This amazing book chronicles sixty plus years of a modern mystic's experience of the subtle worlds of spirit. Taking the attitude of a field biologist David Spangler shares his rich experience and wisdom gleaned from encountering Angels, post-mortem realms, Spiritual Forces, Inner Mentors, Elementals, and other inhabitants of our natural second ecology. He makes the case that for humanity to be healthy and whole and able to meet the global challenges before us, we need to appreciate and engage these rich and fascinating energy environments and the potential allies who live within them. The pages are chock full of interesting stories and anecdotes of the unseen Beings which share our planetary and spiritual life.
I love this book. David Spangler can make the subtle dimensions, subtle energies that imbue our world an understandable reality. Some how this book blends with Molecules of Emotion, by Candice Pert and the The Fabric of the Cosmos By Brian Greene. Science and spirituality come closer and closer together. I read it and I feel calm and loved and surrounded by those subtle worlds that encourage us to grow in health, love, truth, and wisdom.
I had heard of David Spangler but had never read his books. I was rather dubious to start with, it is a tricky subject to tackle at the best of times. It is a subject about which the most appalling rubbish has been written.
I need not have worried. Spangler writes well. He freely admits to his limits and makes clear the division between his experiences and his speculation. The fact that he has had a scientific education gives considerable power to his ability to describe and explain.
An enjoyable book and Spangler presents his case rather convincingly.
I picked up this book because of the author's association with Findhorn community and ... I discovered myself hungering to explore and deepen my own partnership with nature. His views, and suggestions, are a perspective that help me deepen and expand in my own life.