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Title: Meditations In My Favourite Places In Southern Africa: A Travelogue for Inner and Outer Journeys by Gail A Evans ISBN: 0-595-20086-9 Publisher: Writer's Club Press Pub. Date: 05 October, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.64 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A truly Beautiful Journey - African Dreamtime
Comment: As I started reading Meditations in My Favourite Places in Southern Africa, I felt a tremor run through me as if Id stepped into an African Dreamtime. Her words weave the colors and smells of special places in Southern Africa in a way that is so profoundly spiritual and yet at the same time very grounded. Its a realistic guide to time out in some of the most beautiful places this continent has to offer where she gently shows us how to connect with both ourselves and nature at its best. By the time I reluctantly read the final chapter I felt that I'd inwardly traveled to these places with the writer and all that remains now is to go out and experience them for myself. To sum it up, this is a unique and long overdue book on finding ourselves both physically and on a Soul level in this beautiful land.
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Rating: 5
Summary: Gail Evans has done it again....
Comment: In "Meditations", Gail Evans paints word pictures that seemingly come alive; beautiful images of some of southern Africa's most famous sites. Devoting a chapter to each site she ends the chapter with a meditaion. By holding the image in mind while engaging in the meditation, we are allowed to internalize it and claim it as our own. A unigue spiritual experience. Thank you, Gail....
Rating: 4
Summary: A travelogue for the mind
Comment: With the media committed to focusing on the negative side of everything, it would be no surprise to learn that the majority of the people in the US have no idea of the beauty that is integral to the region of southern Africa. Author Gail Evans wants to change that, but her little travel book offers more than just sightseeing.
Ms. Evans has selected seven of her favorite spots in that vast nation and created short essays describing their wonders. She then takes her journey a step further, tying the external to the eternal as she uses the symbolism each place has for her to create a meditation exercise. Thus, we not only join her in appreciating the natural beauty she describes but can follow her inward journey as well. Hence, her subtitle: "A Travelogue for Inner and Outer Journeys."
This is an excellent study guide for beginners in the art of meditation for several reasons. First, there are Ms. Evans's clear, concise discussions of the method and purposes of each exercise. Second, however, the places she's chosen to use as the focus for each one are of the kind that can be found almost anywhere. So, even those who can't travel to Africa may be able to somewhat duplicate the sites described somewhere near their own place of residence.
MEDITATIONS IN MY FAVORITE PLACES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA is an excellent book to give as a gift or to tuck into your suitcase as you set off on vacation. Ms. Evans has a gift for painting vivid pictures with an economy of words, and she communicates her delight in the joys of nature with crystal clarity. And for those who may actually be able to take a trip to the places she's been, there is a long list of web addresses that provide more information.
So, whether your travels are internal or external, this slender book is an excellent choice as a guide. My only complaint was that it suffered a bit from mediocre copyediting, but not enough to spoil the trip
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