Jalamanta: A Message from the Desert - Hardcover

Anaya, Rudolfo A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0446520241 ISBN 13: 9780446520249

Publisher: Mysterious Pr, 1996

Synopsis

Exiled for thirty years in the desert for preaching ideas subversive to the government, Jalamanta returns to his village to share his insights into nature, love, and the fate of humanity, despite the repressive regime that will do anything to stop him. Tour.

About this title

About the Author:

Rudolfo Anaya is a professor emeritus of English at the University of New Mexico.

From Publishers Weekly:

Anaya's preachy New Age parable is a sharp departure from the yeasty realism that won him a large readership for novels like Bless Me, Ultima and Alburquerque. Wise, gray-haired, cotton-robed heretic Jalamanta, returning from 30 years of politically enforced exile in the desert, rejoins his faithful wife, Fatimah, and attracts new followers with his teachings. He urges listeners to pursue the "Path of the Sun"?to meditate, love one another, revere the Earth and find a path of their own choosing. According to Jalamanta, we can fill our souls with the light of the "First Creation" and evolve toward a higher consciousness. Inevitably, he clashes with the "central authorities"?who promote militaristic dogma, established religion and cynical manipulation of the masses?and brings down the wrath of Benago, their chief inquisitor. Jalamanta's pronouncements freely synthesize Christian, Hindu, Islamic, Buddhist, Native American, gnostic and shamanic traditions to present a universal message of fellowship. Like all lofty sentiments, these become somewhat platitudinous with repetition. Author tour.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Mysterious Pr
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0446520241
• ISBN 13: 9780446520249
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 194