Raiders of the Lost Spark

Doreen Virtue’s book rank among my favourites – although I’ve ready and thoroughly enjoyed Healing with the Fairies, Angel Medicine, and Goddesses and Angels, I had yet to read their prequel, The Lightworker’s Way. Virtue shares many intimate details of her life growing up and describes her upbringing within the Christian Science tradition, the social struggle to “fit in” during her adolescent years, and her eventually journey to become a writer – one with a pan-spiritual view (blended of Christian Science, Religious Science, Eastern mysticism and spiritual principles). I certainly do not agree with all that Virtue proposes, but I have the utmost respect and admiration for her unwavering trust in herself – something which I certainly aspire.

Quotes

I have heard all of these before, but reading them again was a wonderful treasure for my mind – sometimes the memory just needs a little jog.

“So in life, some enter the services of fame and others of money, but the best choice is that of these few who spend their time in the contemplation of nature, and as lovers of wisdom.” – Pythagoras (570-490 BCE), “The Father of Philosophy”

“The Way out into the light often looks dark, The way that goes ahead often looks as if it went back.” – Tao Te Ching

“Life is something spiritual. The form may be destroyed; but the spirit remains and is living, for it is the subjective life.” – Paracelsus (1493-1541), alchemist and physician

“If spirits really exist, and if we all live in One Mind; and if mentality can communicate with mentality without the aid of the physical instrument, then spirit communication must be possible!” – Ernest Holmes, founder of The Church of Religious Science and author of The Science of Mind.