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Magazine Reviews of Jonas
Jonas and the Mountain: A Metaphysical Love StoryJonas and the Mountain is classified as a novel. And as such, it is intriguing, exciting, compelling, and profound. The characters are strong, the story line is exemplary, and the ending is decidedly surprising, as a good ending should be.
But of special interest to this reader is the mystical dynamic of the characters and story, the journey into the astonishing realm of realities the author, Janis Harper, leads us on. This book offers so much in the way of insight into life: in relationships, yearning to know more about ourselves, multiple realities, existing in and through all time and space and so much more. In every chapter we feel as if the finest teacher sits before us, answering all those questions we hold deep within, about so much more than what we see and think we know on the surface of our existence on Earth.
But the author does not preach at us, nor do the characters who would be such teachers in the storyline. We are in sacred India at the base of a holy mountain, searching, learning, asking question after question even as the plot carries us forward. Jonas and the Mountain is the perfect blend of truth interwoven with story. It could not be better, in this reviewer’s opinion.
Janis Harper offers us so much more with this fine volume. At the end of the book is a listing called “Anamika’s Exercises and Meditations” to practice on your own. There is, for example, “The Other Lives Exercise,” “Listening Meditation,” and “Self-Compassion Meditation.” She also includes a “Subject Guide to Anamika’s Talks” . . . but to understand who Anamika is and why her talks and meditations are so valuable, you will need to read this amazing book! I highly recommend doing so.
The author is a writer (among many other talents) whose works have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. She has a strong mystical background and through her personal experience, teaching, songwriting and authorship, helps us on our own quest for the nature of reality. Please visit her website at https://janisharper.ca to learn more or to contact her.
-- Reviewed by Rita Reynolds, in la Joie magazine (Winter 2022).
Rita Reynolds is author of Blessing the Bridge, What Animals Teach us About Death, Dying and Beyond and Ask the Cow, A Gentle Guide to Finding Peace. She is also the founder of Animals’ Peace Garden. The Animals’ Peace Garden works with all beings, most notably animals moving through illness, dying, and beyond death. Their philosophy is based on Dr. Albert Schweitzer’s famous ethic of Reverence For Life: a way of living that likewise offers a compassionate “place” for people to share their grief over their loss of an animal companion. https://blessingthebridge.com/
And here's a link to a review by Margaret Miller of The BC Review (formerly Ormsby Review), BC's premier review mag:
https://thebcreview.ca/2022/08/17/154...
But of special interest to this reader is the mystical dynamic of the characters and story, the journey into the astonishing realm of realities the author, Janis Harper, leads us on. This book offers so much in the way of insight into life: in relationships, yearning to know more about ourselves, multiple realities, existing in and through all time and space and so much more. In every chapter we feel as if the finest teacher sits before us, answering all those questions we hold deep within, about so much more than what we see and think we know on the surface of our existence on Earth.
But the author does not preach at us, nor do the characters who would be such teachers in the storyline. We are in sacred India at the base of a holy mountain, searching, learning, asking question after question even as the plot carries us forward. Jonas and the Mountain is the perfect blend of truth interwoven with story. It could not be better, in this reviewer’s opinion.
Janis Harper offers us so much more with this fine volume. At the end of the book is a listing called “Anamika’s Exercises and Meditations” to practice on your own. There is, for example, “The Other Lives Exercise,” “Listening Meditation,” and “Self-Compassion Meditation.” She also includes a “Subject Guide to Anamika’s Talks” . . . but to understand who Anamika is and why her talks and meditations are so valuable, you will need to read this amazing book! I highly recommend doing so.
The author is a writer (among many other talents) whose works have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. She has a strong mystical background and through her personal experience, teaching, songwriting and authorship, helps us on our own quest for the nature of reality. Please visit her website at https://janisharper.ca to learn more or to contact her.
-- Reviewed by Rita Reynolds, in la Joie magazine (Winter 2022).
Rita Reynolds is author of Blessing the Bridge, What Animals Teach us About Death, Dying and Beyond and Ask the Cow, A Gentle Guide to Finding Peace. She is also the founder of Animals’ Peace Garden. The Animals’ Peace Garden works with all beings, most notably animals moving through illness, dying, and beyond death. Their philosophy is based on Dr. Albert Schweitzer’s famous ethic of Reverence For Life: a way of living that likewise offers a compassionate “place” for people to share their grief over their loss of an animal companion. https://blessingthebridge.com/
And here's a link to a review by Margaret Miller of The BC Review (formerly Ormsby Review), BC's premier review mag:
https://thebcreview.ca/2022/08/17/154...
