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Summary: For fans only
Review: Marianne Williamson, lecturer on metaphysics and spirituality, turns her attention to romantic love in Enchanted Love: The Mystical Power or Intimate Relationships. The book is in thirteen chapters with titles such as "The Enchanted Sea" and "Of Space Captains and Angels." It also contains poems and prayers by the author. One of Ms. Wiliamson's earlier books, A Return to Love, explained some of the principles of A Course in Miracles as they relate to issues in daily life. A Return to Love was a very clear, well written book, that I have enjoyed reading at least five times over the past few years. Unfortunately I found Enchanted Love something of a disappointment. It lacks the organization around clear topics that one finds in A Return to Love. Enchanted Love contains some very good paragraphs, but the book often seems like a not very interesting assortment of preachy pronouncements. Although some of the author's statements are explained with examples, others are simply uttered, and one may well wonder "Is that really true?" or even "What does that mean?" We are told, for example: "I once heard Pat Allen say that men produce into women's appetites. Men are by nature producers, and one of the things they produce into is female desire. From our sexual lives to our emotional lives, that is an archetypal pattern of great beauty and significance." I do not have the vaguest idea who Pat Allen is. I have never before heard the verb "produce" followed by the preposition "into." I cannot imagine what "produce into" means, but "producing into" certainly does not sound like a pattern of beauty to me. Perhap there are circles of people who know of Pat Allen and who speak of "producing into appetites." Who knows? I don't. One wonders what sort of editorial process the book went through. Ms. Williamson writes, "Marrieds and singles are constantly sending telepathic communications to each other. There is a constant conversation everyone knows is there, but which few dare to verbalize." I was unaware of such constant telepathic communication. Is it really taking place? Although some of the author's poems and prayers may serve as worthwhile meditations, some are quite banal. One poem, for example, contains the line "Your issues are more interesting now." Is that poetry, or merely the sort of psychobabble one may routinely hear at twelve-step meetings? Fans of Ms. Williamson may find that the book contains some interesting material and food for thought. For those unacquainted with Ms. Williamson, I would recommend A Return to Love, but not Enchanted Love.
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Summary: Love this!
Review: Marrianne Williamson's work is both real and honest. Rather than couch things in a concepts that are alien or extremely religious, she talks to you about the realities of existing. Of how things will not always be easy, about how you will lose your way, and honestly how to see people clearly. Growth is messy, it's not neat, maturity is not easy, nor is spirtiuality delicate work, but with assistance from a tape like this you can see yourself clearly and how to bridge yourself from concept to human to spiritual being.
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Summary: Love this!
Review: Marrianne Williamson's work is both real and honest. Rather than couch things in a concepts that are alien or extremely religious, she talks to you about the realities of existing. Of how things will not always be easy, about how you will lose your way, and honestly how to see people clearly. Growth is messy, it's not neat, maturity is not easy, nor is spirtiuality delicate work, but with assistance from a tape like this you can see yourself clearly and how to bridge yourself from concept to human to spiritual being.
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Summary: Enchanted Love: TheMystical Power of Intimate Relationships.
Review: Ms.Willamson is going to take a lot of heat for this book. First of all, people have a tendancy to lean toward the familar. Gone is the benevolent, spritual face with the modest shoulder length hair that she had on the cover of A Return To Love, in it's place we see a retro '80's Pat Benetar look on the cover of Enchanted. Her prose is beautiful, even metaphysical, at times. But, there are times when her musings are downright sexist. The lady that said a relationship should'nt be based on the size of a wallet now says she needs to cared for like a "Mercedes" or a "Jaguar". One thing is for sure. This book will seperate the men from the boys, and, the girls from the women, because you're either love this book unconditionally or you're going to hate it immensely.
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Summary: Possibilities
Review: My utmost praise for her wonderful prayers and letters. My highlighter had to work overtime because I read the book non-stop and was struck by so many lines. I bought this book on one of my most trying days. I have never read her books and took a chance on this. I'm glad I did. Her book gave me hope that my concept of a relationship is indeed possible. She inspired me to look deeper into myself and start writing about my anger, my feelings. Of all the books i've read, this is the only one that made me finally understand how we can truly find forgiveness in a relationship.
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Summary: I think they missed the point...
Review: Oh, you silly willies! She says in the introduction that "ENCHANTED LOVE" is a collection of prayers, meditations, and little more than her own impressions about love - it's not a "book" in any sense of the word at all - and she didn't mean it to be. It's instead sort of an intimate evening at home discussing romantic love with Marianne. She's just sort of free-associating at times - and if this works for you, great! If not, well, there are plenty of "how to" books out there. This is a great book, if you're willing to "forget logic. Forget your head. Open your heart, and come with me," as she writes in the frontispiece. And I think the dedication is VERY classy!
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Summary: Love is real, Enchanted Love is Fabulous!
Review: Once again, Marianne stretches my mind and makes my heart sing on the subject of Love. With her upside down (according to the world view) approach, I am reminded that those incredibly connected moments with a significant other that I had thought were the exception are but a promise of what can be. Awesome prayers and poems!
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Summary: Only MW Fans will like this one!
Review: Only fans of Marianne's work would like this book. The "stream of consciousness" style is irritating. If an author has something to say, then why not state it plainly? Granted, prayers often have an improvisational quality, but an entire book of prayers mixed in with the author's own stream of consciousness "insights" leaves me wondering if this work was completed just to complete another book, or if there was inspiration behind the rhetoric. Some of the male-female "relationship" ideas were also a bit curious. I wouldn't think that an enlightened woman would feel she needed to keep a man interested by playing "games" rather than attempting honest and straightforward communication....Have the ideals of the 60's women's movement disappeared in the 90's woman? From reading this book, you would think so.
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Summary: pg 130+ pat allen plug i like
Review: sorry m.w. your "return to love" is commited to my memory so i thought you left the best parts of that out. i am just not mushy enough for this one.
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Summary: Truly a gift to those in love
Review: Thank you Marianne for this beautifully eloquent expression of real and deep love. My husband and I read this book together and from page one we were amazed at how truly you captured the experience of true, romantic love. For those of you looking for a "how to" book on love, I agree with your reviews that this would have missed the mark for you. But for those of us out there who are blessed with the gift of being in an enchanted love, it was amazing to see on paper what it is most times impossible to ever find words to describe. Your book touched my husband and I tremendously and reminded us that we indeed have been given a gift from God in each other and the heights of love that we are able to experience. It is also a reminder to us both that the love we share is something we should never dare to take for granted or treat lightly. Enchanted love is rare and when we are chosen and blessed in this lifetme to experience it, it is to be cherished. For those of you who read this and didn't quite "get it ", then my guess is that your beloved has not yet entered your life. When they do, you will know it, and then re-read this book. I guarantee you it will be a totally different book for you the second time around and will touch your heart as much as it has mine and my husband's.
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