Mutant Message Down Under

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Summary: Compelling, enlightening, empowering and simply wonderful.
Review: This book is a compelling revelation of the responsibilities that Human "Mutants" must re-discover. I found this book to be joyous, sad and frightening. Joyous in the discovery and explanation for some experiences that I could relate to on this journey, sad for the people that might not ever receive this message and frightening in the realization of the hidden truth, that we are so afraid to see.

Those whom have been given the gift of this reading, have been opened to an awareness that entails a great responsibility. I am hopeful that we are on a path to recognizing the true purpose of our being and making the changes in our lives necessary to provide the universal oneness that is meant to be.

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Summary: Story true; author writing AS fiction to protect tribe
Review: This is in response to the previous customer reviewers who make reference to the book being fiction. The author says in the introduction (page xiii of the paperback edition): "This was written after the fact and inspired by actual experience. As you will see, there wasn't a notebook handy. It is sold as a novel to protect the small tribe of Aborigines from legal involvement. I have deleted details to honor friends who do not wish to be identified and to secure the secret location of our sacred site." I take that to mean that the events recorded really did happen.

Very inspiring book. It's hard to imagine a life so simple and so beautiful.

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Summary: Patterns from the Past into the Present
Review: Mutant Message is too congruent and at the same time too far from our normal span of knowledge to be fiction.

It is the story of an ancient priesthood, which has kept the whole of the world in equilibrium so far, and has finally decided that we the mutants have gone too far. The decision? To pull out (have no more children, die out, stop working - turn up somewhere else in eternity).

In a last act of love they call in a Messenger to pass the message onto the world at large. Marlo's account challenges you to rethink whether everything about the present day is "Good because it is Modern", and frighteningly hints at the implications for ignoring it.

This isn't the first message of this type. Alan Ereira's "Heart of the World" has the same message, this time from South America.

Anyone know of any other books of the same theme? Who is there left? Africa, India, China, Tibet, Russia, Polynesia may all have ancient priesthoods.

If the review checker reads this bit PLEASE give me some ideas of where to look, books to read (or how to compose the Search to find them) (sneaky I know but my only hope)

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Summary: a great read!
Review: The best book I've read in my life. Her message is so pure and true. Everyone should read this book! It should be required reading before you are aloud to live a happy life. I didn't want it to end, I wanted to join her on her journey.

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Summary: Touching and thought-provoking
Review: I have only read this book once, but I know that I will read it and refer back to it many times! I was touched and amazed with the lifestyle of the aboriginies. It was so simple yet there was nothing missing. The people described in this book were the most considerate, pure, and spiritually aware that I have ever heard of or encountered in my entire life. I feel that because of this book, I am more able to keep what is really important in life into perspective, and I highly reccomend it!

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Summary: Absolutely riveting.
Review: What an amazing story. Even if it is fiction, I was thoroughly spellbound. I wonder how many people, not just women, could have survived such an ordeal. I gave the book to at least 6 different people to read, all told me that they loved it. I would love to know what has happend to the author since the book was published.

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Summary: This book will change the way you think.
Review: I've recommended this book to almost every person I know. I've lent Mutant Message to so many people , I have lost track of who has it. Read this book and you will be different. The author recounts her (fictional?) travels on walk-about throught the outback with an Aboriginie tribe. They do not speak English and she does not speak their language. They do communicate. The lessons that she learns are priceless and timeless. I can not stress this enough... READ THIS BOOK!

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Summary: An inspirational message for us all
Review: This book is one of the most entrancing and inspirational books I have read. I first read it 3 years ago and have gone back to it repeatedly, sometimes reading it in whole and sometimes in part, whenever I needed a little inspiration and grounding in my life. The messages and themes it conveys carry over into all our lives today, and we can all learn by it. Whether it is fact or fiction is irrelevant, it is the message that counts. I have recommended or given this book to many of my friends and without exception they have been as entranced by the book as I was. I can't recommended it highly enough to you.

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Summary: Interesting book, all depends on your view of it.
Review: This book is a neet story, but I agree it is a little hard to swallow as an actual event. I was confused by the beginning where she prints a disclaimer, but I think this was done in order to give her more leeway in the relaying of the story. I don't know how she could make this all up, but I am still foggy on the details that she does provide as not fitting together very well. If you just read it as a story, there is much to learn from the message and it is beautifully written. I think we'd all like to believe there are still people like the Real People on earth somewhere.

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Summary: An interesting use of "true fiction."
Review: Inside the front flap of my copy of "Mutant Message" it says, "Mutant Message Down Under is the fictional account of the spiritual odyssey of an American women in Australia."

On page xiii of the same book it says, "This was written after the fact and inspired by actual experience. As you will see there wasn't a notebook handy. It is sold as a novel to protect the small tribe of Aborigines from legal involvement. I have deleted details to honor friends who do not wish to be identified and to secure the secret location of our sacred site."

The key words here are "fictional", "inspired", "novel", and "deleted details."

If you were paying attention at all, by the time you started reading the actual story, you should have dropped all pretense of this being a factual account and settled in for a not-so-cleverly disguised attempt at using a rather tired out literary device called "real fiction."

You've seen this before. This is the stuff that always starts out with something similar to, "The following fictional account was inspired by actual events." For all of the interesting and varied takes on this book listed here, it is surprising to me that more people didn't pick up on the use of this (overused) marketing device in this instance.

But, when topics like how we live our lives and "Divine Oneness" (aka, God) are involved, human nature dictates that most folks will look past the obvious and charge headlong into ad hominem debates about what is fact or fiction, right or wrong, who is culpable, and who is being exploited.

After reading this book, I find it fascinating that so many people are expressing anger or injury at Morgan's (albeit plebeian) attempt to share a few simple insights with the New Age inclined readers out there that might find them enjoyable.

As for the any Aboriginal peoples that are angered by the book, I say, "Child, please!" This woman's fictional account/cum marketing stunt did more for the plight of Aboriginal peoples the world over than any work in recent memory (as a cultural anthropologist and well-traveled documentarian, I can personally attest to this). By crying foul about her benign and very complimentary (though clearly and admittedly fictional) comments on your culture and using it as a soapbox to scream from, you guys are doing just what she is doing, you are cashing in on the book.

Some of us, at least, are fooled by neither Ms. Morgan or you.