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I thought Star Pilgrim was going to take me on a delightful journey. It ended up taking me on one hell of a ride. Star Pilgrim is gripping and very, very clever. It interweaves philosophy, mysticism and some home truths in an amazing story. The Da Vinci Code was a great tale and thought provoking, but Star Pilgrim goes one stage further. It is not just another good read, it deserves its place on the bestseller list. Sheer genius. --(Paul Salmon, Eternal Spirit magazine)
A colossal achievement! Star Pilgrim somehow manages to combine a brilliantly written page turner with a spiritual handbook a la Eckhart Tolle. Elegantly embedded in the arc of the story, Star Pilgrim offers new responses for us all as we negotiate the opportunities of the coming years. --(Steve Coe, Song Writer, Music Producer and Film Maker)
A colossal achievement! Star Pilgrim somehow manages to combine a brilliantly written page turner with a spiritual handbook a la Eckhart Tolle. Elegantly embedded in the arc of the story, Star Pilgrim offers new responses for us all as we negotiate the opportunities of the coming years. --(Steve Coe, Song Writer, Music Producer and Film Maker)
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This is a story that explores the awesome mystery of being. An enigmatic vessel of light arrives on Earth from the depths of space, revealing nothing of its occupants or purpose. It waits, a powerful symbol of humanity's weakness. Joseph Williams, a priest, devastated by the loss of a great love, confused by powerful mystical experiences and tormented by unanswered questions as to the meaning of his life, is pulled out of obscurity into a strange relationship with the vessel. Plunged into a great adventure, he is forced to go into hiding from worried governments. Help comes from an unlikely alliance of a Wiccan wise woman, a bishop and a mysterious Greek magician. Given sanctuary by an ancient esoteric sect, glimpses emerge of what might be happening. But it is only in his final, climactic encounter with the vessel of light that understanding comes. In finding answers to the riddles of his own life, he is confronted with the greatest questions of existence and forced to make a fundamental choice as to the future.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Intriguing, enchanting; Star Pilgrim is a genre-defying novel. Its dreamlike quality is enticing but also challenging, since the narrative is peppered with intellectual surprises and an exciting breadth of spiritual ideas. Its plot has unexpected twists and its characters are at once both strange and familiar - each eccentric personality offering us insight into facets of ourselves.
I was interested to note (on the back cover) that the author leads retreats. Finishing the book, I felt as though I had just been on one.
I was interested to note (on the back cover) that the author leads retreats. Finishing the book, I felt as though I had just been on one.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
In Star Pilgrim, Simon Small skilfully entwines the two genres of gripping fiction and spiritual reflection. I both wanted to find out what would happen to Joseph and also what enlightenment I could experience through this story. It's a thick book and one could be forgiven for assuming that the subject matter would make it a tough read but it does not! I read it over the course of two days and didn't want to put it down. Simon's beautiful writing style and his genuine understanding of the subject matter make this an easy yet profoundly altering read.
Open Star Pilgrim and you will find your way to the universe within and without, too!
Open Star Pilgrim and you will find your way to the universe within and without, too!
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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If Virtue `is the attempt to pierce the veil of selfish consciousness and join the world as it really is' (Iris Murdoch) then Star Pilgrim expounds it to perfection in a most powerful spiritual and intellectually satisfying way. It is the story of a journey (what else?) that transports the reader from a present-day England redolent of William Blake's Albion complete with its own dreams and visions through a fascinating series of sojourns before returning to `home'. The journey is described in three threads: the geographic, the intellectual and the spiritual, but the most significant and paradoxical element is the concept of `home' to which all three threads return. `He had never left Home. The deepest truth of who he was still danced in love with its source, as it had from the beginning of time. Nothing else was possible. The created could not leave its author. This book does, however, work on so many levels: like Pullman it moves effortlessly from action adventure to considered science fiction to a most intelligently contemplative dimension that it defies simple appreciation.
Anamnesis - literally loss of forgetfulness - also plays a very significant part in the story - `[He] knew in that moment of anamnesis that something with roots deep in the past was coming to fruition, through the present, into the future and that he was at the centre of what ever it was. For a few seconds the sense of hidden purpose to his life felt overwhelming'.
Simon's characters are all life-enhancingly wonderful and totally convincing. They, as does the entire story, have a strongly positive and optimistic quality - not a Panglossian optimism of the ego but much more spiritual in nature; ordinary people drawn into acts of great courage and tenacity by circumstances that they wouldn't have chosen but simply accept as their lot and with the support of disparate strangers who join the action because they choose to.
Whilst nothing is new, there is always someone out there who can take a timeless concept (truth) and express it in a way that is new, fresh and possibly in the spirit of the zeitgeist of the day in order to communicate such timeless truth to many out there who are - unbeknown to themselves - waiting for such revelation.
Anamnesis - literally loss of forgetfulness - also plays a very significant part in the story - `[He] knew in that moment of anamnesis that something with roots deep in the past was coming to fruition, through the present, into the future and that he was at the centre of what ever it was. For a few seconds the sense of hidden purpose to his life felt overwhelming'.
Simon's characters are all life-enhancingly wonderful and totally convincing. They, as does the entire story, have a strongly positive and optimistic quality - not a Panglossian optimism of the ego but much more spiritual in nature; ordinary people drawn into acts of great courage and tenacity by circumstances that they wouldn't have chosen but simply accept as their lot and with the support of disparate strangers who join the action because they choose to.
Whilst nothing is new, there is always someone out there who can take a timeless concept (truth) and express it in a way that is new, fresh and possibly in the spirit of the zeitgeist of the day in order to communicate such timeless truth to many out there who are - unbeknown to themselves - waiting for such revelation.
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A story about a pilgrim for pilgrims
I once read a poster which said "I learned all I need to know from watching StarTrek", a little far fetched I know, but great truths and ideas are often conveyed to us through... Read more
Published 13 months ago by D. L. Chambers
star pilgrim
A fiction pseudospirituality book packed with topical, cheap ideas. Extremely boring and poorly writen. I would not recommend it.
Published 14 months ago by cervantes
Swept me along!
I was hooked from the first few pages. The characters were well-described and I was mesmerised by their stories. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Ms. J. D. Fletcher
Quite extraordinary
In my whole life, I've never been so inspired by a book as I was by Simon
Small's "Star Pilgrim". A magical, wondrous story that re-enchanted the
world for me. Read more
Small's "Star Pilgrim". A magical, wondrous story that re-enchanted the
world for me. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Robin Gunnell
First and foremost a great story
I was initially attracted to this book by the Celestine Prophecy tag and it certainly lived up to expectations. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Patricia Maggio
Pretty Astonishing
A great read and a fascinating insight into the mystical and philosophical origins of the world's great faiths. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Barry Groess
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