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Summary: THE KIN OF ATA demands a Jungian interpretation.
Review: As a source for interpretation, THE KIN OF ATA ARE WAITING FOR YOU is essential to all amateur Jungians. Following an anti-hero's growth from immature materialism to his final destination of complete "individuation" is exhilarating fun. All the major archetypes make their appearances in this wonderful novel by Dorothy Bryant. The archetypal resolutions and transferences of psychic energy instills within this very human manchild a new sense of worth, purpose and mystery. Sit back, and enjoy!
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Summary: Have you read this Berkeley author yet? You must.
Review: Dorothy Bryant, who hales from the planet Berkeley, has written several novels that are so startlingly different from each other than it makes you wonder how one person could have achieved this feat.
I don't like fantasy genre books, not at all. But just because Bryant had written this, I swallowed hard and read it. Oh boy. It's wonderful. It's the tale of a wretched man who seems to have killed not only his girlfriend but also himself. But he rouses from his 'swoon' in a strange world where there are no signs of ugliness or violence - and the rest of the novel plays with the question of how he will fare in such an unfamiliar environment.
I strongly recommend three of her other books. The Garden of Eros (a personal favorite; I'm a midwife, and there's a fantastic description of an unattended birth in this book), Miss Giardino, and Ella Price's Journal. Dorothy Bryant created her own publishing company, Ata Books, in Berkeley because of her desire to help local writers get published and to keep their books in print and on local bookstore shelves indefinitely.
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Summary: a blueprint for a new civilization
Review: For anyone committed to a return to tribal values, to alternative healing modalities, to the power of dreams, this novel is a sourcebook. It shows the way to cure our emotional chaos and our spiritual poverty, and a builds a model for the post-nuclear family age.
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Summary: The Beauty of the Human and All Creation
Review: Hi There Everyone,I have just been blown away by The Kin of Ata. Another Camelot. Another Avalon. And more. I am not easily swayed by words.I am a Marine,a Harvard MBA, a CPA, a spouse of some years, a parent of four children, an awesome dude. I have ... never written a review. But this time it is different. The Kin of Ata shows us another way. A way free of sin, guilt, exclusion, boring TV, AND yet full of fun, joyful work, ways to lift ourselves up, ways to fulfill our human lives. I enjoyed "The Celestine Prophesy". That book was distributed at first in off Main Street "New Age" bookstores and leapt off the shelves. The author was amazed and went on to sell millions. The "Kin" is far more expansive, joyful, than the "Prophesy" for me. For those of you who know, what more can I say? For those who don't and are in search for a more meaningful life, buy, lease, or borrow this book. By the time you have read twenty pages, you will thank me and kiss my ring. Since I wear no ring, your buying this amazing book will be our mutual gift to one another. ... I do not know how to reassure you on this point. Perhaps a little (very little in our society) trust is in order. You must decide. This is a joy filled adventure. Easy to read. Just over 200 pages in length. Very easy to read. I bet you read it more than once!! To the Misty Isles of Ata, Avalon, Camelot and Erin. On The Road to God Kows Where
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Summary: BREATHTAKING AND HEALING ALMOST SUPERNATERAL
Review: How can one say what this book it, buy it and find out its really the only way. This book has the power to heal.
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Summary: Kin of Ata Reached Deep into Me
Review: I am amazed that I just discovered this book! It finally presented itself to me in a tiny boutique while vacationing in Wisconsin in early October, 2001. Its message is very timely: Live a life of love and compassion; live this life in the NOW; learn the intrinsic value of giving and receiving; and always, always practice nagdeo...which I interpert as joy. I find I now check in with myself, my thoughts, my actions to make sure that what I do and say and think is nagdeo! Reading this book has been a life-altering experience for me similar to reading Illusions by Richard Bach almost 25 years ago; Ata is more so!
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Summary: The absolute best!
Review: I have to second the words of ahpost3: magical, fascinating, enlightening, can't-put-it down; didn't want it to end. A glorious vision of how life could be. I read it more than 25 years ago and it still powerfully lingers in the mind. Thank you, Dorothy Bryant, for this gift. I have recommended it to many over the years! To all of you who are interested in the interconnectedness of our dreams and our pysches, read this book!
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Summary: Finished in one sitting, opened to page 1 and read it again!
Review: I loved this book. The peaceful denizens of Ata have much to teach us. I carried the lessons with me for weeks and then reread it again.
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Summary: Unforgetable Utopian Tale
Review: I read THE KIN OF ATA almost twenty years ago and have given many copies away as gifts. I adore this story and have read it numerous times. It is important to note that the first two or three pages are NOT what this book is about. This book is about what is possible in each and every one of us, even the proud and arrogant. The images of Ata bring me great comfort (The Comforter was it's original title); the "holkas" for healing, the sleeping wheels, the spiraling wall with shells for collecting drinking water, the great cone shaped gathering hall, the bowls of food for feeding one another... For anyone interested in social responsibility, spiritual growth, the power of dreams or even parapsychology, I highly recommend that you buy this book, read it and pass it on to your best friend.
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Summary: An unforgettable book!
Review: I read this book for a college class several years ago. It's such an excellent book, I read it once a year! To see the character transformed, and to read about this mystical world of Ata makes it a truly unforgettable novel.
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