome the strong tendency to suicide in every thoughtful man-one must accept life on its own terms with its values of revolt, liberty and passion. A dreary thesis- derived from and distorting the beliefs of the founders of existentialism, Jaspers, Heldegger and Kierkegaard, etc., the point of view seems peculiarly outmoded. It is based on the experience of war and the resistance, liberally laced with Andre Gide's excessive intellectualism. The younger existentialists such as Sartre and Camus, with their gift for the terse novel or intense drama, seem to have omitted from their philosophy all the deep religiosity which permeates the work of the great existentialist thinkers. This contributes to a basic lack of vitality in themselves, in these essays, and ten years after the war Camus seems unaware that the life force has healed old wounds... Largely for avant garde aesthetes and his special coterie.
Pub Date: Sept. 26, 1955
ISBN: 0679733736
Page Count: 228
Publisher: Knopf
Review Posted Online: Sept. 19, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1955
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