Shirley Maclaine's book

[Andrea Innes-Michailov]

Thanks for backing me up Lois,  I figured a woman would come to my rescue at
any moment.  Though I am sure there are men out there who believe in past
lives.  Speaking of which I also saw Brian Weiss, in NYC a year ago.  I have
have immensely enjoyed his work.  He is a good one to bring up because of
his traditional training/upbringing and the story of his own awakening to
past lives.  The story of that patient delivering the message from his dead
son still brings chills to my spine.  I almost signed up to train with him
at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck but then the World Trade Center was
attacked and I lost motivation for a while.  Now I study NLP and will
eventually do a training with him down the road.

But anyway,  thanks for the list of other books to check out.  Looks like I
have just begun my reading list.

Andrea

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage [mailto:GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU]On
> Behalf Of Lois Karner
> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 12:45 PM
> To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
> Subject: Re: Shirley Maclaine's book
>
>
> Yes, I have read Shirley's book and enjoyed it.  I will not pass
> judgement on the past lives section since last night I went to see
> Brian Weiss http://www.brianweiss.com  in New York City.  <grin>
>
> I was visiting Paris two years ago in April.  It was a wet day.  I
> decided to stay in and chill out.  CNN was on TV in the background
> and Larry King was interviewing Shirley Maclaine about her book.  I
> stopped and listened, that's how I first learned about the camino.
> Thank you Ms. Maclaine if you lurk on this list.
>
> Spending a great part of our life in Brazil I just "had" to read
> Paulo Coelho's book to find out why so many Brazilians follow him
> along the camino.  Paulo's story is different to Ms. Maclaine's but
> is also interesting.
>
> David M. Gitlitz and Linda Kay Davidson's book "The Pilgrimage Road
> to Santiago: The Complete Cultural Handbook" is thorough but oh! I do
> wonder about carrying it in my backpack on the camino.  What do I
> leave out of my backpack to allow me to carry this book?
>
> At the moment I am reading "Following the Milky Way: A Pilgrimage on
> the Camino de Santiago" by Elyn Aviva (2nd Edition).  Although I am
> only at page 20 I am enjoying this book immensely.  On their first
> day from SJPP Elyn (Ellen) makes you ache with her and want to pick
> up her backpack and carry her load.  I think I am going to "love"
> this book.
>
> I purchased all book from http://www.amazon.com
>
>
> >Well, I forget that other people may not like Shirley Maclaine's
> past life
> >theories.  I have read a few of her other books and myself
> believe deeply in
> >the possibility.  That aside, I gain inspiration from her
> experience on the
> >Camino, especially when her friend goes and she is left alone.  I can see
> >that that will be very scary for me personally as I am doing the Camino
> >alone.  I was relieved to see that she was afraid too and even cried.  I
> >thought, well if she can manage it so can I.  But I also see
> from her book
> >that there is a real community available when needed and at the
> same time a
> >respect for privacy.  She also gives some nice history about the road
> >itself.  I guess we all have our own belief systems and reasons for the
> >journey.  Perhaps first is to respect ourselves so that we may not feel
> >threatened by the differences in others.  I admired her doing the Camino
> >from beginning to end and staying in the refugios despite her notoriety.
> >
> >Andrea
> >
> >>  -----Original Message-----
> >>  From: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage [mailto:GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU]On
> >>  Behalf Of Andrea Innes-Michailov
> >>  Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 10:37 AM
> >>  To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
> >>  Subject: Shirley Maclaine's book
> >>
> >>
> >>  I have just started Shirley Maclaine's book on her Camino.
> It's fabulous!
> >  > Has anyone else read it?
> >  >
> >  > Andrea
> >  >
>