Despite living in a dystopian castle, Luna has always had a rich inner world and believed in magic. When a colourful sunbird arrives to sing outside her window, Luna asks it to join her on the windowsill if it wants to show her that there is another world waiting for her outside the castle. When it does, Luna runs away into a whirlwind wonderland full of quirky surprises, a world where anything is possible.
Following a woman named Star, who is rumoured to be a witch, Luna seeks the answers to the mysteries of life. Her path takes her burlesque dancing at The Steampunk Saloon, as well as wandering deep into the forest to meet a bearded lady in the Cave of Curiosity, each space offering its own lessons. Through every twist and turn, she continues to seek the utopia she believes to be out there somewhere.
Luna's path to truth is not only filled with adventure, magic and possibility, but also with deep disillusionment for the reality she had known before.
Choosing the truth of her soul over the comfort of safety is Luna's battlefield toward a new reality, and the New World she has created.
What did I think?
Merkaba is an unusual book that is part informative and part fantasy. It's interesting and easy to read whilst also being dreamlike and ethereal at times/
There are seven chapters representing the seven chakras and each chapter starts by explaining what that chakra is and how it relates to our day to day life. It is then followed by a story with that chakra as its theme. I'm not really into chakras and body energy so I enjoyed the fantasy story part of the book more than the information sections.
I have to say that Merkaba is incredibly well written; I didn't even realise that English wasn't Maridi Jooste's first language until I read the author's note at the end of the book. It's also a very personal story for Maridi so I appreciate her sharing it with her readers.
I didn't expect to get anything out of the book so I was surprised to find myself highlighting particular sections. One that particularly resonated with me was about loving your neighbour and how you need to have love within yourself in order to do this. I mean technically you can love other people while still hating yourself but for me it's putting value on that love and why should someone accept your love when you don't even value it enough to give it to yourself. It's certainly food for thought.
Merkaba is a thought-provoking and enlightening book that might just surprise you, even if you're not interested in spiritualism. For anyone with a keen interest in body energies, then it's a must-read.
I received a gifted ebook for the Love Books Tours bookstagram tour and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
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