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Summary: A Woman?s Spirit Quest is Told with Humor and Understanding
Review: Earth, the Forgotten Temple is an account of canoeing through unknown waters, crewing aboard a stranger's sailboat, trekking through wilderness and sleeping alone beneath stars. The Church of the Great Outdoors delivers to the author an eagerness to embrace the natural world as she moves away from the usual comforts, conventions and confines in a personal quest for truth. Loaded with emotional baggage of feelings of abandonment, resentment and rejection, she works through that burden traveling alone in the wilderness and on the seas to an appreciation and acceptance of the beauty of a simpler life. Collins-Queen's quest is clear of mind and full of heart. Her tale is told through a happy, funny and amazing series of personal incidents as she treks about the world finding the path to home and to peace. She writes of spiritual redemption as if it were available to any thoughtful individual willing to let go of cultural demands of success and role-playing. Earth, the Forgotten Temple-A Spirit in the Wilderness-is a pleasure to read.
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Summary: I felt as though I'd taken the trip myself
Review: Earth, the Forgotten Temple made me feel as though I had taken the trip myself. I really enjoyed the descriptions of the wilderness and animals - they became very visual to me. It was good to be able to experience nature without actually being there.
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Summary: The Book is Wonderully Done!
Review: I could scarcely put "Earth, the Forgotten Temple" down. The book is wonderfully done! I truly felt Niki Collins-Queen's own growth and experiences. The language of spirit is unwritten and unspoken. Every time it is reduced to language it is a translation. My own understanding of her experience is that she learned from feelings and emotions that Spirit gave her in the wilderness. Nature is spirit and speaks to us without the filter effect of words. So I paced myself to the feeling of the book and feel richer for it.
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Summary: The Book is Wonderully Done!
Review: I could scarcely put "Earth, the Forgotten Temple" down. The book is wonderfully done! I truly felt Niki Collins-Queen's own growth and experiences. The language of spirit is unwritten and unspoken. Every time it is reduced to language it is a translation. My own understanding of her experience is that she learned from feelings and emotions that Spirit gave her in the wilderness. Nature is spirit and speaks to us without the filter effect of words. So I paced myself to the feeling of the book and feel richer for it.
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Summary: Wonderfully Moving
Review: I recently finished reading the book Earth, The Forgotten Temple. I found it a fascinating story. The tale of her sailing really held me, and I could almost feel the rocking of the boat and the spray of the sea as I read her accounts. The canoe trip through the Everglades sounded so refreshing, even as it was a challenge. I'm glad she wrote this book. Too many people forget that the Earth was our first temple, and it will be our last. I love the reverence for nature that this story has inspired and I've found myself looking for more of the spiritual in the natural world since reading her book.
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Summary: A wake-up call for our age!
Review: Niki Collins-Queen expresses for me what I have not been able to put into words for myself. Her quest for the spiritual meaning underlying our existence is an inspiration for all of mankind. Her fearless living of life on life's terms while seeking the moving, eternal spirit underlying all life is remarkable. It offers the hope that peace, serenity and a oneness with the Great Spirit is available to every human being.
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Summary: A wake-up call for our age!
Review: Niki Collins-Queen expresses for me what I have not been able to put into words for myself. Her quest for the spiritual meaning underlying our existence is an inspiration for all of mankind. Her fearless living of life on life's terms while seeking the moving, eternal spirit underlying all life is remarkable. It offers the hope that peace, serenity and a oneness with the Great Spirit is available to every human being.
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Summary: Finding a Forgotten Temple
Review: Niki Collins-Queen has written a truly enjoyable book. "Earth, The Forgotten Temple" touches the reader on at least three levels:* It's informative - Niki tells you just enough background information about her experiences to both give you an understanding of her situations and to teach you about different topics; like apartheid, backpacking and wildlife. * It's entertaining - Living through Niki's adventures with her is truly refreshing and cathartic. * It's spiritually enlightening - Sharing in Niki's awakenings of the awe, power and beauty of nature is a religious experience I suggest to anyone. I found Niki's book similar to the wonderful stories told by Marlo Morgan and Tom Brown Jr. While as a man regularly active the outdoors I delighted in this book, I think both women who have only dreamed about experiencing the outdoors as well as those that currently do enjoy the outdoors will find her book especially empowering.
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Summary: A Journey Worth Taking
Review: Niki Collins-Queen is a licensed professional counselor who lives in Forsyth, Georgia. She is also an author who has written about her experiences communicating with nature. Her stories are collected in her book and take her life from early years to the present. At all times Niki is an adventurer, ready to take on nature with a grin and a dare. She takes risks no sane person might consider and comes out of each and every one of them with knowledge gained. You will enjoy Collins-Queen's stories and will admire her growth. It is a book about life that gives us a chance to learn.
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