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by Susan Kaney
Angel Crossing is a terrific read!
The story as relayed in the book covers a 5 day period of
hiking in the North Carolina Blue Ridge mountains, during
which a chance meeting with a mysterious "angelic"
character launches Susan into a series of transcendent experiences.
While the book may seem fictional, Angel Crossing compresses
into a five-day story over 25 years of Susan’s experiences
and realizations since she awakened spiritually. is a terrific
read! The story as relayed in the book covers a 5 day period
of hiking in the North Carolina Blue Ridge mountains, during
which a chance meeting with a mysterious "angelic"
character launches Susan into a series of transcendent experiences.
While the book may seem fictional, Angel Crossing compresses
into a five-day story over 25 years of Susan’s experiences
and realizations since she awakened spiritually. is a terrific
read! The story as relayed in the book covers a 5 day period
of hiking in the North Carolina Blue Ridge mountains, during
which a chance meeting with a mysterious "angelic"
character launches Susan into a series of transcendent experiences.
While the book may seem fictional, Angel Crossing compresses
into a five-day story over 25 years of Susan’s experiences
and realizations since she awakened spiritually.
It is a deceptively simple
book that really packs a wallop! In her telling of the story,
Susan reacts in a most human way (at times in sheer panic)
when "otherworldly" experiences start intruding
into her everyday life. The truthfulness of her reactions
really resonates. I could feel her human-level panic at being
pulled out of her body and finding herself on the ceiling
of a motel room, and could appreciate her bewilderment when
realizing she is face-to-face with Jesus. Susan’s background
as a police officer lends an aura of truthfulness to the telling
of these seemingly fictitious happenings.
The book is charmingly written,
with beautiful descriptions of the trails around Grandfather
Mountain. Each day’s hiking introduces us to yet another
beautiful vista and helps those of us who don’t hike
better understand the attraction for those who do. It is also
interesting that Susan uses the actual mountains to help illustrate
the metaphoric climb that "pilgrims" experience
when they open to their own spiritual growth.
The real power of the book
is the manner in which "spiritual truth" is expressed.
Her telling is so clear, complete and forthright that the
reader easily "gets it." I have read literally hundreds
of books on spirituality and metaphysics, and this is one
of the best! Susan’s explanations of spiritual truth
are spare, clean, pure and immediately accessible to the reader.
Spiritual truth literally moves through her words on the page
into the reader’s consciousness.
It is a book I will give
to friends, family and clients. Once you begin reading, you
don't want to put it down. I had to make myself wait until
the next day to finish it because I didn't want the experience
of reading the book to end. Give yourself a gift and buy this
book!
Susan will have an Angel
Crossing book signing at Dancing Moon in Raleigh, NC on
August 12, 2000, from 12:00pm to 2:00pm.
review by Dr. Kathi Ann Middendorf
dr_kathi@msn.com
See also Kathi
Ann Middendorf's interview with Susan Kaney, author of
Angel Crossing.
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