"The Portal"...Book Discussion

crimson_dove · **Joined:** 25 Jul 2008 2:43 pm **Posts:** 1468

i have just received my copy of PChaplin's The Portal: An Initiate's Journey into the Secret of Rennes-le-Chateau.

i would love to discuss this book here.
if there are others, then maybe under this thread, we might?

Sheila · **Posted:** 01 Sep 2010 8:37 pm

we have another month to wait before getting it in France or U.K....not available 'till 1st October....enjoy

crimson_dove · **Joined:** 25 Jul 2008 2:43 pm **Posts:** 1468

i had pre-ordered it and it came early...
was supposed to come mid sept.
i shall enjoy! thank you sheila...

i read the first three (3) pages while waiting for my dad to finish his groceries (God bless him...at 87 and he loves to pick fresh fruit and vegies. i carry along a book while i guide the grocery cart

life is beautiful when we but stop and be...

i promise then, to not spoil the reading for others...and ask then, that others do not as well.

TCP · **Posted:** 01 Sep 2010 9:26 pm

crimson_dove wrote:

i had pre-ordered it and it came early...
was supposed to come mid sept.
i shall enjoy! thank you sheila...

i read the first three (3) pages while waiting for my dad to finish his groceries (God bless him...at 87 and he loves to pick fresh fruit and vegies. i carry along a book while i guide the grocery cart

life is beautiful when we but stop and be...

i promise then, to not spoil the reading for others...and ask then, that others do not as well.

Paula, did you order it through Amazon?

TCP

Hugo Furst · **Posted:** 01 Sep 2010 10:13 pm

Folks can check here for starters...

as ya can see, they are waitin' for Paula to review it...
http://www.amazon.com/Portal-Initiates- ... 0835608883

I recommend that folk click on the sample book amazon puts up so that ya can get an idea as to what Patrice is up to.

crimson_dove · **Joined:** 25 Jul 2008 2:43 pm **Posts:** 1468

TCP wrote:

crimson_dove wrote:

i had pre-ordered it and it came early...
was supposed to come mid sept.
i shall enjoy! thank you sheila...

i read the first three (3) pages while waiting for my dad to finish his groceries (God bless him...at 87 and he loves to pick fresh fruit and vegies. i carry along a book while i guide the grocery cart

life is beautiful when we but stop and be...

i promise then, to not spoil the reading for others...and ask then, that others do not as well.

yes, i did order through amazon...

Paula, did you order it through Amazon?

TCP

TCP · **Posted:** 04 Sep 2010 2:11 am

I just picked up a copy at Barnes & Noble today, it's already in the shops out here.

TCP

Hugo Furst · **Posted:** 07 Sep 2010 9:36 pm

are ya gonna post a review-spoiler?

TCP · **Posted:** 07 Sep 2010 10:11 pm

Hugo Furst wrote:

are ya gonna post a review-spoiler?

Probably, but what's it to you?

TCP

Hugo Furst · **Posted:** 07 Sep 2010 10:17 pm

That book will never make it into our local library here unless I request it. If ya say its a good read I will request it, simple as that.

crimson_dove · **Joined:** 25 Jul 2008 2:43 pm **Posts:** 1468

it is a good read...

crimson_dove · **Joined:** 25 Jul 2008 2:43 pm **Posts:** 1468

no spoilers please :-)

let all those who wish to read it read and then discuss here...
:-)

tingra · **Posted:** 08 Sep 2010 11:37 am

i bought the book at Barnes and Noble in NY yesterday so it is widely available in America

i started reading it on the plane coming home and so far it is just a re cap of City of Secrets with a few extras thrown in for good measure, i havent gotten to the portal bit yet

TCP · **Posted:** 08 Sep 2010 2:13 pm

tingra wrote:

i bought the book at Barnes and Noble in NY yesterday so it is widely available in America

i started reading it on the plane coming home and so far it is just a re cap of City of Secrets with a few extras thrown in for good measure, i havent gotten to the portal bit yet

Tina, I'd thought I might re-read the last few chapters of City of Secrets before starting The Portal; but if the latter basically a recap of the former (or at least starts that way), is any sort of
review of CoS necessary?

Thanks -

TCP

tingra · **Posted:** 08 Sep 2010 2:45 pm

no not really, it more or less tells you the basics from COS without going into great detail. I think the re cap of COS is just to let you know why she contemplates taking the "journey" but if anyone reads this book without reading ANY of COS first they wont really understand much of it

crimson_dove · **Joined:** 25 Jul 2008 2:43 pm **Posts:** 1468

almost done...
a powerful journey.
it reminds me some of the 'peaceful warrior' books...

crimson_dove · **Joined:** 25 Jul 2008 2:43 pm **Posts:** 1468

http://www.servinghistory.com/topics/Ca ... Literature

Jacint Verdaguer i Santaló

Renne · **Posted:** 12 Sep 2010 12:21 am

"Meaning: The Canigou is an immense magnolia that blooms in an offshoot of the Pyrenees; its bees are the fairies that surround it, and its butterflies the swans and the eagles.

Its cup are jagged mountain chains, colored in silver by the winter and in gold by the summer, huge cup where the star drinks fragrances, the airs freshness and the clouds water. The pine forests are its hedges and the ponds its dew drops, and its pistil is that golden palace seen by the nymph in her dreams descending from heaven."

Beautiful, thank you!

Sheila · **Posted:** 12 Sep 2010 7:40 am

Barf

rs2008 · **Posted:** 13 Sep 2010 1:39 am

Sheila wrote:

Barf

alexius · **Posted:** 13 Sep 2010 1:22 pm

Barf eh. Sort of remark I would expect from Sheila. By the way what creative writing has she ever done? A manual of lambing maybe or perhaps a guide to stripping down a tractor in the dark. Oh yes she's an expert and cut and paste but what else?

Thomas D. · **Posted:** 13 Sep 2010 1:40 pm

Quote:

alexius wrote:

Barf eh. Sort of remark I would expect from Sheila. By the way what creative writing has she ever done? A manual of lambing maybe or perhaps a guide to stripping down a tractor in the dark. Oh yes she's an expert and cut and paste but what else?

Now Now, Konrad!
Play nicely! Don't be beastly to the ladies :shock:

I yield to no man in my appreciation of your 'Creative' writing talent!
You are a dead cert for the 'Original Screenplay' category for the Feliks awards!

Chin up !
TD :wink:

crimson_dove · **Joined:** 25 Jul 2008 2:43 pm **Posts:** 1468

Renne wrote:

"Meaning: The Canigou is an immense magnolia that blooms in an offshoot of the Pyrenees; its bees are the fairies that surround it, and its butterflies the swans and the eagles.

Its cup are jagged mountain chains, colored in silver by the winter and in gold by the summer, huge cup where the star drinks fragrances, the airs freshness and the clouds water. The pine forests are its hedges and the ponds its dew drops, and its pistil is that golden palace seen by the nymph in her dreams descending from heaven."

Beautiful, thank you!

thanks. i love poetry and this one is lovely.
she mentions him so often throughout the book.

crimson_dove · **Joined:** 25 Jul 2008 2:43 pm **Posts:** 1468

Sheila wrote:

Barf

need a bucket luv?
:wink:

crimson_dove · **Joined:** 25 Jul 2008 2:43 pm **Posts:** 1468

f sharp...
does he ever get to that note music people?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gISsQDFJZwM&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ubiinfvXs0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUqqXf_AvQE

in ottawa, 2006...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK3oMqGZpms

did emma?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK5ozuJxvxQ

just asking...:-S

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