Walking to Mercury

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Summary: A must read for all lovers of "The Fifth Sacred Thing"
Review: StarHawk evokes the sixties with the same magical realism found in the "Fifth Sacred Thing." We learn of Maya and Rio's early years, but many unanswered questions remain. It left me yearning for another pre/sequel

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Summary: A moving account of one woman's spiritual evolution
Review: Starhawk's latest novel, Walking to Mercury, poignantly portrays the very real cycles of life all of us have at various times experienced. The fact that the story takes place over several decades only increases your emotional connection to the characters' struggles. I followed the evolution of the relationship between the main characters, Maya and Johanna, with personal interest. I read this book in a couple of days, intensely identifying with the desire to find out what your power in the world is and the sometimes painful healings that take place at major turning points in life. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has been involved in the search for meaning, wants an intelligent novel dealing with spirituality or is a fan of Starhawk's other books. Enjoy

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Summary: A wonderful, wonderful book
Review: The Spiral Dance has to be one of the inspirational books of the last century, and Dreaming the Dark continued with the same evocative quality. Then I read The Fifth Sacred Thing and decided that, interesting though it was, it didn't delineate Starhawk as a gifted novelist. How wrong could I be! Walking to Mercury is one of the most lyrical yet gripping books I've ever read. I found it impossible to put down. Every sentence is carefully crafted, every word a jewel strung together with a luminous spirituality. The way Starhawk contrasts and yet draws parallels between the hippy, drug oriented anti war climate of sixties and seventies America and the soaring purity of eighties Nepal, the Goddess pagan culture and Tibetan Buddhism is nothing short of brilliant. There is not a weak section or mundane sentence in the whole book. I shall now go back and read and enjoy The Fifth Sacred Thing with fresh insight.
Elen Hawke author of In The Circle, The Sacred Round and Praise to the Moon

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Summary: Wisdom and reality
Review: This second novel about Maya Greenwood is about the conscious and unconscious choices we make and how all our life choices are made in the light of our experiences, and are not just ethical and moral decisions. Not as compelling as the first, but again a reflection of the times and of the fact that wisdom comes with honest viewing of reality in its entirity and not just isolated portions.