Mutant Message Down Under: A Woman's Journey into Dreamtime Australia

Morgan's much-hyped first novel, a fictionalized account of a "walkabout" s he took in the Outback with a group of Aborigines, gains from the use of au thentic detail, although the storytelling is hindered by the author's heavy New Age agenda and incessant cultural proselytizing. A 50-ish alternative health practitioner from the American Midwest, Morgan was working with unde rprivileged Aborigine youths in the inner cities of Australia when a group of Aborigines offered her a chance to learn firsthand about their culture. Morgan's account of the tribe's customs, healing methods, food-finding tact ics, etc. is absorbing, and her willingness to forgo Western luxuries and t o relish the experience is courageous and touching. Less compellingly, the author claims that she was "chosen" by the Aborigines to tell the rest of h umanity that the so-called "real people" are refusing to reproduce because of the ravages of Western civilization, and that Westerners have a limited time to clean up their act. Morgan's rudimentary writing skills are stretch ed to the limit, and she lessens the power of her story and its egalitarian lessons by adopting the perspective that Western culture is innately infer ior to the naturalistic beliefs of the Aborigines. Still, with its high-pow ered package of New Age philosophy wrapped in an adventure narrative, this book may be the next Celestine Prophecy.

Product Info

ISBN: 1855384841

ISBN-13: 9781855384842

Publisher: Thorsons

Year: 1994

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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