THE EAGLE’S VIEW – FIVE STEPS TO MODERN MYSTICISM

The Eagle’s View – Five Steps to Modern Mysticism, Paddy Fievet, Ph.D., Cloverhurst Publications, High Point, NC, 2017, 272pp, $14.95

This is book three of The Modern Mystic Series. If you’ve read the two previous books, you are aware of Dr. Fievet’s method of teaching. It’s less like a “lesson” and more like an interaction between you (the reader) and Dr. Fievet. 

        The inspiration for The Eagle’s View came when Dr. Fievet sat at an outdoor theatre in Belgium, watching golden eagles soar. “I intuited their mystical potential, understanding completely why Native Americans consider the eagle to be a messenger from the Great Spirit.” But her elation at watching the eagles was short-lived as she realized “Instead of embracing their innate story…they had been conditioned to move only short distances … The eagles had been conditioned to forget their innate, mystical potential for living a joyful, spiritual life.” She goes on to say, “With an eagle’s view, I wanted to learn how to rise above the chaos in my life and in society all around me.” And in this book she shares what she learned.

        The five steps are:

1)       Awareness – Where am I? 

        What are our beliefs, our attitudes, thoughts and feelings? If our self-perceptions create our reality and our beliefs foster our experiences, how do we divest ourselves of these illusions? 

2)       Identity – Who am I?

        Can we find the divinity within ourselves? Can we release who we think we are? 

3)       Expression – What is my purpose?

        What is our soul purpose? What are our talents, desires and experiences, and how can expressing them manifest our Soul Purpose?

4)       Spiritual Artistry – How will that happen?

        What is our version of God? How can we utilize Intuition, Manifesting and Oneness to find our divine connection and find guidance? 

5)       Love – What is love?

        The goal of our spiritual path is Love. 

        It all sounds so easy, doesn’t it? For some, it is. For others, we have to really work at it, and with Dr. Fievet’s inspiration and explanations, we can do that.

        There are exercises for each step, and if we are prepared and willing to do them, we can achieve our goal to become Modern Mystics.

        Dr. Fievet doesn’t sit and talk; she takes us on a wonderful journey as we learn. We journey to Ireland, Egypt’s Great Pyramid, Auschwitz and Malta, but that’s not where the answers lie. They lie within each one of us. 

        The Eagle’s View is a dynamic book, and if you are ready to find your Soul Purpose, delve into its chapters, take the steps, follow the path. Be willing to experience. Be willing to trust.

- Tod Merklin