The Good Book
A Memoir for the Truth Seeker
By Anthony Good
I found my mid-life spiritual crisis difficult to manage, being disoriented, feeling alone and not in control of the process. I wanted to understand what was happening so that I could help those who found themselves in a similar situation. As well as delights, there are many challenges and risks, for example, to moral conduct and sanity. I also became aware that sharing what has been learned was an essential phase of this journey; it helps us stay grounded, review and process, and bring us back into the swirling turmoil of society.
I started here on the blogger sphere. Being uncertain of what I should be sharing (for example, should I be sharing what appears to me to be sacred), after the first few posts, I asked inwardly whether I should continue to write the blog, and this is what an inner voice said;
“It’s your bible, and it is important that this comes from you. All other writings have been written by those who did not have your particular experience. What you are writing is very personal and is seen and felt from within, and is written in the first person which is important and rare. You need to get on with it, and it could be considered your raison d’etre.”
Several years later, I had an inner vision. A man came to me through a mist, I saw only his hands with a book between them, one on top, the other below. The book was black with white gold-rimmed pages, and he gave it to me. It looked like a bible. I saw his white robes sway as he turned and disappeared into the mist, saying nothing. I looked inside, and the pages were empty. I concluded that it was time for me to write my book.
This spiritual journey was not taken through any religion. In a way, it is a story of all religions, in all and bound to none, like a common stem. I started out as an agnostic, and proceeded through direct experiences in visions and dreams and latterly revelations. Its nature was more psychological, contemplative, and mythological. By that I mean experiences with Anubis, Goddess Isis and Pegasus, for example, as well as conversations with Yahweh, Lucifer and Satan. It followed a path resembling Dante’s Divine Comedy and that of Campbell’s hero’s journey, and took in some recognised stages, such as the dark night and enlightenment.
The book has many potential uses, but it is not intended to be used as an exact guide. It can give insight into the existence of such a phenomenon as a spiritual journey, what that may contain, the kind of trials involved, and the risks. It can be seen as a fiction, a cultural story, maybe of the fantasy genre if preferred. It might just affect the subconscious in ways that make such a journey more likely by offering conscious-unconscious connections. It is released on the premise that every reader will be different and have their issues to confront, which will therefore take form in their own way. There may be some resemblances, rhyming and chiming.
There are seventy-six short chapters. Only the first 29 of the 270 pages cover my earthly life. The remainder consists of direct spiritual experiences and what I have learned from them. So in this, the book is unusual.
This journey is not complete. What I learn beyond the book will find its way onto this blogsite, and maybe one day be integrated into a second edition.
An example of a chapter is available on the blog here, which is an earlier iteration of that found in the book.
The book can be bought from the following;
Good bookshops – paperback and hardback
Amazon – paperback, hardback and Kindle
Ingramspark –
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Ingramspark have distributed the eBook to all major eBook platforms.
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