Pink Lotus

ISBN: 1481141651

Author: Mitze, Manfred

Condition: New

Product Description Walter Herzog was born in a small town near Marburg, in the state of Hessen, about fifty miles north of Frankfurt. Looking back at his life, one can only say that it was and is like a dream-a dream filled with the spectrum of all colors imaginable; a life full of love, drama, and fear, with inner richness but disenfranchised. It was a life and existence of courage on the verge of desperation, as if madness tried to find guidance through him. He experienced deep depression, loneliness, and indescribably awesome bliss.From when he was born in the forties of the last century until the year 2000 may not seem like a long time, but to remember standing at the crossroads of a small town in the middle of Western Germany when John F. Kennedy was assassinated seems like the brink of eternity.Walter had been locked up; had survived stabbing; was spit on, yelled at, and cursed; and had stuff thrown at him. One Sunday morning, however, he was fortunate enough to ask a true question at the proper moment.There are souls in life who see a different picture than the rest of us. There are others who actually feel life differently. For Walter, life is a combination of the two: the lives of those in his village appear different to his own, while he feels there are secrets out there in this vast world that can explain it all. Desperate to find these answers, Walter embarks on an extraordinary journey that will take him to the far corners of the earth and the deepest recesses of his soul.As the focal point in a bildungsroman that traverses great distances, several decades, and limitless spaces within himself, Walter is a lightning rod for the times, experiencing love, politics, sex, drugs, and rock n roll. Finally discovering spirituality, he spends a decade as a member of a famous religious sect before living with a master in India. Despite the whirlwind of change, the globetrotting search never wavers in its fundamental essence: it is a search for meaning, a quest for truth, and a journey that is less a choice and more the pull of unseen forces demanding that Walter never stop seeking out answers to lifes grandest questions.An amazing odyssey fueled by one mans search for true meaning, Manfred Mitzes latest is reminiscent of the works of Carlos Castaneda, Charles Bukowski, and Ekhart Tolle: bracing honesty, uncompromising insight, and exposing the truths in life. As wildly entertaining and sexy as it is insightful and informative, it delivers the tale of a wandering soul with a remarkable attention to detail, time, and place. Reminding us that all form is fleeting as it revolves around our innermost, unwavering core, Pink Lotus is a meditation fueled by Eastern philosophy and religion that is an extraordinary testament to the human desire for meaning. Review ... Mitze is an accomplished communicator. There is little a copy editor could object to in the fabric of the prose. It is like being on a train, rushing by swathes of time between each anecdotal stop. Leia Menlove - ForeWord Clarion ReviewWhat an incredible, amazing odyssey this book describes! I enjoyed the story very much. It was compelling and drew me in, and I found myself thinking about it a lot even when I wasn't working on it. The book paints an excellent picture of the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, especially in giving a sense of those times across several continents. As someone who lived through those times, I experienced it as very authentic, from the sex to the drugs to the spiritual seeking.    Joan - CreateSpace Editor... Walter has an epiphany: "People he knew or heard of had gone to the East...and seemed different when they returned."  The book's dozens of concise chapters, characters and exotic locales--not to mention Walter's spontaneity--make for a profoundly engaging and unpredictable plot. In Walter, Mitze has created a counterculture-era Siddhartha, a nomadic soul who discovers unexpected meaning in home, friendship and rock 'n' roll. A p