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5.0�toiles sur 5 A story of reluctant shamanism, Janv. 31 2004

Par	OAKSHAMAN "oakshaman" (Algoma, WI United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Sacrament (Mass Market Paperback)

A shaman may not get you out of this alive, but he will get you out whole.

No, I don't think I'm stretching things too far to say that the primary focus of this novel is shamanism. It's all there: a sensitive, "different", psychic youngster; the meeting with spirits in the wild early in life; the NDE that opened him up again in adult hood; "Lord Fox" as power animal and spirit guide; the uniting and healing of partial souls; the recognition of a calling; the helping of dead spirits across the veil; even the philosopher father writing about the boundary between the inner and outer worlds fading away. Even the Domus Mundi, the house of the world, echoes Native American teachings about the great circle of the world, of life. It's all shamanism. The main character of Will Rabjohns is a perfect candidate for this calling, for he already knows what it is like to live on the boundary between two worlds.

On the other hand the character of Rukenau shows the left hand path- the magus who seeks to force and distort natural and supernatural forces to serve his will. It is the difference between he who serves Balance, and he who serves Imbalance.

It took a lot of guts for Clive Barker to write this novel. First of all it lays much of the author's personal life and experience open to the public. Secondly, in writing about shamanism, the vast majority of the general public just isn't going to "get it."

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Want to read it again, D�c 19 2003

Par	varnya "varnya" (pa-nyc) - Voir tous mes commentaires

This review is from: Sacrament (Mass Market Paperback)

One of Barker's best! His views on the ways and nature of the universe are more realistic and well thought out than those in the non-fiction sections!

I want to read it again!

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5.0�toiles sur 5 MY FAVORITE CLIVE BARKER BOOK, Ao� 25 2003

Par	ben (AUSTRALIA) - Voir tous mes commentaires

This review is from: Sacrament (Mass Market Paperback)

The book begins with a character named will rabjons who photographs polar bears for a living, and you begin to think to yourself; "BORING" although this is in fact the building up of suspense for the greatest read you will ever experience. The book is like pulp fiction in the way that not all the story is in one time period i.e. the book begins when he is about 40 then later in the book he is in his childhood and by the end of the book he is back to the age of about 40, this is all done whilst giving the reader an experience like no other book will i.e. it has horror, suspense, dramatic, romantic [the only bad thing in the book], thrilling and supernatural storytelling throughout, the only downside is that there is softcore gay sex in the book which can make some readers turn away in discust, although there is only about two happernings of this in the book and it is worth putting up with for such a great read, I have nothing against gays so the fact that the main character was gay did not bother me although it has bothered many other readers which you will see if you read the other reviews of this book.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Yes, it's worth reading
Writing a review for "Sacrament" is hard, because this is essentially a book without a genre. I found it in the horror section of the bookstore, but it isn't a horror novel, nor... Read more

Publi� le Ao� 23 2003 par Felixpath

5.0�toiles sur 5 The book that made me a fan!
This is the book that made me a Clive Barker fan. The way it combines fantasy elements (the Nilotic creature as a tangible manifestation of the human desire for spirituality)... Read more

Publi� le Avril 22 2003 par Steve M