A brief but vivid memoir of a spiritualist.
Rugolo (Eight Practical Steps to Conscious Mothering, 2013) offers a combination of personal recollection and spiritual discussion.
In this latest work, the author tells of her various adventures in the realm of spirituality and the paranormal, involving such phenomena as ghosts, past lives, and clairvoyance. They center most often, though, on the concept of “soul retrieval”—the identification, healing, and release of a wayward fragment of a wandering soul, which has become lodged in a loop of past trauma. “Each of us started in a field of oneness,” she writes. “Over time, the separation of the soul from this field of oneness has occurred.” Rugolo effectively grounds these paranormal observations with selections from her own autobiography; for instance, she mentions how the premature death of her brother gave her a broader awareness of the spiritual realm, and she tells stories of her and her husband, Tony Moch, having various encounters with the spirit world. Rugolo writes about being an on-call spiritual consultant, making house calls to clear out “negative energy” from private homes and advising people on ways to release “stuck” spirits—souls who can’t move on, due to a variety of reasons, including grief, shock, or fear. This forms the bulk of the book’s otherworldly narrative, with Rugolo describing numerous sessions. Overall, a soothing tone of gentleness runs through the entire work, as when she notes that “Helping our spirit brothers and sisters go home is the best choice when given the opportunity.” The author often reflects on how compassion forms the heart of her own story—and not merely compassion for those who’ve passed on: “The process of releasing a karmic lifetime means forgiving the soul who persecuted us or killed us in a past lifetime,” she says. “Sometimes we have to forgive someone else. And sometimes we have to forgive ourselves.” Fans of spiritualist writing will be both intrigued and comforted.
A brief but vivid memoir of a spiritualist.Pub Date: April 25, 2018
ISBN: 978-1-982200-59-6
Page Count: 126
Publisher: BalboaPress
Review Posted Online: Oct. 30, 2018
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
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
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