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Dancing in the Shadows of the Moon by Machaelle Small Wright
In her first books, Behaving as if the God in ALl Life Mattered, Machaelle Small Wright "If we allowed all the knowledge from our soul level to fully flow and be totally accessible to our concious self . . . before we disciplined ourselves on how to respond to such as flow on the physcial level, we would shatter. Blindly expressing limitless through limitation would be more pressure than our body could bear." In Behaving, Machaelle scratched the surface on a whole new reality. Now, in Dancing, she opens the door and invites us in. Out to discredit the "ozzie and Harriet" School of Spirituality, Machaelle gives us extensive groundwork, supported by an actual account of her own expansion experience. She tells of her introduction to the White Brotherhood--that evolved group of souls who assist humans in their evolutionary development--in a story told through journal entries for those early years of her nature work. Reading Dancing, you feel like a bird on Machaelle's shoulder . . . watching the expansion unfold.
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First published December 1, 1991
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Machaelle Small Wright
34 books39 followersMachaelle Small Wright is a nature researcher, teacher, flower essence researcher and developer, and cofounder of Perelandra, a nature research centre in the Virginia countryside. Since 1976, she has been working directly with nature intelligences in a co-creative relationship.
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July 20, 2016
This is a fascinating book about the continued exploits of Machaelle Small Wright further to her explanations in her previous book “Behaving as if the God in all life mattered”.
At the beginning of the book, Nature, with which Machaelle communicates, provides us with a few definitions – of Consciousness, Soul, Intent, Intuition, Grounding and Balance and gives us a short introduction to the White Brotherhood.
Machaelle´s first “ring-pass-not-expansion” occurred in 1976 when she “opened to the world of nature intelligences”. In this book, she attempts to explain her second expansion, In such an expansion the experience is beyond that which the person has experienced prior to that time.
We learn how Machaelle meets her future partner Clarence and how they come to settle in Perelandra where she begins to communicate with devas and nature spirits.
Machaelle has several amazing experiences and comes into contact with a Buddhist monk in the spirit world who teaches her about meditation. She meets him on a bridge every day for two years and he transmits information to her.
She connects with a “space soul” called Hyperithon and gets a gold disk implanted in her forehead. Now she can communicate with him whenever she wishes. She begins to think about (General) David Dwight Eisenhower and feels she knows him. She contacts Hyperithon, who tells her that she had been linked with Eisenhower in several lifetimes, the last time in World War II. Eisenhower, who now calls himself David, contacts her and they get to meet, in London.
Machaelle also gets to meet other men connected with David. They live in England in what she comes to call “the Cottage”, but it is not the England we know but an England that is slightly different and exists either in a different dimension or a different “Earth” (she doesn´t really explain which, as far as I recall).
I wish that Machaelle had clarified this, as I find it fascinating. Robert Monroe also mentioned this England in one of his phenomenal books about OBEs; he also visited this place.
David Eisenhower is of course “dead” and he lives at the Cottage with various other “dead” men, and apparently they all do White Brotherhood work, though what precisely they do is not explained enough to my liking. The other people on this other “Earth” or in this other dimension are not “dead”, as far as I understand, but live normal lives. I may be mistaken about this, however.
This book is all about Machaelle´s travelling back and forth on a daily basis between Perelandra on the Earth plane and the Cottage level. At the Cottage level she uses another body, that of Katie, who is also “dead”. As I´ve expressed in my review of Machaelle´s Mount Shasta book, I would also really like to know how these dead people get their bodies back; their bodies are similar, perhaps identical to those they had when alive, and presumably the original bodies have rotted away, but now here they have new ones!
The owners of the bodies have chosen a certain age for the new bodies, and these bodies do not age, and presumably do not “die” again. However, they can still have various problems.
In the latter half of the book, which becomes a bit tedious, and is in the form of a diary, the entries are mostly composed of notes on Machaelle´s testings of both her bodies for essences and also of the bodies of the Cottage men to relieve their various “physical” problems. Machaelle allies herself with her chiropractor on the Perelandra level, and together they can contact them all at the Cottage level, test them and help them.
Machaelle meets Katie´s father Max on the Cottage level; I can´t recall whether he is dead or alive, not that it matters. There is another man, John, who is not dead but alive on Earth, who visits them occasionally on the Cottage level. I believe that on the Earth level, or Perelandra level, as M calls it, John is not conscious of his appearances at the Cottage. Once even Clarence appears at the Cottage and is not conscious of this. Also, a couple of M´s pets appear there occasionally. Katie was a world class pairs skater and had won two Olympic medals. Machaelle (Katie) also meets Katie´s brother Seamus, who was a musician.
Machaelle learns something called the Split Molecular Process, whereby she can send objects, books, etc from the Perelandra level to the Cottage level.
Having two bodies causes Machaelle some physical problems, exhaustion, etc, which partially explains her dire need for essences and also chiropractic help.
At one point Charles De Gaulle (“dead” of course) visits the Cottage and Machaelle helps him with his problems.
Machaelle begins to channel Universal Light and spends much time writing these channellings down, but we are not shown them, not in this book at any rate, though they are available elsewhere.
Machaelle writes in an entertaining style and the subject of the book is, of course, original/fascinating, but the latter part of the book is, as stated, mostly composed of rather repetitive notes about the various essences they all needed.
I feel that the book would have been improved and more illuminating had Machaelle explained more about the White Brotherhood work they were doing at the Cottage, instead of the more trivial essence details.
Nonetheless, I found the book to be an inspiring read.
At the beginning of the book, Nature, with which Machaelle communicates, provides us with a few definitions – of Consciousness, Soul, Intent, Intuition, Grounding and Balance and gives us a short introduction to the White Brotherhood.
Machaelle´s first “ring-pass-not-expansion” occurred in 1976 when she “opened to the world of nature intelligences”. In this book, she attempts to explain her second expansion, In such an expansion the experience is beyond that which the person has experienced prior to that time.
We learn how Machaelle meets her future partner Clarence and how they come to settle in Perelandra where she begins to communicate with devas and nature spirits.
Machaelle has several amazing experiences and comes into contact with a Buddhist monk in the spirit world who teaches her about meditation. She meets him on a bridge every day for two years and he transmits information to her.
She connects with a “space soul” called Hyperithon and gets a gold disk implanted in her forehead. Now she can communicate with him whenever she wishes. She begins to think about (General) David Dwight Eisenhower and feels she knows him. She contacts Hyperithon, who tells her that she had been linked with Eisenhower in several lifetimes, the last time in World War II. Eisenhower, who now calls himself David, contacts her and they get to meet, in London.
Machaelle also gets to meet other men connected with David. They live in England in what she comes to call “the Cottage”, but it is not the England we know but an England that is slightly different and exists either in a different dimension or a different “Earth” (she doesn´t really explain which, as far as I recall).
I wish that Machaelle had clarified this, as I find it fascinating. Robert Monroe also mentioned this England in one of his phenomenal books about OBEs; he also visited this place.
David Eisenhower is of course “dead” and he lives at the Cottage with various other “dead” men, and apparently they all do White Brotherhood work, though what precisely they do is not explained enough to my liking. The other people on this other “Earth” or in this other dimension are not “dead”, as far as I understand, but live normal lives. I may be mistaken about this, however.
This book is all about Machaelle´s travelling back and forth on a daily basis between Perelandra on the Earth plane and the Cottage level. At the Cottage level she uses another body, that of Katie, who is also “dead”. As I´ve expressed in my review of Machaelle´s Mount Shasta book, I would also really like to know how these dead people get their bodies back; their bodies are similar, perhaps identical to those they had when alive, and presumably the original bodies have rotted away, but now here they have new ones!
The owners of the bodies have chosen a certain age for the new bodies, and these bodies do not age, and presumably do not “die” again. However, they can still have various problems.
In the latter half of the book, which becomes a bit tedious, and is in the form of a diary, the entries are mostly composed of notes on Machaelle´s testings of both her bodies for essences and also of the bodies of the Cottage men to relieve their various “physical” problems. Machaelle allies herself with her chiropractor on the Perelandra level, and together they can contact them all at the Cottage level, test them and help them.
Machaelle meets Katie´s father Max on the Cottage level; I can´t recall whether he is dead or alive, not that it matters. There is another man, John, who is not dead but alive on Earth, who visits them occasionally on the Cottage level. I believe that on the Earth level, or Perelandra level, as M calls it, John is not conscious of his appearances at the Cottage. Once even Clarence appears at the Cottage and is not conscious of this. Also, a couple of M´s pets appear there occasionally. Katie was a world class pairs skater and had won two Olympic medals. Machaelle (Katie) also meets Katie´s brother Seamus, who was a musician.
Machaelle learns something called the Split Molecular Process, whereby she can send objects, books, etc from the Perelandra level to the Cottage level.
Having two bodies causes Machaelle some physical problems, exhaustion, etc, which partially explains her dire need for essences and also chiropractic help.
At one point Charles De Gaulle (“dead” of course) visits the Cottage and Machaelle helps him with his problems.
Machaelle begins to channel Universal Light and spends much time writing these channellings down, but we are not shown them, not in this book at any rate, though they are available elsewhere.
Machaelle writes in an entertaining style and the subject of the book is, of course, original/fascinating, but the latter part of the book is, as stated, mostly composed of rather repetitive notes about the various essences they all needed.
I feel that the book would have been improved and more illuminating had Machaelle explained more about the White Brotherhood work they were doing at the Cottage, instead of the more trivial essence details.
Nonetheless, I found the book to be an inspiring read.
May 22, 2014
Completely fascinating. I couldn't put this book down. Not for everybody, but if you have an open mind about expanded realities - wow! My big endorsement on this for anyone skeptical is how grounded Machaelle Small Wright seems to be, and the success of her gardens at Perelandra. Super, super interesting.
June 18, 2011
The beginning of this book is interesting - I hadn't encountered MacHaelle Small Wright before, so her story was all new to me. Of course I was very skeptical and I still am... But, the book quickly deteriorates when it switches to being a copy of her journal - it is very repetitive, page after page of health and flower essence information. This was perhaps the only thing that really made me think maybe her story had some truth in it - if it wasn't true, why would anyone waste so many pages on inane details? By the end I was bored and still wasn't convinced either way...
January 18, 2008
THIS IS A FUN BOOK TO READ ABOUT MICHAELLE WRIGHTS PERSONAL SPIRITUAL JOURNEY.
October 18, 2014
The author has been through a great deal in her life and not only survived, but emerged a strong, independent person to be admired! This book is a testament to that, and an inspiring read!
September 6, 2018
I read this book because I was describing a personal experience to someone and they said "Oh, like in Dancing in the Shadows of the Moon?" I can now definitively say, "No, not like that."
Only read this book if you are very into New Age stuff.
The writing style makes the book impossible to skim, referring back to inconsequential issues as if they were meaningful, which makes you read the whole book before you can decide it's not for you.
Additionally, the format was bad. The vast majority of it is a word for word copy of the author's daily diary. This is a 550 page book. I understand she's trying to give readers the nuances of a 2 year long personal process, but truly this could have been edited down to one third its length. Or a good writer might have summarized.
I'd hoped to find something useful here, and I really can't say that I got anything out of this.
Only read this book if you are very into New Age stuff.
The writing style makes the book impossible to skim, referring back to inconsequential issues as if they were meaningful, which makes you read the whole book before you can decide it's not for you.
Additionally, the format was bad. The vast majority of it is a word for word copy of the author's daily diary. This is a 550 page book. I understand she's trying to give readers the nuances of a 2 year long personal process, but truly this could have been edited down to one third its length. Or a good writer might have summarized.
I'd hoped to find something useful here, and I really can't say that I got anything out of this.
June 5, 2021
A friend handed me this book more than a decade ago and said I should read it. She was cryptic about it and I’m not sure why she gave it to me, other than she knew I was about to go to Findhorn. It sat on the shelf until now. I have read Machalle’s other book, Behaving As if the God in All Life Matters, so I was somewhat familiar with her work and ideas.
I found the first 250+ pages interesting and relevant to things I’m going through at the moment. Overall I felt the book could have been tightened significantly, and once I got to the journal section, I only made it about 50 pages in before I stopped. Too much minutiae.
The biggest takeaway for me is that we don’t have to escape “mundane” life to experience spiritual awakening/spiritual support. And this feels quite Zen, like “carry water, chop wood,” and the Findhorn idea of “work is love in action.”
I found the first 250+ pages interesting and relevant to things I’m going through at the moment. Overall I felt the book could have been tightened significantly, and once I got to the journal section, I only made it about 50 pages in before I stopped. Too much minutiae.
The biggest takeaway for me is that we don’t have to escape “mundane” life to experience spiritual awakening/spiritual support. And this feels quite Zen, like “carry water, chop wood,” and the Findhorn idea of “work is love in action.”
September 30, 2025
This is quite a big read by Machaelle Small Wright - a spiritual read told through journal entries which I enjoyed.
I did find the chiropractor sections interesting as a fellow goer to a chiropractor.
It's a read that has taken time and a few breaks as there is a lot of information on this subject that the author concentrates on.
Now my auntie is to have the book next as its intrigued her too!
I did find the chiropractor sections interesting as a fellow goer to a chiropractor.
It's a read that has taken time and a few breaks as there is a lot of information on this subject that the author concentrates on.
Now my auntie is to have the book next as its intrigued her too!
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January 1, 2021I have read all of Machaelle Small Wright books and applied a lot of her teaching to my life and interacting with my gardens.
January 23, 2012
This book is insightful, a bit tedious, and could have used some professional editing. Nonetheless, if I can persevere, there are insights available among the tedium.
Finished date is the rough date I called it quits. Love the work, love the author, but other books were calling! Sorry Machaelle!
Finished date is the rough date I called it quits. Love the work, love the author, but other books were calling! Sorry Machaelle!
September 25, 2008
What a trip!
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