On Earth as It Is in Heaven: The Clock Struck 40...

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Trafford Publishing, 10 okt 2004 - 262 pagina's

Sibyl was the Great Mother of the Gods. Her oracular spirit inspired a succession of priestesses in various places in the ancient world, including the sacred cave at Cumae, famed as an entrance to the underworld. Sibyl called up the dead for interviews and relayed their prophecies to the world.

This story is about life, death and love, and the way they are intertwined in the life of Sibyl. She traces her life beginning during the Second World War, through her years at school, university and marriage. It looks at the events on which her life turned. Always tormented by panic, she describes the ebb and flow of fear and love, and her techniques for dealing with panic through understanding and acceptance. She focuses on her love affair with David which caused her marriage to break up and cast her unsuspecting into a series of meetings and adventures which brought her gladness and grief. She bore him a daughter, the pinnacle of her commitment, who was adopted by her sister. Later she left David when the love affair foundered due to his inability to commit himself to her. Sibyl, continuing her life alone, became aware of the spiritual dimension which permeates all being. Ten years after she had left him David died, and Sibyl was surprised that immediately, contact with David was resumed, taking her on further travels to the afterlife. She gives accounts of dreams which were verified by happenings in the physical world. Death is not the end of love but rather its unveiling. Love continues more strongly and magnificently than ever in the life of spirit, now with the consciousness of full commitment. As David says "The body dies and the spirit soars."


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Inhoudsopgave

Pack Ice
171
Changing
197
The Cloth of Gold
221
Epilogue
249

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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen

Populaire passages

Pagina 97 - The heart of her husband trusteth in her, and he shall have no need of spoils. She will render him good and not evil, all the days of her life. She hath sought wool and flax, and hath wrought by the counsel of her hands.
Pagina 62 - N. for your lawful wife (husband), to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do you part?
Pagina 97 - Strength and beauty are her clothing, and she shall laugh in the latter day. She hath opened her mouth to wisdom, and the law of clemency is on her tongue^ She hath looked well to the paths of her house, and hath not eaten her bread idle.
Pagina 227 - If I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me, O Lord. Thy rod and thy staff they have comforted me.
Pagina 97 - ... maidens: she hath considered a field and bought it; with the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard. She hath girded her loins with strength, and hath strengthened her arm. She hath tasted and seen that her traffic is good: her lamp shall not be put out in the night. She hath put out her hand to strong things, and her fingers have taken hold of the spindle. She hath opened her hand to the needy, and stretched out her hands to the poor.
Pagina 98 - Many daughters have done valiantly, But thou excellest them all. Grace is deceitful, and Beauty is vain; But a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; And let her works praise her in the gates.
Pagina 97 - She hath put out her hand to strong things, and her fingers have taken hold of the spindle. She hath opened her hand to the needy, and stretched out her hands to the poor. She shall not fear for her house in the cold of snow, for all her domestics are clothed with double garments. She hath made for herself clothing of tapestry ; fine linen and purple is her covering.

Over de auteur (2004)

Dr. Kristin Schneider is a retired scientist who has worked for 25 years in teaching and research in universities in Melbourne, Australia. Her major interest is in ecology and botany, and she has worked to encourage people to live in harmony with their surroundings. Her commitment to alternative healing has led to her make many flower essences to promote healing not only in people and their physical and emotional states, but also for plants, soils, and the earth herself. Since retirement she spent seven years in a community in Sweden where she studied massage and bookkeeping, taking a leading role within the community. Now she lives in Australia with her mother, spending time with her children and grandson.


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