Inspired by the Life, Letters, and Poetry of John Gillespie Magee Jr., Author of "High Flight"
This penetrating adventure of the mind and spirit soars through the lives of two rogue aviators and their mutual passion for flight. Anson Roe is a British crop duster who struggles with his career and his love life. John Gillespie Magee, Jr. is a poet and WWII fighterpilot with an uncommon view on death. When they meet in rural America, Magee challenges Roe down to the quick of his soul.
Spanning two continents and two millennia, this is a provocative view of the secret teachings Jesus reserved for a select circle of his initiates, of the master-student relationship with the formidable Mary Magdalene, and of the men, Peter and Paul, who altered the teachings for all time. The author weaves a compelling story that reveals the common thread running through the mystic paths of the early Christians, Gnostics, Jews, and Hellenistic Greeks, and their relevance for today's spiritual seekers.
Here is a lively firsthand account of life at one of North America's most famous archaeological ruins of Chaco Canyon. While her husband Richard Wetherill
excavated Puebloan greathouses from 1896 to his murder in 1910, Marietta Wetherill managed their trading post. She became close friends with a singer who adopted her into his clan and gave her a close-up view of Navajo medicine and religion. "Thanks to [this] book, we can experience primitive life in Chaco Canyon at the turn of the century through the eyes of a small, sturdy bride, a woman much in love and possessed of great independence and spirit." --Rocky Mountain News