Synchromysticism

" Synchromysticism:
The art of realizing meaningful coincidence in the seemingly mundane with mystical or esoteric significance."

- Jake Kotze

July 24, 2011

A Blessing and a Curse

If you would like to read a good "feel good" book, may I suggest the book above  
"A Blessing and a Curse" by Caiseal Mor.
I read this book years ago and loved it.
Which lead me to discover his wonderful music CDs.
We both grew up a few miles from each other and we are both roughly the same age, but as far as I know, our paths have never crossed.
If you've never heard of Caiseal Mor before, take some time to visit his website;
check out his amazing orb photos, books, music, and films ... this guy is amazing.
If this is what autism can do for you, then I want some.
And you must listen to his music.
It stirs my soul ... and I'm not just saying this to be kind, I really mean it.
But if you can, I urge you to read his book, you won't be sorry.
Here's a review from Jessica Kingsley Publishers which almost sums it up;
"His book captures the nostalgic romanticism of the Australian bush in the 1960s but also the height of deep ignorance and the culture of `see no evil' in which almost all who could and should have changed things, looked the other way... Caiseal's book is as beautiful and magical as it is shocking.'
- From the Foreword by Donna Williams
Growing up in Australia in the 1970s, Caiseal MΓ³r was labelled 'retarded' and 'an idiot', and his parents were led to believe that physical punishment could cure his autism.
In this courageous and captivating autobiography, MΓ³r vividly captures his early experiences of dissociation from his true existence - a common reaction by children suffering from repeated abuse - and the various personas through which he lived through in his teens and early adulthood - the Mahjee, Charles P. Puddlejumper, Marco Polo and Chameleon Feeble. The rocky path towards discovering his true identity and finally accepting himself takes him on a spiritual pilgrimage via several different countries, once nearly getting caught unwittingly carrying drugs over the Moroccan border; forming relationships with people he meets but very often misjudges; to the revelation - the awakening - of love and acceptance. "
dboy (Dan) tells me Caiseal's fiction novels are quite good, too ... or in Dan's own words, 
"I loved those books; they're set in druidic Ireland, and he has a gift for storytelling."
Two games of Brandubh as featured in the fantasy novels
of Caiseal MΓ³r-
Caiseal and Helen
His wife Helen has a site as well, that's worth a look at, as well;

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