February 2008 Books
Blue Starr ; Solomon’s Angels
Blue Star
The True Story of One Man’s
Spiritual Awakening and Vision Quest
Take a guy who never fit in. Sound familiar? My story, too! Oh well. So what happens to him? Life. And as it unfolds, he feels something happening behind the scenes. But he can't put his finger on it. So he plods, a salesman who gets along, makes do. Until…
The adventure began with falling in love. And then, meeting his girlfriend's 16-year-old cerebral-palsied daughter, picking up a book by Lobsang Rampa, and the Virgin Mary appearing as The Lady of Clearwater, Florida. And then… a visit to Lourdes, a trip to Hopi Land. Visions. Healings. Giving up the old job. Unraveling the mysterious promise of a shining blue star…
The story is remarkable, but it reads less like a novel than a recounting of real life—and that, he tells us, is because it— is real life. (He even asterisks the names he's changed.) And being real life, it's not over ‘til it's over; the last line is not and ending, but a premonition of more to come.
Blue Star is humble in its tone, warm in its appeal, uplifting in its effect. If you've found yourself feeling the nudges of Spirit that make it clear there's more to this life than meets the ordinary eye, you'll feel at home in it.
—Chiwah
Solomon’s Angels
A Novel
“Who do you think you are, the Queen of Sheba?” my aunt used to ask as I primped in front of her bathroom mirror. I recall trying to imagine that ancient black queen in her royal finery, commanding her driver to bring forth her carriage filled with spices, gold and other precious gifts for her journey to visit the palace of King Solomon in Israel. But who was she, this beautiful young woman of the Biblical past and ruler over many tribes, whose wisdom had led her to test Solomon's knowledge with riddles? What must have been her experience of life? ble to any seeker of self-liberation.
In writing this, her first novel, Doreen Virtue tells us, she compared accounts from the Hebrew Bible, ancient Yemeni, Ethiopian, Islamic and other legends and Freemasonry texts and lectures, along with information she was blessed to receive from angelic sources while sleeping. And although Solomon's Angels is a story woven by a skillful teller of tales, I felt my curiosity satisfied. The story left me with a much richer experience of both Makeda, as Biblical accounts refer to her, and the wise King Solomon.
Nearly the first half of the book focuses on Makeda's story of her journey to Israel, accompanied by her servant and the spirit of her deceased mother, who teaches her about the magic of the Djinn, the earth spirits under Solomon's control. Her mother urges her to turn the hardships of the journey into a basis for personal empowerment, and helps her gain command over the use of the riddles with which she is to test Solomon. Once in Israel, we are gifted with a view into her relationship with Solomon, interactions with Archangel Metatron and others, and a variety of insights into the makeup of the worlds. And finally, her departure.
Solomon's Angels is a sweet read.
—Chiwah
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