Turtle Consciousness: the monk the rabbi and einstein - experiential fiction

This story of mutual awareness and communication between the authors and a twelfth century monk, a second century philosopher and a twentieth century physicist, though true to the authors' experience, is offered as fiction in order to sidestep the conventional concepts of the nature of reality and what is perceived as 'truth'. The term 'Experiential Fiction', however, extends beyond the categorization of the material to imply the inherent possibility of the reader's own unique response to, and experience of, the story: in offering an opportunity to suspend logic and push perceptual boundaries to new limits, it challenges as it entertains.

Frances Kavanagh has three daughters, three sons, 2 grandsons and two granddaughters. She is a hypnotherapist with itchy feet who divides her time between Canada, England and Germany.

Kerwin McLeister lives in eastern Germany. Originally from Canada, he has worked for many years as an astrologer, journalist and teacher. When not reading, writing or teaching, he dives into his pots of paints and gives full reign to inspiration and spontaneity. He has an academic background in English and ancient Greek literature and has studied in Canada, India and Germany.