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Magic

Magic

by Jan Golembiewski
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/10/2018

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This is a true story...A young man heads off on a journey to find out if magic still exists in the world, to know its wonder, and to see if it might save him when his own life is unexpectedly at stake.

Instead of retreating after being deported from Mexico, or beaten up in Guatemala, he travels to the Caribbean where he meets a Rastafarian Don Juan who teaches him about the `natural mystic;' a magical tradition that had travelled to the Caribbean centuries earlier with the slavery trade. Fate further propels his travels through the Americas and Europe to locate the source of this esoteric knowledge in Mother Africa, where his emerging mastery of mysticism is tested by the Sahara desert. He is imprisoned in Nigeria, and tortured, and then sold as a slave.

Magic is the story of an incredible journey, both physical and spiritual, that reverberates with literary voice and authenticity: the uniqueness of lived adventure and of a passionate heart and vision. Upon closing the last page of this book, we ache for the innocence to lose our way and travel deeper, to rediscover the savage but delicious nature of the miraculous in our own lives.

"I couldn't put it down" Sofie Laguna

"They try and say glory to God in the highest. I say it's about glory to God in the lowest. If you can't find God in the lowest, you're wasting your time - and that's where our protagonist finds his Magic- in prison cells, and as a slave in forgotten parts of Africa, in slums of New Orleans, and mosquito-ridden coastlines in the Caribbean. This is an engrossing tale of a year down the path less travelled. Warm, funny and intensely human, Magic is an inspiring, deeply-felt and painfully honest coming-of age adventure. It's a story of a perilous spiritual search that transcends religion, and an authentic adventure. An impressive debut." Father Bob Maguire

ISBN:
9781925760071
9781925760071
Category:
Memoirs
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-10-2018
Publisher:
Transit Lounge Publishing
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
384
Dimensions (mm):
234x154mm

‘They try and say glory to God in the highest. I say it’s about glory to God in the lowest. You’re wasting your time if you can’t find God in the lowest places—and that’s where our protagonist finds his magic—in prison cells, and as a slave in forgotten parts of Africa, in slums of New Orleans, and mosquito-ridden coastlines in the Caribbean. This is an engrossing tale of a year down the path less travelled. Warm, funny and intensely human, Magic is an inspiring, deeply felt and painfully honest coming-of-age adventure. It’s a story of a perilous spiritual search that transcends religion, and an authentic adventure. An impressive debut.’Father Bob Maguire

‘I couldn’t put it down.’—Sofie Laguna

‘This is such an original, page-turning adventure. What begins as a street-wise young man's first journey into the world quickly morphs into a search for wonder and magic in life. The author becomes passport-less and walks off into the Sahara. It is a miracle that he survives. Imprisonment allows him to meet and come to love those who have despaired of freedom. This is ultimately a book about testing the limits of possibility and discovering the truths of existence and life. For high adventure it compares to Shantaram, in its search for the true self to The Alchemist. But it's not like anything I have ever read. Its appeal will be across age and gender.’Transit Lounge co-publisher Barry Scott

Jan Golembiewski

Jan Golembiewski grew up in suburban Canberra and in the jungles of Papua New Guinea. He has a PhD in psychological aspects of architecture, and he runs his own architectural practice specialising in psychological aspects of design. Jan lives in Sydney with his wife, the novelist Bem Le Hunte and their children (Taliesin, Rishi and Kashi) and a revolving collection of friends.

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