It is hoped that the days of fashioning a dust jacket from a brown paper bag and using it on a book such as this one have ended. The subject of being gay is so well researched and documented, it is impossible to understand those who continue to find it objectionable whether from a religious standpoint or from a personal idiosyncrasy. The author understands the mystical path each of us must travel in order to reach the perfection of Nirvana, the immersion into the source from which we came. As daylight flows into nighttime, and nighttime gives way to a new day, there is the inevitable twilight...

The Olde Book Shoppe is a collection of stories about a bookshop on Jackson Boulevard in the City of Chicago. It once flourished until a fire swept the building, taking the valuable collection of old books as well as the elderly proprietor, Morris Liebemacher. Among the books that perished in the blaze was an ancient fairy tale book dating back hundreds perhaps thousands of years. It possessed the magical qualities of providing answers for those who were drawn to this unique volume. Its cover was constructed of the finest leather, etched with a simple gold filigree border around the title,...

Naked before God is a collection of short stories which go to the heart of the conflict the Catholic Clergy encounter in their search for and communication with the Absolute. Among the struggles laid bare is the man-made law of celibacy and the miseries it causes. The internal political life of the Catholic hierarchy is set ablaze with the murder of Pope Phillip Vincenzo Valentini. As the process of selecting a new Pope begins, the first day of the Papacy Conclave is interrupted by a mysterious disincarnate priest who chastises the assembly for their hypocrisies and outlines the vow of...

The inevitable passing of Father Tomas McTavish, the man of whom I write, finally arrived. It was a moment I dreaded but when it came there was a calmness I did not expect. I was not present when the light faded from his eyes but I felt it from afar. A sense of unfathomable love encompassed me at the very moment of his passing which was so profound, adequate words to describe the experience fail me. Tomas spent his life dedicated to the Absolute Creator, but at the very moment of his departure from this plane, his thoughts were of me. No moment in time can be more priceless than this. I was...

J.T. Evergreen began the practice of mystical contemplation at age 14, when the Lutheran church he attended was unable to nurture his soul and its spiritual yearnings, something he calls the Divine Spark within. His Divine Spark glows warmly and brightly in this collection of short stories, filling them with the brilliant spiritual wisdom he has amassed via a lifetime of mystical contact with the Absolute. His myriad characters are compelling, intriguing, likeable and loveable, and his situations and images are thrilling and cinematic. Each masterfully written story is a gentle yet exciting...

The purpose of this book is for everyone's use as a quick daily meditative launching point to face the day wrapped in a kind of sublimity against the often harsh realities of our world. But it is also here for those who are not familiar with what is required to achieve healing of mind and body without the use of material resources. The reader will happily discover that healing and enlightenment go lovingly hand in hand. The mystery surrounding metaphysics and mysticism is dissolved in the simplicity of the techniques used in accomplishing healing. But there is a price to be paid. To achieve...

The first story in the Death of a Pope deals with the assassination of the Pope and subsequent events pursuant to the election of the next Pontiff. The character Father Frederick Monahan appears in seven of the stories in this collection. The prologue on Page 1 tells of his death on the Titanic and subsequent decision to remain on this plane to assist those in need. The remaining stories deal with the archaic and barbaric Canon Law of celibacy, inappropriately foisted upon those priests and nuns who have dedicated their lives to the service of the Absolute, and the unspeakable pain and...