Book Review
The spiritual journey is a call to adventure. It is a call
of the wild, to break boundaries, to grow beyond our limitations, to reach out,
to connect and to become all that we can be.
And this is why I like Spindrift.
The call to adventure is Peter Reason's pilgrimage at sea. Through
sailing on his yacht "Coral" from Plymouth via the Scilly Isles to
Ireland, Peter narrates his passage, bringing to life his many experiences and all
told with, sometimes, unnerving honesty.
Having done a certain amount of sailing myself, I relate to
the journey and the feelings of being aligned with nature though the wind in
the sails and the refreshing breeze of the sea.
And the great thing about this book is that the sailing voyage
is a wonderful metaphor for the wild journey of our spiritual adventure. Peter
is obviously someone who has thought, questioned and challenged ideas in his
own journey through life. Going outside and beyond his cultural background to
reach out to what is happening in the world today and how he can respond to it.
Personally, I love the references to wildness, the Universe
Story and the environmental plight of our time. These all link together so well
to provide a coherent view of our collective spiritual journey.
This pilgrim-book is full of life, it asks deep questions
for our time and it invites me to see the world full of wild possibility.
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