“Any attempt at peace must be attended by a knowledge of self;rdquo; discovers writer and photographer Mikkel Aaland; who grew up with a bomb shelter for a bedroom; in terror of nuclear war. At the height of the Cold War; Aaland finds himself drawn into a mysterious Shinto priestrsquo;s plan to save the world. Traveling from Norway to the Philippines; Iceland to South Africa; he places pieces of a sacred Shinto sword in key power spots around the world. Along the way; he comes face to face with his deepest childhood fears of war and destruction; encounters the compelling and mysterious Shinto religion; struggles with the uncertainties of love; and learns to face life with an open heart.The Sword of Heaven tells the extraordinary true story of a journey in which all boundaries are pushed—geographical; cultural; and personal—and in which the healing of the world and the healing of one man appear to be inextricably linked.
#622923 in eBooks 2009-07-02 2009-07-02File Name: B0038LB4R6
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