Description
'Cosmic Leap' is the second volume of 'Saba's Choices' picking up where 'Mother Lake' left off - Saba, a charismatic shaman gifted with amazing powers, is from a fisher tribe living in forested isolation around the great eel lake and northern coast of Ireland. She is rescued from a perilous attack and becomes the lover of Fion, the headstrong leader of a Bronze Age clan. Inspired yet haunted by her partly Inuit ancestry, Saba incurs tribal jealousy and hatred. The dynamic which involves Saba, Fion and an exotic array of personalities in devastating conflicts for power and gender domination, is imbued with the primal psychic energy of a harsh and earthy age. If like them, we combine our outer and inner perceptions of a more than human world, the mysteries come alive as in dreaming, where the boundaries which surround the 'self' are dissolved; could Saba help humans elsewhere choose dreams of rapport with the greatest force of life. This seminal epic of Old Europe spans the Newgrange and Maltese temple rituals, Akkadian, Kretan and Eastern cultures. Those who enjoyed Jean Auel's Earth's Children series should find 'Saba's Choices' an enthralling read.
About the Author
Haidee Belshaw was born in Northern Ireland and was educated by Quakers in Lisburn and at St Columba's College Dublin. Subsequently he graduated in Mental and Moral Science at Trinity College Dublin and is a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute London. He was also a founding co-director of Eurotek (Ireland) Ltd. He has bred Aberdeen Angus cattle, hatched and farmed the native oyster in Ireland and Scotland and raised ornamental poultry; on the African birds, he wrote the only comprehensive book in existence, 'Guinea Fowl of the World'. He is married with six children, and has lived for many years in the Wicklow hills from where he and his wife worked and travelled extensively. Their chief interests lie in the natural world, human pre-history, psychology and mythology. 'Cosmic Leap' is the second instalment of 'Saba's Choices'. Part one 'Mother Lake' was published earlier this year.
Reviews
"Haidee Belshaw clearly has an impressive knowledge of ancient mythology, and provides enormous detail about the ceremonies and beliefs of a number of cultures." - HNS Reviews
Book Information
ISBN 9781781322673
Format Paperback
Page Count 234
Imprint SilverWood Books Ltd
Publisher SilverWood Books Ltd
Series Saba's Choices
Weight(grams) 349g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 13mm
About the Author
Haidee Belshaw was born in Northern Ireland and was educated by Quakers in Lisburn and at St Columba's College Dublin. Subsequently he graduated in Mental and Moral Science at Trinity College Dublin and is a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute London. He was also a founding co-director of Eurotek (Ireland) Ltd. He has bred Aberdeen Angus cattle, hatched and farmed the native oyster in Ireland and Scotland and raised ornamental poultry; on the African birds, he wrote the only comprehensive book in existence, 'Guinea Fowl of the World'. He is married with six children, and has lived for many years in the Wicklow hills from where he and his wife worked and travelled extensively. Their chief interests lie in the natural world, human pre-history, psychology and mythology. 'Cosmic Leap' is the second instalment of 'Saba's Choices'. Part one 'Mother Lake' was published earlier this year.
Reviews
"Haidee Belshaw clearly has an impressive knowledge of ancient mythology, and provides enormous detail about the ceremonies and beliefs of a number of cultures." - HNS Reviews
Book Information
ISBN 9781781322673
Format Paperback
Page Count 234
Imprint SilverWood Books Ltd
Publisher SilverWood Books Ltd
Series Saba's Choices
Weight(grams) 349g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 13mm
