Shirley Maclaine's book-And a question

[Andrea Innes-Michailov]

Hi Jane,
Did you live at Findhorn?

Andrea

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> From: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage [mailto:GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU]On
> Behalf Of Jane Engel
> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 7:09 PM
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> Subject: Re: Shirley Maclaine's book-And a question
>
>
> Have debated as to whether I'll get into this discussion about Shirley
> Maclaine and her book on the Camino (I've not read the book but
> listened to
> the tapes of the book) and like many who've commented, I found some of her
> ideas in this book a little annoying and in the realm of fantasy. However,
> Preston made a statement which has hooked me out of lurkdom and into
> responding:
>
> >Shirley wanted to be a rich famous movie star and now she
> doesn't want to take
> >responsibility for the notoriety that goes with it.
>
> In the early 80's I met Shirley Maclaine when she came to the community
> where I was living in Scotland and she gave a talk then. She was (at least
> at that time) very down to earth in all she said (I don't remember if she
> mentioned her past lives but I don't think so!) and told us that
> she really
> felt her acting and dancing talent was given to her specifically so that
> when once she wrote a book about her spiritual ideas and understanding,
> people would read it because she was famous. And I think many people who
> would never have given any thought to the possibility of past lives or
> "guides," or other spiritual topics she's written about since her first
> book "Out on a Limb,"  have indeed done just that. After all, whether or
> not any of us agrees with her pronouncements, just think how many messages
> Shirley Maclaine and her ideas have generated here in the last
> few days!  I
> have no way of knowing if Shirley is unwilling to take responsibility for
> being the personality she is,  but I can only guess at how difficult it
> must be to do anything as personal as walking the Camino, when
> you are very
> famous, and have the press constantly following you asking questions.
>
> On the other hand, Preston, I quite agree with you about Coehlo's book:
> > its funny because even as I was reading Coehlo's book and *not*
> >minding it so much, I had the feeling that a lot of people would
> really find
> >him annoying.  I can't explain why I didn't find it more
> annoying - maybe if
> >only that he did seem to be a little more factual about his
> pilgrimage and
> >he did give those "spiritual exercises" which made it a little
> interactive.
>
> I, too, liked the spiritual "exercises" and had thought it would be
> interesting to do those exercises at approximately the same places Coehlo
> did them during his pilgrimage. In fact, since I wasn't carrying his book
> with me, I forgot all about them while I was on the Camino : (
>
> Jane
>