The Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You

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Summary: Wow, a thoughtfully written novel
Review: Make no mistake about it, this is a great book. It's very spiritual, very thoughtful, and quite imaginative. Bryant is obviously an adept and aware author, though at times the novel seems to create dead ends that ultimately are unanswered. However, this could well be just another aspect of this book that needs to be explored. Truly, a masterful novel.

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Summary: An awakening experience and a book I will always remember
Review: The Kin Of Ata Are Waiting For You by Dorothy Bryant is a book that everyone should have the opportunity to read. This book is top of the list, it makes a connection within you. It is in so many ways an inspiration and a guide to follow. It will bring you back to the way things used to be, before people tried to create a dream without having that dream. It's a book about our culture and how it came to be and what our true nature is. The kin of Ata, a type of people, are waiting for you to realize that the reality is not here, it is there, their way of life. It's a book about transformation and awakening. It's described on the back of the book as, "the struggle of the human spirit to know and become itself." The book is easy to read and keeps your interest throughout.

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Summary: The Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You
Review: the Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You it iz a very special book that "luckasa" lucas kolasa (seek him or me) showed me in 1995-i read it every fall!! it takez you on a sacred journey of mind,,body,,and soul--please read it!!
<<<<<if i could i would give it -->************************(X1000000000) it changed my life that much!!!!!
-samp-sin

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Summary: The Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You
Review: the Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You it iz a very special book that "luckasa" lucas kolasa (seek him or me) showed me in 1995-i read it every fall!! it takez you on a sacred journey of mind,,body,,and soul--please read it!!
<<<<<if i could i would give it -->************************(X1000000000) it changed my life that much!!!!!
-samp-sin

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Summary: No, THE KIN OF ATA didn't come to me in a dream.
Review: THE KIN OF ATA is my only fantasy novel. I chose this allegorical form because I wanted to share a sense of the sacred with you, and I wanted to avoid obvious references to any formal belief system. Some elements of the book came from my reading in many spiritual disciplines and in the works of Jung. Others are symbolic enactments of personal insights and intuitions--hints of Reality that can come, at lucky moments, to all of us. When I wrote the book (about 1970) I didn't know for sure whether I was responding to a deep spiritual hunger in our secular, mechanized, violent age, or just making a fool of myself. The latter, said my agent, who refused to handle it. In 1976 it sneaked into Random House by way of a co-publishing agreement with a soon-defunct small press. It has been in print ever since, selling solely by word of mouth. Readers often tell me that they received the book as a gift, then bought one as a gift for someone else. I like that.

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Summary: A vacation into compelling fantasy
Review: There are a few books I return to again and again to re-enter the author's world and take a vacation from my own. In The Kin of Ata Are Waiting For You, Dorothy Bryant succeeds in creating both a compelling alternate reality and a challenging vision of the possibilities of our own reality. From a horrific car wreck to a paradise of spiritual quest and harmony, Bryant skillfully takes the reader on the journey exploring the power of vision and the transformational possibilities of a truly authentic spiritual life. The book stands with Starhawk's The Fifth Sacred Thing and Elizabeth Moon's Paladin trilogy as a refuge to which I return again and again. I am never dissapointed. Nagdeo

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Summary: Forever changed
Review: There are no words to describe the immense affect this book can deliver to the reader. The spiritual implications and subtle teachings interlace with this beautiful story that you will never forget. I read this book about 20 years ago or so, and it still remains at the top of my list.

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Summary: One of the best books I read in the '80s
Review: This book deals very well with the inner dialogue that we each have, and the struggle to reconcile our inner and outer lives. The idea of living so that one has good dreams is a very thought provoking one. No matter what we can talk ourselves into believing, our subconscious will always let us know if we are well aligned with our soul.

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Summary: Review of The Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You
Review: This book was boring and contained some silly unrealistic events. I read it because my doctor recommended it, but I couldn't wait to finish it because it was a waste of time for me. In fact, after I was two-thirds through the book, I just skimmed it to get the gist of main events, and was very glad when I finished that book.

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Summary: Wonderful Simplicity
Review: This book was recommended reading for a college course. What a delightful surprise to find a most deep and profound expression of human community. Dorothy Bryant has captured the elusive "unconditional love" in this easy to read story that will have you yearning for just such a life as she describes. In the high stress, fast paced world we live in, this book is a welcomed oasis to slip into.