Seth Mullins
draws upon the great sweep of human soul-journeying to weave his tales. He's
inspired by music, shamanism, dreams and the mysteries and miracles of our
inner life. His greatest love as a writer is for fiction that depicts a journey
towards self-awareness in the deepest sense.
"Probably
the most valuable thing that I learned throughout my spiritual journey in this
life is the importance of trusting in one's self. Many of our cultural lessons
encourage us to ignore or even fear our inner reality. And yet it is this realm
that really does hold the answers to all of our questions, and can point the
way towards the most fulfilling life experiences possible for us."
Mr. Mullins has lived in Maine, Connecticut, New Mexico, Oregon and Vermon
Humanity's Way Forward - my website
The Edge of the Known by Seth Mullins - my blog
"What
Casts the Shadow?" (The Edge of the
Known) on Amazon
Blurb:
A
troubled young rock musician, a mystic mentor, and a generation of lost souls
longing for a new voice to emerge from thewilderness...
When
an altercation outside of a performance venue nearly proves fatal, Brandon
Chane begins to realize how far his life is spinning out of control. His
efforts to channel his pain, frustration and thwarted loves into his music may
not suffice to save him. Then he meets Saul, a crisis counselor with the soul of
an ancient medicine man, and a far-reaching journey of healing - one that may
teach him how to steer away from the very edge of the abyss - begins.Excerpt:
An Air of Pilgrimage
Now it was all deepening. We merged with a river born of
magic, myth and the dreams of all those who’d gone before us. I turned to my
right and saw some violets casting off glints of tiny light like flecks of
stardust. All at once, everything in existence was being created in every
moment.
“It’s the light that can’t be extinguished!” I shouted. “I
understand now!”
It’s easy to say such things when you feel all of Creation
communing with you; easy, too, to assume that the other people around you will
understand your sense of euphoria. And yet in actual fact Tommy did shout
“Yes!” from his place at the vanguard as if he knew exactly what I was talking
about.
And just like that, our whole holy pilgrimage south flashed
across my inner eyes: the distances, the pockets of heart warmth and of
emptiness, the strangers met and the intimacy of the music that we’d ushered in
to their stomping grounds. My imagination deified our trusty travelling van,
transforming it into an ancient Egyptian Solar Boat that had borne us across
the heavens of Vision so that we could spread our gospel of every human being’s
Divinity.
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14 comments:
Thanks for hosting!
Nice Excerpt! I hope to read this book.
Thanks for the giveway!
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These wild epiphanies on the narrator's part occur while he and his band are enjoying a wild night out on the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Thank you for visiting and commenting, Valerie :)
Thank you, Isabel, for hosting me!
Hi Seth :) so...what was the biggest inspiration for What Casts a Shadow??
Hi Andra :) Well, I think the best I can do is narrow it down to two: Music, and the inward journey that we all take in life. I was someone who always felt like I perceived things differently from a lot of people around me. That meant that, among a lot of other things, the 'answers' that the world had to offer didn't really satisfy me; I had to search deeper for my own 'truth'. A lot of this was channeled into my character Saul, who serves as Brandon's mentor.
And Brandon channels his experiences into his music. I drew on a lot of years' experience of my own for this, writing songs, performing, navigating all the dynamics within a band, etc. I know how it feels when the words and music reach people and also when they fall on deaf ears. So, I thought I was in a good position to write a story about a struggling artist, and the fulfillment and love that he discovers along the way.
Thanks for the prompt. I'm realizing how I could go on and on about all this! ;)
It's a fun blurb!
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I liked the excerpt!
Fascinating excerpt and concept for this story.
Thank you :) I was glad to have a concept that allowed me to draw upon my experience both as an adolescent and an adult, that could somehow mix the wisdom of age with the reckless adventure of youth.
Thank you again for hosting me. I enjoyed the interactions here today. :)
Adding links to authors other sites are great.
An interesting excerpt.
Sounds interesting
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