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Parables
It is summer. The grapes have grown ripe on the vine. You sit and listen under the shade of the olive tree as Jesus and the Greek God of the grape harvest Dionysus drink together and weave parables into your imagination.
This collection of intriguing and thought-provoking stories, marks a welcome return by the author Sapphira Olson. “As humans we are propelled forward by our emotions and our subconscious, however much we like to think the rational part of us is the captain of our ship. It is to that emotional core of you that I offer up these parables. They are an imaginary fictional space into which I invite you to step. … imagined possibilities full of truth, excitement and discovery.”
This collection of intriguing and thought-provoking stories, marks a welcome return by the author Sapphira Olson. “As humans we are propelled forward by our emotions and our subconscious, however much we like to think the rational part of us is the captain of our ship. It is to that emotional core of you that I offer up these parables. They are an imaginary fictional space into which I invite you to step. … imagined possibilities full of truth, excitement and discovery.”
142 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 22, 2019
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Sapphira Olson
9 books21 followersSapphira Olson is an author, illustrator and poet. Born in St Austell she now lives in Liskeard in the UK.
When not writing she loves spending time in the countryside and enjoys watching Audrey Hepburn movies and listening to Billie Eilish and Gorillaz.
When not writing she loves spending time in the countryside and enjoys watching Audrey Hepburn movies and listening to Billie Eilish and Gorillaz.
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April 19, 2019
There is a wonderful mix of beauty and hope and pain in this collection of parables. The author seems to have worked through some of the same things I've been working through with faith, and it's comforting to read another perspective. I especially love the integration of strong feminine aspects of spirituality and God/divinity/whatever you want to call it.
I would say however that the parables about pain come across as too on-the-nose for me. I expect parables to deal in a degree subtlety and nuance, and the hopeful parables succeeded at this, but the parables from a place of pain felt too jarringly specific to fit well into the genre. Maybe better as poetry while the feelings are still raw, and those thoughts and emotions to make it into some beautiful poetry at the back of the book.
I have to thank the author for sharing the substance of her journey with us in a brave and beautiful way and reminding people who are struggling that they are not alone.
I would say however that the parables about pain come across as too on-the-nose for me. I expect parables to deal in a degree subtlety and nuance, and the hopeful parables succeeded at this, but the parables from a place of pain felt too jarringly specific to fit well into the genre. Maybe better as poetry while the feelings are still raw, and those thoughts and emotions to make it into some beautiful poetry at the back of the book.
I have to thank the author for sharing the substance of her journey with us in a brave and beautiful way and reminding people who are struggling that they are not alone.
September 25, 2019
This collection of parables was a surprise! I jumped from the end of one parable into the start of the next. Each parable was surprising and insightful, funny and sometimes downright challenging. I loved her tongue in cheek humor and subtlety.
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