The Book of Silent Sky [FORTHCOMING]
The Book of Silent Sky
by Jared Kavan Walker
Photography by Jared Kavan Walker
Illustrations by Joseph Uccello
PRE-ORDERS: Q3 2024
ETA: Q4 2024
“Urgov said, ‘Indeed, as you partook in food this evening, I gazed into each one of your souls and prayed, ‘Lord, reveal to me that bread my brothers need to eat, that wine they need to drink, so that they too might become perfected.’ And my Lord spoke to me thus, ‘Intelligence comes from the testimony of the world, but wisdom springs from the testimony of saints; and that testimony is scripture. So, my son, reveal to your brothers that scripture they have yet to hear, but have always known in their hearts.’’”
Of the many genres of world history, myth undoubtedly has had the most influence on culture from ancient to modern times. The Book of the Silent Sky follows in this mythic tradition with a fresh, yet familiar origin story of the cosmos, the creation of man, and the ultimate purpose of life.
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Limited to ??? copies | ISBN: 978-1-989339-30-5
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[TBA]
Limited to ??? copies | ISBN: 978-1-989339-30-5
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Invocation
Prefatory Remarks
Prologue
PART ONE
Chapter I. Before the Beginning
Chapter II. The Making of Worlds
Chapter III. Master Zerah
Chapter IV. The Nation of Lipaj
Chapter V. The Generation of Kings
Chapter VI. The King Whose Crown Shone Without Fire
Chapter VII. The Birth of Bahir
Chapter VIII. Initiation
Chapter IX. Marriage
Chapter X. Bahir’s Vision
Chapter XI. The Incarnation
Chapter XII. The Light Being, Sauntiel
Chapter XIII. Yer, Son of Bahir
Chapter XIV. The Festival of Deliverance
Chapter XV. The Afternoon Meal
Chapter XVI. Meela
Chapter XVII. Departure
PART TWO
Chapter XVIII. The Sillelpeth
Chapter XIX. Tales of Navgor
Chapter XX. Tropical Corpse
Chapter XXI. The Tumatria
Chapter XXII. Seers
Chapter XXIII. War
Chapter XXIV. Returning Home
Epilogue
End Notes & Commentary
Description
Inspired by the teachings of Shelly Trimmer (1917-1996), kriya yoga practitioner and direct disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda (author of Autobiography of a Yogi), The Book of the Silent Sky explores a unified view of reality. A view that both reconciles and synthesizes paradox within spiritual and secular traditions into a single mystical narrative, namely the seeming divide between theism and atheism, and non-duality and dualism.
With prose reminiscent of poetic biblical and Zoharic literature, and symbolism of both Eastern and Western wisdom traditions, The Book of the Silent Sky is an allegory of the aspiring soul’s journey to spiritual enlightenment and understanding of ultimate reality.
While a mythic tale, at its core, The Book of the Silent Sky is a contemplative work and serves as a guide to both inspire and facilitate soul awakening and the liberation of consciousness.
