Michael Conneely Backpackers Guide to the new Spirituality
ISBN 978-1-84685-488-0
GBP 9.99
This is a useful little book, the product of five years backpacking to sacred places within our islands where devotees gather to follow their chosen paths. Hinduism has been a great influence on the religions of the Western World, though not always recognised as such. Buddhism in a variety of forms offers a path to perfection and the choice of returning as Bodhisattva. Paganism most frequently manifests through the festivals of the Wheel of the Year and a personal choice of goddesses and gods. Shamanism attracts many solitaries within communities. Mysticism charts the way to the Divine. Vision Quest is both powerful and tough for those who seek.
The author has spent conscious time with all of these and more. He tells us of his experiences in a gentle conversational style. His book deserves to sit alongside Pete Jennings Pagan Paths, with which it makes an illuminating contrast.
francis cameron, oxford, 28 june 2010
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