In a Time of Magic

ISBN-13: 9780993747212 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 252 str.

Arnold W. Porter; Peggy Hansen; Susan Breiddal

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In A Time of Magic is a tale of wildness, transformation and sexuality. On the tranquil Gulf Island of Vasquez, off the coast of BC, Ryan and Selene struggle to meet the challenges of returning to the land, opening to love, experimenting with sexuality, and learning from ancient spiritual traditions. Through exquisite description, the author captures the magical natural beauty of the island that shapes their transformation. This story will speak to anyone who has ever wondered what it would be like if they didn't have to follow the rules. In a Time of Magic explores the sexual, spiritual and ecological sensibilities of the seventies, a time of experimentation with mind altering drugs and open relationships. A time out of which came-through emulation or avoidance-much of what we value today. Ryan having recently graduated from university is caught up in the back to the land movement and learning to live on a small homestead. On a trip to Vancouver Island he meets Selene, a smart, beautiful, astrologer who is travelling north to Canada in her old Hillman Minx. When they get snowed in together, she turns Ryan's world upside down, introducing him to a magical, rather that logical, way of living in the world. Their life together is beautiful and Edenic at first, but becomes increasingly complicated as Selene pushes the boundaries of their relationship. Torn between his desire to support her freedom and his fear of losing her, Ryan begins his slow transformation. Several months after Selene leaves the island, Ryan gets together with Maya. In the midst of this new relationship, Selene re-enters Ryan's life in a surprising way. Later in life, with the fire and confusion of youth long behind them, Selene and Ryan meet again and learn where there lives and beliefs have taken them.