Not
For Ourselves
A
Book Review
By
Cate Cavanagh
Theresa
Chaze has once again proven herself to be a premier Wiccan author of
amazing skill and creativity! Not For Ourselves is a robust novel
that spans lifetimes in the most unique way possible by weaving a
tale of revolving reincarnation.
Readers
knowledgeable of the Craft will find this approach familiar yet
refreshing in depiction as we witness the flashing back and forth of
a character in the present reliving moments of a previous life whose
errors have followed her through many incarnations including the
present.
Through
Alyssa’s eyes we see how conflicted relationships are fast
forwarded to the present as she comes to recognize antagonists of her
past life tormenting her in the present. Alyssa’s biggest challenge
is to rejoin her past self and seek to correct the error that sent
her span of lives into the condemnation of karmic debt.
A
victim of stalking and terrorism by a local police officer Alyssa is
forced to send her cats to live with her sister, Michelle. Reporting
this officer (Nevel) is useless as the blue wall converges about him,
rendering him protected against prosecution. As her torment continues
week after week and month after month the result is the loss of her
job as well what has become her fragile sanity. Despite this she
fosters enough strength to vlog a diary of what is happening as well
as publishing his threatening phone calls. When he and a fellow
officer come to her house with false charges and threats, Alyssa
finds her cause has been followed by the FBI for some time. Angry
that they allowed her to live in constant fear she searches for a way
to find peace again and to come away with her goddess given power
once more!
Complicating
matters is James, the FBI agent that rescues her and Wayne the
attorney helping his father deliver hay to the reclaimed horse farm
that Alyssa resumes on her path to recovery. But is Wayne in town to
defend her tormentors?
So
thorough is Theresa’s research she writes of how Alyssa houses an
injured possum rather than have him free to roam the stable because
its feces can cause serious, life threatening illness. As a
horsewoman, I was very impressed with this authenticity.
Authentic
as well as her description of projecting oneself into a past life
and back again. Authentic as well is how she depicts the physical,
mental, and emotional turmoil that rapid astral traveling can be.
Those of us of the Craft have experienced this and it is very
impressive that Theresa set before her the daunting challenge to
recreate not just the physical sensations of trying to undo past
errors but the very important tenets of the Wiccan path.
Upon
completion of Not For Ourselves, those of the Craft will be sated
knowing that someone like Theresa writes a true representation of
this treasured belief system while opening a whole new realm of
reading experience for the average reader.
Kudos
to you Theresa Chaze! Well done!
Available on Amazon as a Kindle and in paperback as well as a PDF on the author's website.
