Mutant Message from Forever: A Novel of Aboriginal Wisom

by Marlo Morgan

Book Overview

Following her modern classic and worldwide bestseller A Mutant Message Down Under, Marlo Morgan's second novel is a tale of self-enlightenment about aboriginal twins separated at birth and the search for roots that reunites them from opposite sides of the globe.

Message from Forever is an incredibly moving story in which the power of purity, acceptance, and openness transcends injustice and degradation, directing is to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060930268
• ISBN13: 9780060930264
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Australian Aborigines and their Wisdom for 'Living Life'

This is a GREAT book! I learned so much about a group of people that were looked down upon & shunned from society. It's a great STORY with great ideas and reminders of how important music & laughter is to our lives. It's a story of a brother and a sister and how their lives take on different paths. It reminds us to be creative, accountable, helpful, aware of your own inner-energy and MORE. I especially liked the importance of OBSERVING versus JUDGING. So many people are 'judged' these days by what they say, what they wear or how they look. I strongly recommend this one...it's better than a lot of books out there!

Mutant Message From Forever

Marlo Morgan's second volume is captivating by its sheer, simple beauty right from the first page. I thought her first book was entertaining,educational and haunting. I enjoyed this one even more; it is quite different, though the lessons similar. I am happy to note that the "civilised" world is finally coming around to those ancient truths. I found the scene of the twin's birth absolutely breathtaking and glorious - what a way to begin a book! Throughout the book it seems clear that the two are destined to meet again and I almost dreaded the "cliche ending" I felt was bound to come. I was wrong. I could not have imagined a better and less expected ending. Brilliant! BRAVO! I plan to read this book again some day and have just obtained the first book so I may re-read it. Whether you read this as fiction (as some claim) or truth (as most believe) - it matters not. The spiritual messages are clear, true, universal, sound, loving and beautiful. Is that not what matters most?

Back to basics

There are so many truths in the book it is more than a one time read. The spirituality and logic of the Aboriginal teachings are profound in their simplicity. It is a shame our past cultures could not learn from one another rather than destroying the Aboriginal and the Native American ways of life. Very soul searching and rewarding. Riveting story, perhaps a bit didactic in places, but I was ready for the lessons when they were delivered.

"Message From Forever" is a Gift

Dr. Darryl Pokea l998I begin writing this review in the moment of having finished reading, "Message From Forever" by Marlo Morgan. The gentle process of transformation and return to what we really are is renewed and refreshed for me in reading this work. The book emphasizes the reverence and respect we are to show for ourselves and others. Throughout the story, we are reminded that each of us is guided in our path by the Creator if we let ourselves. For many of the characters, replacing fear with the courage to trust Oneness, models the Guidance available to each of us as we let go of fear. When we despair by separating, this work of fiction "re-minds" us of the connection we have with our Self, one another, and the Creator. Through this literary vehicle, Marlo Morgan captures the process of recovery from woundedness, the joy of real healing, and genuine transformation that we all eventually find.So many of the paradigms that we have wrestled with from the past in these changing times are dissolving because of their failure to bring about peace of mind and heart. Even the least bit of contemplation, brings us to the realization that something is out of balance in the way we treat one another, the earth, and all the diversity within Creation. "Message From Forever," not only raises consciousness of the imbalance, but assist in looking at the many paths that can heal and transform our species towards healthy equilibrium.One cultural paradgm illustrated in the book, is the assumption that the Aborigines, "needed to be rescued from, 'themselves'." This assumption is still made towards Native Americans and other cultures. We not only judge cultures, but we judge one another. We each have known others who do not accept us because we do not think or behave according to their expectations. Throughout the book, the Aborigines are respectful and reverent of the many talents in each human being. They respect each person's decision to express those talents, or even change and express different ones any time of their life. This is in contrast to Western culture which suggest only one career or talent for an entire lifetime.As illustrated in the book and throughout history, prejudice, which is motivated by deep underlying fear, leads to attempts to compartmentalize people and hinder the multi-dimensional expressions of the Creator possible in all of us. These mind-sets can easly be disguised as "trying to help" others that are "misguided", "unfortunate", or as a "menance" to our culture. The mind-set can consciously, unconsciously, and intergenerationally be passed on until the fear is resisted and replace by courage. Paradoxically, we may need works of fiction to disarm our egos and defenses so that we are "rescued" from the illusions of ourselves.The Story places the highest value in trusting emotions. This is illustrated in the story where the Aborigines teach that we are to use all six senses, including intuition. Even more profound through

ONE OF THE VERY BEST BOOKS I'VE EVER READ

A FICTION BASED IN FACTS. KEEP AN OPEN MIND. READ "MUTANT MESAGE DOWN UNDER" YOU'LL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THIS BOOK. I'VE SHARED THESE BOOKS WITH MANY FRIENDS WHO HAVE FOUND A LOT OF INSPIRATION AND GUIDANCE FROM THEM.