This book provides an autobiography of a spiritual pilgrimage, and how being aware of synchronicities can lead an individual toward their path of destiny. It demonstrates that to ascend to the beautiful being of love that is our destiny, we can no longer allow atrocities to animals to continue. The author and the reader receive insight into spiritual growth for a much needed new paradigm. We have the power within us to be the change that we want to see in the world.
The heroine, Sheherezade, is enduring a life on the wrong side of the tracks with a narcissistic, alcoholic mother and a hateful, jealous sister in order to watch over her beloved niece, Lila. After a fateful meeting with Lion Terkel, the leader of the world's most powerful outlaw bike gang, Lucifer's Pride, she is caught up in a romance that promises her sanctuary from her sordid home life. Living in their world of sex, drugs, rock and roll, and crime, the heroine experiences romance, extraordinary wealth, sister rivalry, murder, intrigue, betrayal, and the motivating force of love. Dramatic irony and surprises in the unrelenting action take the reader on an emotional journey to discover whether good will triumph over evil in the life of Sheherezade.
"If, as Chesterton claimed, the devil's greatest triumph was convincing the modern world that he does not exist, Jeffrey Burton Russell means to rob him of his victory. Lucifer: The Devil in the Middle Ages is both a scholarly assessment of the development of diabology in the Middle Ages and an impassioned plea to the 20th century to recognize and acknowledge the existence of real, objective evil. The third in a series of works tracing the history of the devil from his Judeo-Christian roots, it represents a formidable undertaking: the devil's history is integrally related to the problem of evil, which is in turn at the heart of Western religious thought. Each of the volumes on Satan comprises, in essence, a judicious and able tour of Christian theology from the villain's point of view... Book jacket.
Environmentalist, independent researcher and author, Gareth Patterson has spent his entire adult life working tirelessly for the greater protection of African wildlife and, more particularly, for that of the lion. Born in England in 1963, Gareth grew up in Nigeria and Malawi. From an early age he knew where his life's path would take him - it would be in Africa, and his life's work would be for the cause of the African wilderness and its wild inhabitants. His is an all-encompassing African story. From his childhood in West and East Africa to his study of a threatened lion population in a private reserve in Botswana to his work with George Adamson, celebrated as the 'Lion Man' of Africa, we witness Gareth's growing commitment to his life's mission. This is nowhere more evident than in his account of his life as a human member of a lion pride, experiencing life and death through its eyes, as he successfully rehabilitated three famous orphaned lion cubs back into a life in the wilds. At considerable risk to his own personal safety, he exposed the sordid canned lion 'industry' in South Africa, bringing this shameful practice to international attention. After moving to the Western Cape he took up the fight for the African elephant, notably the unique endangered Knysna population, and published his astonishing findings in his 2009 book The Secret Elephants. Perhaps unsurprisingly, given the stressful nature of his work, Gareth suffered a massive physical and mental breakdown in his forties, which he discusses here for the first time with an openness that underlines his courage. Lesser men might have been broken, but his 'lion's heart' fought back and he ultimately overcame his illness. Gareth Patterson's long-awaited autobiography is a moving account of one man's single-minded dedication to the preservation of Africa's wildlife. It is also a stark reminder that if the human race does not want to lose Africa's priceless wild heritage, there is no time to waste. 'The lion is my totem animal, and this is the story of my life in Africa, for the lion.'
