by Howchi Kilburn
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In support of dreaming into existence a more quintessential way of being, the four friends have been learning from Grandmother Xochitl and from Mother Earth Herself. Journeys of soul and spirit have shown them an array of marvels that usually remain unseen.
Wu, Daphne, Atsa and Aiyana embark on a road trip across Northern New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment. Their destination is family, but along the way beings from more golden planes of existence, who have lived forever in these mountains and canyons, invite them into dimensions filled with ease and wonder. Among their guides alongthe way, perhaps the most magically talented one masquerades as a middle-aged middle-American tourist in an RV. As a shape-shifter he is also sometimes a lovely alluring woman or a sweet loving mother.
The friends are shown the birth of Turtle Island and practice ancient forms of initiation. They each flower in their own unique way on an endlessly evolving quest toward ultimate truth, which is polymorphous and flashes a melange of intriguing faces.
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Monking Around
by Howchi Kilburn
They are an unlikely pair: Wu, the wandering Taoist, and Daphne, young, blonde, energetic and devoted to the practice of martial arts, meditative states and other-worldly journeys. Their teacher is a medicine woman in a remote village in New Mexico devoted to the ancient traditions. Taoists, pagans and shamans engage in a sustainable way of living with lots of mystical ecstasy.
Goddess speaks to them through angels, nature spirits and the Ancient Ones, who still have enclaves in remote places on earth. They whisper in the wind and rumble from inside the earth with voices of etherial, maternal and erotic love, while clarifying the Original Instructions given to all humans.
Shape-shifting, communion with animal and plant allies, journeys into the Spirit World and healing ceremonies are among their masteries and mysteries. It's a training program to develop skills and responsibilities, so they may play their part in the creation of a new world.
Monking Around is an enchanting story, in which Howchi Kilburn portrays how tuned-in people can create a way of life that is sacred, ecstatic and harmonious. Perhaps we can be those people.
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The Author
Howchi Kilburn is a long-term practitioner of meditation, Tai-Chi, yoga, psychotherapy, immersion in nature, and playing with his grandkids. A Northern California denizen, inspired by the non-fiction writings of Marija Gimbutas,
The Living Goddess, and Riane Eisler,
Sacred Pleasure, he has been writing stories based on their descriptions of human life in ancient times. Could human beings for thousands of years have lived a peaceful, agrarian existence, honoring their nurturing Mother Earth in ceremonies emphasizing joy and pleasure and the familial relationship of all life? Can that peaceful, joyful consciousness find places and ways to thrive in the modern world? Find out by reading Monking Around, and now his latest release, Another Butterfly.
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Howchi at keithhowchi@howchi.net
