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MERKABAH AT THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE

ARIEL DU PLUME (SANDRA GARCIA)

The identity of the absolute being, is encoded within you.

 

I was nineteen when I had the dream that would change my life forever. I woke up from the harrowing nightmare just in time to escape an imminent violent death. Six months later, I began to experience the cue's to my death. Visions of a spiritual nature were the call of my ascended guide, master Serapis. A tug of war ensued between my questioning sanity and my life's mission. I finally heeded the call that saved my life and embarked on a spiritual mission to relay a message to humanity.

 
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CHAPTER TWO:

A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO SERAPIS

Since the day Serapis first spoke to me, I have been in daily communication with him for just over two decades.

Serapis is the name given as representative of a group of beings, highly devoted to assisting us on earth. The group is complete at three hundred beings. Many of these beings have lived on our planet before. You will recognize them as: Pythagoras, William Shakespeare, Sir Isaac Newton, Leonardo Da Vinci, Plato, Tchaikovsky… to name but a few.    

 The topics of conversation between me and Serapis have generally been geared towards humanity as a whole, and less about me in the personal capacity.

For the past twenty years I have been taking dictation from Serapis and have recorded his dissertations on a variety of subjects. Dominating the subject line is the study of astrobiology. Astrobiology is an interdisciplinary science. It involves the study of evolution, distribution, and the future of life in the universe. Astrobiology uses planetary science; geography; geology; physics; chemistry; biology; astronomy; molecular biology; ecology and the study of sustaining biospheres in their developing systems. 

Serapis’ message to the world:

Brethren,

We are here to support and sustain your development through difficult times. We offer assistance in many avenues. But there is none such avenue as truth. We are not here to relay the conscript of a denominated truth, but rather to explain the concept of truth as an isolated theory. The theory’s applicability has a remarkable outcome that is relevant to you as the structure of design. The designated theory reveals the order through which you consent to a reality, which you call your own. The relevant structure of the ingenious design no longer corresponds to the natural design of life, but as an approach to manage the structure, which is you. Your life is being managed by an operative order, and in succession, it has changed who you are. The purpose of your existence eludes you for this very reason. You do not know who you are. In understanding this phenomenon, you are responsible for the choices you make. In validating truth, you subscribe to the order that does not generate a totality of freedom. It is simply a means to mask the isolated truth, the nature of your being. The assimilating factors are a consecrated knowledge, used to manipulate the design through its very own structure! You are used to manipulate the design that is your very own birthright, and you cannot know your birthright if you do not know the father/mother of your essence. Developing the nature will uncover the resolution of your world. By your very own system will you manage the world that sustains you.  You are the manager of the system, and the earth mimics you. The purpose of this book is to share an evaluative system, so that you may learn to predict the outcome of  projection, through evaluating its source.

 

 

                                         You are mariners on a sea of life 

                                      Unequipped with compass sail or oar

                   You drift aimlessly and at the mercy of the currents of persuasion

                 Via this book you are presented with a compass, sail and rudder

                           So that you may sail by the tide of your discretion        

                                                                 

                                                                                                                            Together, I am Serapis.”

                                                                                                                                        

 

                                                                                                                            

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Famlavan wrote 1118 days ago

THIS IS BRILLIANT IN SO MANY WAYS!!!!
How you have structured this, it's content the theory, everything screems BRILLIANT

Elijah Enyereibe Iwuji wrote 915 days ago

Dear Ariel,


Honestly, no word or statement is enough to qualify your great immaginative but esoteric writing. What an excellent and articulate piece! I love esoteric writings and terminologies, and yours have measured the best I have ever seen here. You have a word vehicle and excellent way of transporting your readers into other planes of existence. The work is one in a million, and awesome indeed. Here esoteric science, philosophy, skill and talent commingled in strong parlance to produce a thunderbolt wisdom kit. Mmmh, I swallows all the delicacies without a twist on my face, a sumptuous appeal. My title to this stuff is: "Don't stop till you get enough. Wish you all the best:-) x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

Elijah E. Yamslaw (THE 419 CODE)

Balepy wrote 1108 days ago

Ariel 'MERKABAH AT THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE' as Simon says "boody hell" - fabulous writing, philosophy and deep thinking. Backed with delight. Well done! Balepy (Freckles the Fawn)

carlashmore wrote 1044 days ago

Very impressive stuff. I can't imagine picking this up in a bookshop but I do believe that would have been my mistake. It reads so fluently. The dream sequence is almost poetic and chapter one maintains the same quality. It's a very hard book to define but it is written with such craft and sincerity I am delighted to back it.
Carl
The Time Hunters

Ma.Ste. wrote 1127 days ago

I have swallowed 'MERKABAH AT THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE' ('the active potential producing the glow of electrons') at one go. The contents appeals to me a lot. Absolutely. Your concepts of truth, memory, recollection, idea, feeling, experience, true projection, relativity, probability of statistics, and paradigms (including the one where the free will is lost) are just brilliant. I admire the description of Your attempts to achieve equilibration and Your 'Matrix'-like trips to the astral reality, especially the one with the platform/plain with the panel of six judges (probably representing the alternative bodies of Your present being, other than the physical body). Your logic is flawless. Feelings lead to thoughts.Sense equals truth. Reluctance is the sign of the fear of deception. Interpretation twists judgement (You pretend to fail to figure out this one initially). Guarantee of justification gives us reassurance in our making sense. Our intuition encourages us to make ('subjetive and unreliable'!) statements (You pretend not to get that one either). I couldn't agree more with Your definitions of the mind, which is 'a circumstantial parameter - source of illusion - the paradigmatic association to truth - a form of static electricity (with the placement value of this ingenuity: 111) - the capacity for the intention'. And the 'true source of projection' IS 'a dynamic interference - conclusion'. The only notion that does not fit in the line of Your thought is 'chaos'. But it is Order and not chaos that is the predecessor of change. Implementation of Your 'Manifestation Protocol' would not make any sense if it was subject to any accidental and unjustified interruptions. Although comparing the course of life (of humans, other beings, planets, suns, etc., as I presume) to a game of Scrabble may sound intriguing at first, a more thorough consideration of this issue must evoke serious doubts and many questions, such as: Are we the lettered tiles or do we arrange them? Or both? If we are the lettered tiles, then who 'forms words from us? In my opinion, Order does not need any opposite. It only needs our cognition. Order is not just one of the forces and energies forming and undergoing the relativity of the physical dimension, like yin and yang. Order is beyond the relativity. And when we say that chaos is necessary to balance Order, just like evil to make good more appreciated, our words eventually come true. As always. But only for our minds and bodies. Not for the Universe. Not for the Truth in which 'we are ONE (Omnipotent Never-ending Experience)'.

patio wrote 355 days ago

Your short pitch promise an interesting read. I'll turn the pages soon

Ariel Du Plume wrote 675 days ago


Dear Andi,
Thank-you, yes, I see you are right in your observations. Thank-you for taking the time to point these out. You have been very helpfull.

Thanks again!
Sandra

Hi Sandra,

First, thank you SO MUCH for backing Animal Cracker. Your support means a lot to me right now, as I try to stay on the desk till the end of the month.

Yours is a very unusual work. I'll confess it's not the sort of thing I read, but I was glad to have the opportunity to experience something so special.

I don't feel qualified to address the content, so I'll stick to the writing, which is overall very good.

You get a lot of momentum going right from the start. We can palpably feel her fear, although I did find the first paragraph overly long.

I am a big believer in the writer's maxim "show, don't tell," and I found some "telling." for example, you don't need to say "I am petrified and running for my life," and in fact, I think that statement takes the reader out of the running in fear experience. You "showed" us her fear very powerfully - no need to "tell" us too. Another example of telling - describing the neighborhood as having an "upbeat atmosphere" really doesn't say much. How about "the neighborhood had a funky charm, with boutiques selling inexpensive jewelry, comfortable coffee shops, and mid-priced Italian restaurants." And I wanted to know about those phone calls! Were they sexual? Threatening bodily harm? If you want us to know why they're so afraid, you need to show us.

Some of your imagery is terrific. I especially liked "legs like lead jelly."

I also found some odd word choices and grammatical errors. These slow the reader down, and take her out of the story, and you don't want that. "selection" of languages isn't quite the right word "comprising" the red and white dress, and "placated" each other are two more. And I saw breath instead of breathe.

I think you're a skilled writer, and I hope you can make this as strong possible. I wish I could be more helpful with other aspects of the book, but it's beyond my ken.

Thanks for considering Animal Cracker. And of course I wish you tons of good luck with your work.

Regards,
Andi Brown

Andi Brown wrote 675 days ago

Hi Sandra,

First, thank you SO MUCH for backing Animal Cracker. Your support means a lot to me right now, as I try to stay on the desk till the end of the month.

Yours is a very unusual work. I'll confess it's not the sort of thing I read, but I was glad to have the opportunity to experience something so special.

I don't feel qualified to address the content, so I'll stick to the writing, which is overall very good.

You get a lot of momentum going right from the start. We can palpably feel her fear, although I did find the first paragraph overly long.

I am a big believer in the writer's maxim "show, don't tell," and I found some "telling." for example, you don't need to say "I am petrified and running for my life," and in fact, I think that statement takes the reader out of the running in fear experience. You "showed" us her fear very powerfully - no need to "tell" us too. Another example of telling - describing the neighborhood as having an "upbeat atmosphere" really doesn't say much. How about "the neighborhood had a funky charm, with boutiques selling inexpensive jewelry, comfortable coffee shops, and mid-priced Italian restaurants." And I wanted to know about those phone calls! Were they sexual? Threatening bodily harm? If you want us to know why they're so afraid, you need to show us.

Some of your imagery is terrific. I especially liked "legs like lead jelly."

I also found some odd word choices and grammatical errors. These slow the reader down, and take her out of the story, and you don't want that. "selection" of languages isn't quite the right word "comprising" the red and white dress, and "placated" each other are two more. And I saw breath instead of breathe.

I think you're a skilled writer, and I hope you can make this as strong possible. I wish I could be more helpful with other aspects of the book, but it's beyond my ken.

Thanks for considering Animal Cracker. And of course I wish you tons of good luck with your work.

Regards,
Andi Brown

Annastaciasimon wrote 754 days ago

Hi Ariel,

This..is so deep! To be honest, I find it almost too mind dazzling, but I dont think one is meant to read this lightly. To understand - and to benefit, I feel the need to stop and digest, process.. but at this stage all I can say is, wow, what an experience. I will eventually finish it - and once I have, Ill be able to review you better. Thanks for pushing it my way :)
Anna

Alexander French wrote 759 days ago

Hi Ariel

I enjoyed your first chapter, but I feel it needs a re-write.

Think of some of the things you've written:

You have a "desolate" street. Does this make sense?

You have a mannequin which stares "inanimatedly" How else could a mannequin stare?

You have legs that are turned to "lead jelly" Does that make sense?

You fail to put a capital letter on "God"

You fail to put a hyphen in "adrenaline-rushed"

These are all minor points but they would put a potential reader (and a potential editor) off your novel.

Please share this first chapter with a friend. I'm sure he (or she) would agree with the points I have made.

Hope this helps.

Alexander French

Intriguing Trails wrote 780 days ago

MERKABAH AT THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE.
Fiction, 1st person.

A remarkable piece of literature, very professional, polished and entertaining.
Publish it!

Raechel
Echo

Writenow wrote 797 days ago

ch 1 this is a great opening to what promises to be a great book. but a few points on style. the opening is fast, dramatic, but the prose lets it down a bit. you need short sharp sentences, with few adjectives, and qualifiers. the manequin can only stare inanimately, so is irrelevant. oddly unable to shake off the dream? it's scary. I wold expect her to be shaken, for the memory to grab hold of her. How did craig react to the dream?was he scared, or try to tell you it was nothing? did you forget the dream or merely put it to the back of yoru minds? What happened to your friends? were they scared? did anything happen to them? Great hook to end the chapter with.

Davej wrote 870 days ago

Sandra

My thoughts on your book. Please take with a pinch of cliche, a dash of "sod off you unpublished writer!" and a smattering of "that's as much use as a turnip to a mechanic."

Chapter 1

The dream I like, the amount of "i was doing this...I then did this...I then did something else...etc" was a little wearing. Try not starting so many of the opening sentences with "I..."? Anyway, liked the dream sequence, liked the waking, but try and separate the six months more convincingly....it just seems like you rushed it. Either use

* * *

as a break, or write it more into the telling...you decide.I would also do this for the dream awakening. Don't use the boldface...tell it more convincingly. I like the end of the dream, start the next sentence simply with the wakening?

Timescale...you cannot use six months later, then two weeks later, then a week later. It confuses the reader as to what time reference they are using...I would use something like half a year passed and I ..., then follow with, two weeks after getting my job I...etc.

The rapist story is well done. It adds the hook to the reader and the final hook has them for the next chapter.

Chapter 2.

The first thing that stands out is the change of font to Ariel...I actually prefer it to Times Roman...but then you change back in chapter 3? I would just use the same font...but italics. Serapis' message...hmmm. It's a bit longwinded for me. I would shorten considerably as it loses the reader, and then finish it the same way with the short lyrics...which was nice.

Chapter 3

I would combine this with chapter 2 and have Seraphis opening with his statement, before then explaining who he was, who had been like him in the past etc. Then I would go into the dialogue of chapter 3. I think it would read better and make the reader flow easier from chapter to chapter.

Summary so far:

You have the ability of a story teller, that is obvious. What I would do now is read what others have put...then go to a trusted friend and ask their opinion.

Then choose the way you want the book to read.

It's your voice and only you can tell the story...so use these comments with the above disclaimer. Anyway...You're backed and starred(no I will not tell you how many!). If you want me to comment on further chapters send me a message...otherwise you are well within your right to tell me to sod off.

DJ-The Lost Cactus

ClaireLouise wrote 898 days ago

Hi Ariel, this is so well written I feel as though I could finish it in one sitting! I've backed and will read more later. Thought provoking, clever and I think we can all relate to that terrified feeling of waking from a nightmare when your body feels weak and your mind disorientated. Cracking stuff!
Please take the time to read Curious Cooper and the Screaming Skulls if you can.Its a childrens fantasy story but adults seem to be enjoying. I'd be grateful of any comments and support.
Very best wishes, Claire

child wrote 914 days ago

Merkabah at the Centre of the Universe - A reader, not having read the pitch, might be excused for believing this book is a crime thriller. Chapter one begins with an extremely well written passage full of panicked, heart-thumping terror experienced by a young girl being chased it would seem, to ultimate and possibly final, harm. A nightmare of such intensity must surely have an impact that would be remembered but it would seem the dream is not just a premonition that appears to have been well founded, it is a vehicle that has had greater significance to the author. Fluently written throughout the three chapters read, I would put this in the category of a philosophical work on spirituality. Serapis does not provide answers to questions and why should he? To do so would take away the ability of an enquiring mind determined to search using clues that are given. The only criticism I have to make is that Serapis' appearance is rather stereotypical but this does not detract from the author's message, which many will find enlightening.

Child - Atramentus Speaks

Elijah Enyereibe Iwuji wrote 915 days ago

Dear Ariel,


Honestly, no word or statement is enough to qualify your great immaginative but esoteric writing. What an excellent and articulate piece! I love esoteric writings and terminologies, and yours have measured the best I have ever seen here. You have a word vehicle and excellent way of transporting your readers into other planes of existence. The work is one in a million, and awesome indeed. Here esoteric science, philosophy, skill and talent commingled in strong parlance to produce a thunderbolt wisdom kit. Mmmh, I swallows all the delicacies without a twist on my face, a sumptuous appeal. My title to this stuff is: "Don't stop till you get enough. Wish you all the best:-) x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

Elijah E. Yamslaw (THE 419 CODE)

Telegraph wrote 917 days ago

A awesome read. We are captured in your dream of realism whether fact or fiction The dream is real and speaks with a poetic voice of solitude and violence. Tarrant

Linda Lou wrote 922 days ago

MERKABAH AT THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE-Arial de Plume
hullo Sandra. Taking a second peek with the new system. it has been said before,the mind is a powerful thing. have a great day! LLL

Laith Doory wrote 925 days ago

I've taken another look at your book after a distended period of time and have come to the same conclusion. I really think this book should start at Chapter 2. Not that there is anything wrong with Chapter 1, but it just doesn't feel like a part of the whole. It feels like the beginnings of a novel rather than an introduction to this work of non-fiction, and perhaps should be put aside as the start of a completely different work.

This is very much the kind of book I would read and shall be reading more of it when I get the time. It reminds me of the works by the founder of theosophy, Helena Petrovna Blavatski and the Qabalist, Dion Fortune.

Hope this has been of some benefit,

Laith

zan wrote 931 days ago

MERKABAH AT THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE

ARIEL DU PLUME (SANDRA GARCIA)

A lot of food for thought in your writing Ariel. You explore so much as you use your imagination to entertain some of the issues/ideas/concepts which have overwhelmed man throughout his existence - and I am sure will continue to do so. This is a piece which must be read in doses in order to savour and digest its value so it's on my shelf for now and star-rated but I will come back to it in due course. All the best with it.

stoatsnest wrote 979 days ago

I have read three chapters. Serapis speaks in an elliptical way, so this requires a fair amount of concentration to understand. I hall return to it later.

PATRICK BARRETT wrote 988 days ago

Rivetting as truth or as fiction. The standard of writing is high and the intrigue is complete Just a few nit-picks, "Gage" should be 'guage' and 'Shinning' should be 'shining'. You should do really well with this book. Paula Barrett (Cuthbert-how mean is my valley)

CarolinaAl wrote 1001 days ago

A lively philosophical discourse that should be read and debated. Engrossing. Convincing. Thought provoking. Confident writing. Backed.

Elizabeth Wolfe wrote 1007 days ago

Dear Ariel,
Really nice dream sequence in the opening chapter. I feel the MC's panic and fear. It's a good ending to the chapter, with the transition to the voice. Nice job!

BACKED
Elizabeth Wolfe (MEMORIES OF GLORY)

Eunice Attwood wrote 1008 days ago

Beautifull written. I had an encounter with Serapis Bey many years ago. I am happy to back your book. Eunice - The Temple Dancer.

Elizabeth Wolfe wrote 1017 days ago

Dear Ariel,
Really nice dream sequence in the opening chapter. I feel the MC's panic and fear. It's a good ending to the chapter, with the transition to the voice. Nice job!

BACKED
Elizabeth Wolfe (MEMORIES OF GLORY)

Please excuse the following message if I’ve already sent it to you. Sometimes I get confused! Thanks.

Here is your chance to get a double backing. My friend, homewriter, and I have similar taste in writing and trust each other's judgment. Back my book and leave it on your bookshelf. Then do the same for his, "The Harpist of Madrid." Once the backings register, he will give you a return backing guaranteed. Just let him know in an email that you've backed my book as well as his. You might have to be a bit patient as we're 6 time zones apart. But you'll have two backings guaranteed on your excellent book. Of course, comments are always welcome too!

nsllee wrote 1021 days ago

Hi Ariel

This is fascinating. I must say I find it hard to believe all this stuff, but you certainly make a convincing case. Backed.

Nicole
Chosen

Andrew Burans wrote 1033 days ago

Your first person narrative voice resonates with authenticity, as it should, since this is your true story. Your spiritual journey, as you descibe it, is facinating, compelling and informative. Your descriptive, straight forward writing makes your work a most pleasureable read. Backed.

Andrew Burans
The Reluctant Warrior: The Beginning

Kav wrote 1035 days ago

Strong writing in this spiritual journey.

Larry789 wrote 1036 days ago

An impressive beginning, a solid character, who grows with the story and through his guides, the Serapis. Still reading, glad to have backed.

Jodi Louise Nicholls wrote 1037 days ago

This is not my genre, but I can back it on the merit of its writing, which is superb. I wish you the very best with this.

Kind regards,

Jodi
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mvw888 wrote 1038 days ago

The writing here is polished and well-paced. I was intrigued with your pitch and like the idea in general. However, I wasn't really drawn in until the third chapter. I heard once that agents/editors hate to see a book that begins with a dream, or with someone waking up, and I always thought: what's the big deal? Until I started reading hundreds of opening chapters here. Now when I see a book that starts with a dream, I just want to skip over it. The same with the second chapter, where you get into historical background...I don't know, maybe I'm just lazy today but I just wanted to skip over. The third chapter, where I felt I was dealing with actual experience and a person...well, that's where I wanted to start. Obviously, you are a talented writer with a certainty of how you want this to be told. Just my impressions but I did enjoy it!

---Mary
The Qualities of Wood

homewriter wrote 1039 days ago

I thought the frantic pace of the journey through the dream in ch.1 was fantastic. A highly original story that had me totally gripped. I absolutely must return for more! Good luck and best wishes, Gordon - The Harpist of Madrid

Ceeds wrote 1041 days ago

Oh, the dream was so creepy! Really nicely written. happily backed. all the best, carol

sianbanks wrote 1041 days ago

Hi Ariel - this isn't my genre but it's definitely an interesting read from a quick look at the synopsis and first chapter, i'll be back for some more, happy to back

Sian Banks

Rakhi wrote 1044 days ago

The beginning completely captured me and I had to go back and check to see if this was non-fiction. Your pacing is wonderful and I kept reading on. Your write with simplicity and honesty and I often had to pause and think. This is a book with a wonderful discovery of life, and the reader does that discovery along with the protagonist, which makes it more powerful and believable.
Backed earlier.
Rakhi (Sir William...)

lamiel wrote 1044 days ago

Ariel, this is an ambitious metaphysical exercise. Do you have a solid background in physics? (if you do it should appear in your bio...it would offer more credibility). If you don't , how were you able to understand the terminology? and consequently transcribe this channelled info without confusion? As a reader it would be interesting if that aspect of questioning, hesitation,doubt etc (outside the guiding sessions) was dealt with in more detail.

Since your "spiritual mission is to relay the message to humanity" remember that most of humanity has a 5 minute attention span. Even if it means doubling the word count in an effort to vulgarize with more breathing space, the message deserves it. If it took you twenty years, the reader needs more than 2 hours of intense reading. The last chapter which is a summary needs "light".

You have an inquisitive mind and an able pen. I backed "Merkabah..." because I enjoyed the read (though I didn't fully grasp everything) because spirituality as a phenomenon, not as belief / faith, fascinates me.

Thanks,
Miguel
Absentee Bidder

celticwriter wrote 1044 days ago

Hi Ariel, firstly, thank you for backing LONDON. Secondly - wow! What a way to grab attention via your synopsis. You captured me, and I wanted to jump into your journey and follow your story path. Nice! Looking forward to reading it all.

sincerely
jim

carlashmore wrote 1044 days ago

Very impressive stuff. I can't imagine picking this up in a bookshop but I do believe that would have been my mistake. It reads so fluently. The dream sequence is almost poetic and chapter one maintains the same quality. It's a very hard book to define but it is written with such craft and sincerity I am delighted to back it.
Carl
The Time Hunters

Daniel Manning wrote 1046 days ago

I'm curious to find out what shape or form the structure might take in the end so for that reason ' Merkabah at the Centre of the Universe, has my backing.
Powerfull stuff
Daniel Manning
No Compatibility.

Johanna Kern wrote 1048 days ago

This is just FANTASTIC!

What a truly amazing read (and story)!

Much love,

Johanna

Despinas1 wrote 1048 days ago

Your opening pitch, "The identity of the absolute being, is encoded with your", is magnificent, powerful and full of intrigue. I have backed this novel with the utmost pleasure, and look forward to reading.
Helen

BillBooker wrote 1049 days ago

'Communications' originating from the art of the universe, the art of the mind (so often filtered and compartmentalised by 'science'), when they are transcribed with as little re-interpretation as can reasonably be expected, are remarkably consistent in essence. The use of language with its consensually agreed structures takes us to the heart of the matter: communication. Semantics. Semiotics. Syntax. Here we also have to interpret the transcendent/immanent (Aristotelian/Stoic) connotations. There is an existential and theological dialogue happening here, too.

One thing: thought precedes emotion or emotion precedes thought? Or both as the possibility of 'either/or' processes? Or simultaneous occurrences?

The imagery described is, I believe, part of what comprises and facilitates the semantic structure and has a cultural bias – no less useful for that, providing that this aspect is understood.

The use of the name 'Serapis' is curious. The origin of this deity is obfuscated by various conflicting accounts in the writings of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. The name is possibly derived from a conflation of 'Osiris/Apis'. There is even some evidence that the worship of Serapis and Christ were interchangeable. Was this out of confusion, intent or some other, possibly political, urging? Of course, the use of the name in this instance could be derived from the writer's subconscious mind on a purely cultural level or as the nearest approximation to what is 'heard' in trance, as is often the case.

Given the subject matter of this writing it is, perhaps, inevitable that readers will compare it with Coelho, Castaneda, (even Capra), Monroe etc. What individual readers can gain from studying this account depends upon how much effort they are willing to put into it. It offers an opportunity to examine one's own inner systems of understanding: logic, perception, awareness, cognizance, conceptualisation, communication etc. In short, to evaluate (or re-evaluate) the big question(s) of existence and meaning.

While solipsists will believe this to be 'nothing but' the outpourings of the author's unconscious, ontologists and epistemologists will, at least, find some grist for their collective mill. To apply rationalism to these writings would hardly be appropriate unless it is used in the internal sense or in the process of interpretation.

Ariel de Plume (Sandra Garcia) writes, 'The manner in which Serapis spoke always made me feel dizzy.' She adds, 'Transposing his dialogue would mean that the reader can't experience him by the way he intimately expresses himself. By attempting to transpose his communications to a contemporary and reader-friendly format, I run the risk of misinterpreting what he intends to say.'

Unfortunately, Serapis' oblique statements are equally open to (mis)interpretation.

A couple of examples of Serapis' teachings serves to illustrate this (with apologies to the author for using these quotations out of their fuller context). The first is Serapis' somewhat flippant answer to her question 'Where am I?'

'Where you are, is at the engine of the lost paradigm. A paradigm infiltrated by statistics that consent to the human nature as the statistic of an operable design. A paradigm lost is a world in which the free will is lost. Yet the human unaware of his condition, is unaware that this paradigm performs at his request, under a consolidated notion that is not yours, but of statistic that replaces the free will?'

The second appears to be a comment on his 'logism game' – see just three of the statements (below). Ms Garcia is asked to 'aim to see the logic behind the statement'.

'Any salient probability is to invent the probability of statistic. The continuity of thought, for instance, reflects the onomastic (naming) representative, thus allowing you to concede thought. The influence on design structures your capability to put influence to thought. Thought as subjective beginning, acquires the notion of consent, to which you apply rationality. Before you inquire further, let us reflect together on the precipice of the inflatory design to which you hold cue.'

Three statements, below, from the 'logism game' with the author's interpretations.

'Reluctance is a sign of deceit.'
'I translated this one to read: unwillingness is a sure sign of deception, and the logical interpretation would be: if you are reluctant to do something, it is because you fear deception. So if you feel reluctant, it's a sure sign you are going to be deceived.'

'The thread of interpretation miscarry's [sic] judgement.'
'I would have to make this one more manageable, so I chose to re-evaluate it as: The continuation of thinking loses verdict. I could not find the logic in this statement, so I elected to say “pass”, like in the game shows on television.'

'The indemnity of rationale carries the sense.'
'Simplified: The guarantee of justification carries the sense, meaning that if you are guaranteed a justification then you are sure to make sense'.

In conclusion: a unique account containing much food for thought (not withstanding interpretation).

Backed.
William J Booker, Trippers.

Owen Quinn wrote 1050 days ago

Epic, awesome, breathtaking, thought provoking, true, heaven breaking, wonderful

A.P. Constantin wrote 1052 days ago

Fiction or non-fiction, does anyone care? Well-written and an enjoyable read into the human condition.

Backed with best wishes.

A.P. Constantin

The Crystal Butterfly Club

andrew skaife wrote 1052 days ago

HI Ariel. Absolutely not the sort of book I would normally go for so I appraise the writing alone which is superb.

Disregarding the context, your prose is beautifully structured and your painting of imagery is gorgeous. I am very interested in cultural beliefs and the values that each individual herald at their centre. Having a degree that involves psychology and sociology has led to the understanding of difference. I can accept all of that.

Regardless. This, as a piece of writing, is fantastic and deserves the BACKING.

Good luck. Cheers.

Desta the Book wrote 1053 days ago

Ariel,

Thanks for backing my DESTA.
All the best to you with your book!
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Owen Quinn wrote 1068 days ago

Very thought provokong, i will continue but so far, I like what I have read.

andrewvecsey wrote 1086 days ago

Your depth blew my mind

Balepy wrote 1108 days ago

Ariel 'MERKABAH AT THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE' as Simon says "boody hell" - fabulous writing, philosophy and deep thinking. Backed with delight. Well done! Balepy (Freckles the Fawn)

A Knight wrote 1112 days ago

This is an incredibly gripping beginning, breath-taking and awe-inspiring.

Backed with pleasure.
Abi xxx

DMR wrote 1112 days ago

It is very easy to become immersed in Merkabah at the Centre of the Universe.. the reading just read so.. well.. real, in some way.. I guess every sentence is speaking your truth, which is absolutely magical.. I'm so glad I came across your novel quite by accident, Backed and best wishes!
Diane
Good Blood

Marija F.Sullivan wrote 1113 days ago

Enjoyed the spiritual journey in the opening chapters and backed this book with pleasure.
Cheers, M
- Weekend Chimney Sweep
- Sarajevo Walls of Fate

Famlavan wrote 1118 days ago

THIS IS BRILLIANT IN SO MANY WAYS!!!!
How you have structured this, it's content the theory, everything screems BRILLIANT

Ma.Ste. wrote 1127 days ago

I have swallowed 'MERKABAH AT THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE' ('the active potential producing the glow of electrons') at one go. The contents appeals to me a lot. Absolutely. Your concepts of truth, memory, recollection, idea, feeling, experience, true projection, relativity, probability of statistics, and paradigms (including the one where the free will is lost) are just brilliant. I admire the description of Your attempts to achieve equilibration and Your 'Matrix'-like trips to the astral reality, especially the one with the platform/plain with the panel of six judges (probably representing the alternative bodies of Your present being, other than the physical body). Your logic is flawless. Feelings lead to thoughts.Sense equals truth. Reluctance is the sign of the fear of deception. Interpretation twists judgement (You pretend to fail to figure out this one initially). Guarantee of justification gives us reassurance in our making sense. Our intuition encourages us to make ('subjetive and unreliable'!) statements (You pretend not to get that one either). I couldn't agree more with Your definitions of the mind, which is 'a circumstantial parameter - source of illusion - the paradigmatic association to truth - a form of static electricity (with the placement value of this ingenuity: 111) - the capacity for the intention'. And the 'true source of projection' IS 'a dynamic interference - conclusion'. The only notion that does not fit in the line of Your thought is 'chaos'. But it is Order and not chaos that is the predecessor of change. Implementation of Your 'Manifestation Protocol' would not make any sense if it was subject to any accidental and unjustified interruptions. Although comparing the course of life (of humans, other beings, planets, suns, etc., as I presume) to a game of Scrabble may sound intriguing at first, a more thorough consideration of this issue must evoke serious doubts and many questions, such as: Are we the lettered tiles or do we arrange them? Or both? If we are the lettered tiles, then who 'forms words from us? In my opinion, Order does not need any opposite. It only needs our cognition. Order is not just one of the forces and energies forming and undergoing the relativity of the physical dimension, like yin and yang. Order is beyond the relativity. And when we say that chaos is necessary to balance Order, just like evil to make good more appreciated, our words eventually come true. As always. But only for our minds and bodies. Not for the Universe. Not for the Truth in which 'we are ONE (Omnipotent Never-ending Experience)'.