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Magical Souvenirs: Mystical Travel Stories from Around the World

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A friend gave me this book for my birthday a few days ago, and I stayed up half the night with it. I'm getting on in years and cannot travel as much as I used to, but this is the next best thing! Actually, just as good but different, as one needs no suitcases or airplane tickets for these soul journeys. A wonderful and inspiring read for old and young alike. Solves my gift-hunting task for the coming Christmas!

Many of us have had mystical experiences but are reluctant to share the unexplainable in out lives. Arielle Ford, in her new book, Magical Souvenirs, has inspired ordinary people (and a few famous ones) to tell their stories - particularly those involving travel. As Arielle explains in her introduction, travel creates more "time and space for something to happen . . . and to notice the unusual." From the first chapter of a woman in prison who had an out of body experience to the last stories of divine interventions, this book gives us courage to believe and follow our dreams, visions and synchronicities. A compelling can't-put-it-down read.

This is a book I like so strongly that I had to write a review. The true stories
of other people's experiences always appeal to me because stories connect us
to each other. These are mystical experiences, dream-time, past-life
regressions, synchronicities, and just surprising unexpected things that have
happened to change other's lives. We can all learn from them and perhaps
renew our own hopes.

Finding this book was a blessing to me. As someone who hasn't done a lot of traveling (and is, in fact, afraid to fly!), this book gave me access to the experiences of those who have travelled the four corners of the earth. I was awed and inspired by each amazing story. I can't say for sure that I will actually visit the places described in this book, but I can tell you that I am more awake to the magic of my everyday life.

Thank you to Ms. Ford and to all the contributors of this book, for opening my eyes to a whole new world.

Whether it's a chance encounter amidst a daily routine or an unexpected turn during distant travels, each of these stories is a heart-warming reminder that whatever we truly need is always close at hand and every moment is a mystical adventure......if we take the time to notice.

I keep it on my bedside table and re-read a few stories from time to time, just to remind and inspire myself to look for the magic as I travel through my days.