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Merlin exists in the recesses of our Psyche. Commonly seen as the precursor to the Arthurian legends, Kennan instead understands that his purpose is more spiritual, and pursues this path guided by his own dreams. In this process history and myth are shown to lead beyond our current scientific and religious positions, to reveal the deep stories that can inform our current views of such issues as the neglect of the feminine, the relativisation of modern medicine and psychology, and the ecological crises that afflict us all. Using a revelatory understanding in his own personal life story, revealed through his dreams, led Kennan first to Merlin and then onto the Grail; in this, he felt he was following the path of Merlin of legend. Kennan unashamedly explores this understanding with various disciplines and a creative intellect to reveal that not only do these historical themes still talk to us, but they guide us toward a sense of purpose and direction laden with responsibility, in a manner we can put to active use. Although fundamentally a memoir, Kennan uses his personal story, dreams and life experience to teach about where such themes as Merlin and the Grail can inform us all about our unique life direction; being our destiny, fate, or wyrd. Within this process Merlin is as much recreated as rediscovered in deeper layers than the medieval accounts, and the Grail's secret understood as each of our individual spiritual quests. The wisdom of the past and its traditions is revealed as a light into the present... and the future.

I Smiled Today is a compassionate and uplifting guide through the intricate journey of mourning and healing. This collection combines the emotive power of heartfelt poems, timeless wisdom of scriptures from the Bible, uplifting words of encouragement and the solace of comforting prayers to provide strength and support during the grieving process. Additionally, a journal for processing grief. It allows you to express your thoughts and feelings, document memories of your loved one, and track your healing journey. With empathy, faith, and wisdom, this book will help you navigate the web of grief and ultimately find healing, transformation and a renewed sense of self. Discover the light that guides you through the darkest nights, and find room for smiles, healing and hope, even in your grief.

When Debra left Australia, it hadn't been her plan to live in a tiny Islamic Sultanate in Southeast Asia. It was Alex's dream to work in Brunei and the seventies were a time for pursuing dreams. She was young, still grieving the loss of her baby daughter, with no idea what she would find in this place so different from home. While Alex devoted all his time to his new job, she was left to manage on her own. If not for Rahim, she would have been navigating alone through this maze of unfamiliar culture, with its strange customs and people, and its strict cultural laws against falling in love. Where Sunbeams Fall is about searching for acceptance; the desire to belong in a forbidden world.

These stories illustrate that Modern Western Medicine has lost its way and with it the seeds to its renewal in so many ways. Authentic medicine requires reconnection to traditional sources and input from other disciplines and cultures. In modernity, it demands what is referred to as a 'paradigm shift' in thinking and direction that may involve relative turbulence in that process. It further demands we all take primary responsibility and control in matters of health: Our stories help illustrate this, and assist our empowerment in any healing process.Kennan is not claiming simplistic solutions to the dilemmas and crises facing modern medicine. All factors - physical, psychological and spiritual - are integral to healing as wholeness and not directed to mere symptomatic relief. What makes Kennan's orientation different is that he has chosen to continue his explorations in the field of health and healing outside of the institutional mainstream. With no active affiliations with or commitments in his former profession, he believes he is in a clearer position for critical comment. One creative way of undertaking this is to use the personal story, or narrative, directly and unashamedly.Ian and Kennan were drawn together for this project, and beyond. Ian's academic and intellectual input had been the foil that Kennan needed to broaden his views and thinking. For differing reasons, both were drawn to this writing project. Although not intentionally an educational work, it does expose Ian's great gift as a teacher: To make people think for themselves. In medicine, this has become critical for the patient as much as any doctor.

Midnight Owl is a collection of 30 poems and 11 illustrations by the author highlighting everyday happenings in a humorous and quirky style.Written in Pam Ayres style, Liz Gent relates in rhyme many of her life experiences.

According to Henry Ford, thinking is the hardest work there is.Research by neuroscientists subsequently qualified that summation. Conscious thinking, especially on difficult subjects, is hard work. Unconscious, automated thinking is much easier. Interacting with people often produces dilemmas that demand serious and conscious thought. How to deal with the death of a loved one or a cherished dream. How to untangle the confusion between lovemaking and sex, and why understanding the difference makes a difference. How to give and receive controversial or damaging opinions, and a host of other conundrums. In this collection of essays and anecdotes, the author has done the hard work of thinking upon life events and issues. All you have to do is turn the pages, read, and consider. Like a good meal it is best consumed at a leisurely pace. By journey's end you will have been informed, occasionally amused, and, all going well, had hopes renewed.

This is Tommas's Story.At fifteen, Tommas needs to be included in decisions about his life after divorce. He sort of understands the issues but feels his life is disrupted. Remember, like all of us, he needs reassurance that he is loved.

Zac is sometimes a child, and sometimes maturity breaks through. He needs information to his level of understanding. Yes, he'll have mood swings and yes, divorcing parents will cause him conflicting emotions. That isn't his fault.

When couples are committed to separation and divorce, they are often in a great deal of pain. While they are in this state, they are being asked to make decisions related to children, and to property. It is an extremely difficult time.Mediators know this so here are some Tips From a Mediator to guide you through the legal process.

We invite you to put up your feet, relax and dip at leisure into this gratifying collection of moods and moments, perceptive pieces from known Chapters writers and newcomers to the group. Within the covers of this anthology, the strong, well-articulated observations of tenacious 'True Grit' writers frame these literary voices. Indeed, we believe you will find an 'eloquent and elegant sufficiency' of insightful observations interpreted perceptively through personal and collective histories, observations and insights. Please join us in experiencing the delight words can deliver. Most of all, we wish you enjoyable reading.

Most times in life people only see the big picture. In an organisation, they acknowledge the manager, and the directors, but the cleaner may never be noticed. In church, the preacher, the choir, the ushers may be noticed, but not the one who prays for the church or the one who does evangelism unseen.Olamma prays that anyone reading this book will discover the greatness of their actions regardless how small they think it is. Everything is big because the motive, effect, or outcome really counts to someone, as reflected many times in the bible.

Words woven through poetry and prose by women writers. An eclectic collection of short stories, poetry and creative non-fiction in celebration of 2023.Many stories and poems reflect life and experiences in Western Australia

Stanley Lawrence Carroll and Doreen McGlinn were ordinary West Australians who lived through the Great Depression and World War II and went on to raise a close and loving family.Their ancestors came to Australia between 1830 and 1871 as free settlers, convicts, military men, and others, all wanting to make a new life in a new country. The stories outline the hardships this family had to endure and the grit and determination required to make a success of their lives in a new country.These families include the Ashworths and McGlinns from York, the Pollards from Guildford, the Gawneds from Claremont (originally from Victoria), the Carrolls from Claremont (originally from the Goulburn area of NSW), the Kemps and Buckleys from Greenough and Geraldton, the Tillings and Williams from South Australia.Their stories are an important social history of ordinary citizens who, for whatever reason, settled in Australia soon after colonisation.

The laws of physics say that the twin towers of the World Trade Center could not have collapsed all the way to the ground due to gravity alone. This is a true story: David's true story. It covers his life from 2002 to 2023 inclusive, a time in his life of effort, disappointment, frustration and, occasionally, despair, as he persistently prods the Australian Government to acknowledge key pieces of evidence that prove the official US Government's 9/11 narrative is false. His account is supported by many well-credentialled experts, who also believe that the US Government's account is a blatant cover-up. And what about the COVID-19 pandemic? The facts behind that also needs to be considered with a critical mind! As for the AUKUS security arrangements with the US and UK, he asks, "Are they really in Australia's best interests?"

This story is to help children explore what happens when someone dies. It's a conversation opener about the circle of life, soul energy and love. It's about two brothers' love and the loss of their beloved dog, Jessie.

This is Sophie's story. She is three ... nearly four. Her parents are divorcing. But that is not a word that means very much to Sophie. This is what she knows.Sophie's story tells of how she sees life in a split family and the things that affect her most.

It takes a hasty move from Melbourne to Corfu for an Australian couple, their five children, a book that needs to be written, a blown-out budget, an escalating military coup d'état, a tragic secret and an Australian Prime Minister's apology to create a childhood that is well ... quite extraordinary.

Modernity would see the Anglo-Saxon runes as historic and archaic; letters and words of a bygone era, superseded by the Roman script and Modern English language. Kennan sees the reverse to be true; that the runes comprise a system with symbolic depth and spiritual significance, which modern language and speech has generally lost contact with. Exploration of the Anglo-Saxon runes restores Old English as the foundation of Modern English; being a mythic, ecological and soulful sensibility, with rich imagery and a symbolic foundation. Letters, words and language can be more than conveyors of routine information and communication; the runes provide this, as well as a means of spiritual inquiry and magical usage that has been lost... to our modern collective detriment. Kennan's journey in medicine and psychology led him to his heritage, where a retrieved shamanic sensibility helped explore the historical and ancestral roots in his personal and professional life. In the broader Anglo-Celtic culture he discovered a perspective of the Soul that his religious upbringing had lost. The runes greatly assisted this process and gave him a creative perspective of magic and its use in everyday life, and with it an individual pathway to spiritual realisation through the restoration of the Soul.

Industrial engineer Bill Murrell's To Thyself Be True is the remarkably honest account of a man whose near-death experience as a baby on the kitchen table gave him an indefatigable zest and passion for life. From growing up in a sewers yard at Port Road, Thebarton in South Australia to the night clubs and strip joints of New York in the early 1950s, Bill's passions were art, cars and family. In a remarkably detailed account of life during the depression and pre-war years, we see how his drive and ambition was shaped by the opportunities that were presenting themselves in car manufacturing on a global scale. A direct descendant from a convict on the First Fleet, Bill goes on a personal journey to Norfolk Island, tracing his family history back to the Lords of Moresby in Cumberland and the Earl of Gospatric. He uncovers the stories of Calvert, the slave trader and Murrell, the sealer. Treasured moments are captured in his vast collection of photographs. His story personally documents the great social changes happening both in Australia and the US and is told in an open, authentic and direct way. It is a unique book by a faithful man who lived to the motto "to thyself be true".

Ben had a dream - he wanted to ¿y. But the birds wouldn't teach him how to.Would Ben ever learn how to ¿y?This story is to encourage children to chase after their dreams, and show them that dreams do come true.

This is Peter's story. Peter just turned 8 years old.For all the Peters in this world who don't have the words to use to make parents listen. Here is what he wanted his parents to know.

Rose leaves her home and her children in the Philippines to work with four other young women overseas. The work Rose is confronted with is far from anything she could have imagined, even in her worst nightmares. Rose's one desire is to earn enough to escape from her captors and return home. But what is her family back home up to while she is gone? Then she meets a potential client, Mister Bob, an optometrist from Sydney who is dealing with his own escalating health issues while he develops and expands his business. Will he help Rose escape?And what are his motives?

After serving eighteen years in the Western Australia Police Force, Simon's story is a 'warts' and all', raw and honest insight into working as an operator in the Tactical Response Group. Whether policing the city streets, being involved in hostage situations or riots, from which Simon didn't always come out unscathed, these memorable incidents are written from Simon's personal experience and perspective. That was back Then. Now, as a private security contractor, Simon recounts working overseas, running 'Route Irish' in Baghdad, chasing illegal miners deep underground in the mines of Africa, and training security personnel to stay alive while doing their job. Written in true 'cop speak', this book is largely politically incorrect, sometimes confronting, the language definitely colourful, the stories all true and very real. If you are squeamish or thrive on political correctness, you have been warned.Enjoy.

A sequel to The McQuarries Young, charismatic Harry Bagust strives to cast off garments of poverty, shame and kept secrets while struggling to fulfill dreams of a better life for himself and his family. With a tenacious, competitive spirit, he searches for that pot of gold in his business pursuits, sporting prowess, and a quest for a father figure, yet in his life success seems just out of reach. Captured by his charm in a chance encounter, the McQuarrie sisters are drawn into complex relationships of passion and grief. Though enthralled by Euphemia McQuarrie's courage, Harry is dutifully joined to another, but, as that marriage fails, he returns to an independent Euphemia, who now will not commit to a life of marriage. Harry is in love with one sister, betrothed to another, then in a twist, marries the third. However, Euphemia still shares Harry's first love. A romantic, an optimist and pioneer in every sense, Harry's courage, blood, sweat and tears are soaked into New Zealand's very landscape and infrastructure.

Henry Hunter (1866) and William Madden (1871) took advantage of the isolation west of the lower Dawson River, Central Queensland, using it to successfully rob mail men who journeyed on horseback along the dray roads. They were pursued by dedicated teams of Police officers, including Sub-Inspector George Elliott, who displayed outstanding courage when he arrested Hunter following a shoot-out. This book reveals the exploits of the bushrangers of this area, including Frank Gardiner, Frederick Ward, and James Alpin MacPherson, the reports of their deeds published in newspapers across the colonies making them heroes to some, and a scourge to be thwarted to others.This true account, gleaned from historical records and the author's family history, is a tribute to the dedication of the police in apprehending those responsible for the crimes against the postal service.

Fictional stories, poetry from the heart, whimsical memories and nostalgia from Western Australian South Side Quills Writers' third anthology. Funny, sad and courageous, these accounts connect people, places and events relating to childhood.Variety is the key, with some stories originating from writing prompts, others reminiscent of diary entries, including inevitable risks and disappointments of childhood.All are based on a truth from somewhere.Points of view differ: the child, the reflective adult, the parent, the observer. Dip into this delightful collection, or read cover to cover for hours of enjoyment.

Life is a journey, an adventure, a mystery, and is too short. This book encourages everyone to pay attention to who they are, realise what they have, and to use the knowledge they have to live a better life. Don't put relevant things on hold; rather make a decision to live a quality life!