Adventures in Kinship With All Life [Paperback]

John Allen Boone (Author), Bianca Leonardo (Editor), Henri Rousseau (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1990

ADVENTURES IN KINSHIP WITH ALL LIFE tells heartwarming, inspiring, true stories of the amazing power of extra-sensory perception in animals, of a bond of trust between people and animals of all kinds, and a new and wonderful world of silent communication. Adventures salutes the divinity within all living creatures. In his encounter with Just Joe, his monkey-companion, J. Allen Boone struggles to become the pupil, with the small simian as a teacher whose wisdom is not measured in words, but in his ability to vibrate with life s pulsations. Other characters are horses, gophers, seagulls and two remarkable and faithful dogs, Sally and Bomber. A chapter entitled The Love Compass tells of a mysterious power animals possess. Boone teaches the reader how to learn the silent language and become a master at interspecies relationships. In his thoughtful tales he speaks silently with all forms of life and grows to understand their silent replies. Boone never looked down on animals as lesser creatures; rather he looked across at them as companions in the grand adventure of life. His cultivated mental affinity with nature allowed him to see that everything that lives has something of value to share with us.

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It is urgent that mankind learns, and soon, that our planet is not some kind of giant supermarket with a magical restocking of its shelves. Can we save the planet in time? One step is to appreciate all the species who share the earth with us. Boone, a sensitive and spiritual author, helps us through his books to cultivate this gentle, reverent attitude toward life. --Dave Fagan, the wild animal dentist

"When one's heartbeat is in tune and in time with the universal heartbeat, everything that he meets will want to cooperate with him and be his friend," wrote Boone. --The Book Reader, Independent Review of New Books

About the Author

J. Allen Boone was a familiar and well-loved figure in old Hollywood, where his empathy with animals helped in communicating with animal actors, especially the famous German shepherd Strongheart.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Tree of Life Publications; 3rd edition (April 1, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0930852273
• ISBN-13: 978-0930852276
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #236,167 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Adventures in mind expansion, December 4, 2001

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Zoeeagleeye (Belfast, ME United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adventures in kinship with all life (Paperback)

If you've ever wondered what God put animals on this Earth for, reading this book will give you an immensely practical and satisfying answer. Animals are our teachers, says Boone. Great teachers, too. Intelligent, aware teachers. What have I to learn? you may ask. Reading this book will give you example after example in the form of fascinating true stories written with clarity and humor. A must read for the spiritually open or for anyone who loves animals.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love is the supreme attractive force, November 11, 2006

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The following review of Adventures in Kinship with All Life was published by The Book Reader, an "Independent Review of New Books:"

These essays by the gentle Boone are about the silent communication that exists, or can exist, between people and animals. Boone was an adept at interspecies communication, at "the science and art of right relations." He plunged right in to universal vibrations and discovered man's unitive experiences with all things living.
"When one's heartbeat is in tune and in time with the universal heartbeat, everything that he meets will want to cooperate with him and be his friend," wrote Boone.
The book includes many stories of folks and animals coming together, discovering each other. Of earth reverberations, of dogs and plants, of a man who lived in the jungle for over forty years. "He had mastered, to a superlative degree, the science and art of right relations."
Here are high level adventures in kinship, life, and love. "Love, then, is the supreme attractive force. Humans who possess this capacity to love their pets and other animals must have within them a sort of love-magnet, a particular magnetic pole of affection."
The publication of these adventures is a good and brave act by a woman who rescued the manuscript from the trash after Boone passed on. She is Bianca Leonardo, editor, and owner of Tree of Life Publications.
"ADVENTURES..." is the sequel to Boone's earlier book, "KINSHIP WITH ALL LIFE" (Harper & Row), which has sold 300,000 copies since it was first published in 1954. The sequel is nicely done. We wish it the same success.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars By Far the Best Boone Book, May 7, 2011

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IF you are really into animals this book is for you. Communication - psychic and otherwise. Puts animals on equal, but yet unique footing with humans. Not as much in need of a better editor than Boone's other books. A hard book for an animal lover to put down until the last page has been read. Even then, you'll immediately want to start over again.