Bibliograph

Sword of Heaven, a Five Continent Odyssey to Save the World

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Sword of Heaven, a Five Continent Odyssey to Save the World

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Sword of Heaven

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Travelers' Tales Guides

Sub title

a Five Continent Odyssey to Save the World

Summary

"Any attempt at peace must be attended by a knowledge of self," discovers writer and photographer Mikkel Aaland, who grew up with a bomb shelter for a bedroom, in terror of nuclear war. At the height of the Cold War, Aaland finds himself drawn into a mysterious Shinto priest's plan to save the world. Traveling from Norway to the Philippines, Iceland to South Africa, he places pieces of a sacred Shinto sword in key power spots around the world. Along the way, he comes face to face with his deepest childhood fears of war and destruction, encounters the compelling and mysterious Shinto religion, struggles with the uncertainties of love, and learns to face life with an open heart. The Sword of Heaven tells the extraordinary true story of a journey in which all boundaries are pushed-geographical, cultural, and personal-and in which the healing of the world and the healing of one man appear to be inextricably linked

Target audience

adult

Classification