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'So sincere and carefully told that the result cannot help but move' Financial Times 'Terrific ... Unpretentious, often funny, but also powerfully expressive of experiences beyond language and reason, it's a book which rises to the challenge of its subject with skill and considerable grace' Wanderlust 'Energetic and compelling' Guardian 'A wild pilgrimage across the mystic world, taken in order to embark on the shortest and hardest journey of all - the almost impossible one from the head to the heart. Piers Moore Ede is both an elegant and courageous traveller and teller of this rite of passage' Justine Hardy
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This is the story of a man who embarked on a quest that many of us have dreamed about. Disillusioned by a world hooked on material wealth and scientific fact, he decided to travel across the globe in search of something more meaningful: the magical, the mystical. His journey takes him from snow-blanketed villages in the Himalayas to tiny, covert communities of whirling dervishes in rural Turkey; from the world's largest religious festival on the banks of the swollen Ganges to a dappled, ancient Sufi quarter in Delhi. Lyrical and clear-sighted, "All Kinds of Magic" is a fascinating exploration of the hidden world of miracles that is at once deeply personal and universal in its scope.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Entertaining and Uplifting,
By Nick 3029 "nick3029" (Pompey) - See all my reviews
This review is from: All Kinds of Magic: A Quest for Meaning in a Material World (Hardcover)
This book charts Moore Ede's journeys through India and Turkey, as he travels around in search of spiritual experiences. He meets various gurus and attends religious happenings and festivals, in between which he describes the landscape and people.As you would expect, a man who's searching for unusual experiences in India doesn't have to look far, and it's not long before he meets some extremely bizarre people and gets into some strange and at times frightening situations. Depending which way you look at it, Moore Ede is either brave or foolhardy, as he seems happy to walk around remote parts of India on his own with a fistful of cash, merrily following people he meets to even more remote areas on a promise of meeting spiritual gurus. Happily, he somehow avoids getting mugged, and we are treated to a vivid portrait of India and then Turkey, and their various religions and beliefs. Accounts of his experiences are peppered with quotations from writers, travellers and poets. The book is full of conflicting ideas and forces - not only the strange juxtapositions and divisions of a developing country, where modern technology, lifestyles and attitudes contrast with ancient traditions and extreme poverty, but also Moore Ede's internal conflicts. He is searching for something beyond rational thought, but can't help analysing his mystical experiences from a rational perspective. Whilst the physical journey has its tribulations, it is his inner journey which proves much tougher. Having described all manner of magical events, some quite obviously fake and some apparently beyond rational explanation, the narrative progresses to an ultimately uplifting ending. All Kinds of Magic was a really enjoyable book, extremely well written and researched, that has left me wanting to visit the places he describes.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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thought provoking and insightful,
By alice "Book Alice" (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: All Kinds of Magic: A Quest for Meaning in a Material World (Hardcover)
this is a thought provoking and often illuminating read - Moore Ede uses beautiful prose too- well worth reading. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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A magical journey,
By myagi-san "myagi-san" (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: All Kinds of Magic: A Quest for Meaning in a Material World (Hardcover)
This is an exceptional travel book, that follows on quite logically from Honey and Dust. Through India, Turkey and South America, Moore-Ede searches for a meaning that lies beneath our everyday reality, while leading the reader through a sensory, carefully observed landscape, full of wonderful characters and experiences. For any fascinated by mysticism and the esoteric, or simply by great travel writing this is highly recommended.
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