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It's Book 3 of the Apocrypha of the Knight Shamans and Book 5 of the World of Paradigm Lost. It's also a stunning conclusion to a long life lived well for the Founder of the Elk Creek Tribe.
One of the clearest threads in The Third Book of the Knight Shamans is the collision of belief systems. Dogmatic, destructive strains of Christianity clash with the shamanic practices of the Elk Creek Tribe, and the friction reveals deeper layers of hope and recalibration. Justin’s personal struggle with religious fanaticism shows how devotion can both sustain and blind a person. Over the course of the book, readers watch belief break open—sometimes violently—and reform into something stranger and truer to the lives people lead.
At the heart of the overall trilogy is a central ontological question: who meddles with whom? Angels and demons, minor gods and fallen pantheons—these forces arrive as agents of change, but so do humans. The novel refuses to let the supernatural be purely ornamental; divine beings have agendas, limitations, and rivalries. Simultaneously, humans like Rodney, Justin, and Peter actively shape the post-quake world and the spiritualism of their people through diplomacy, medicine, and ritual. The tension between divine influence and human agency drives much of the narrative energy.
Post-apocalyptic survival in this book is not merely logistical—it’s ethical. The Elk Creek Tribe’s attempts to set up banking systems, ambassadorships, and health care are exercises in rebuilding civic life. They ask what it means to be a community when old institutions have collapsed. Rodney’s work coordinating ambassadorships and Peter’s struggle between leaving for medical training or staying to help his mother are not just plot points; they are moral dilemmas about duty, legacy, and the long view of care.
#thatthingijustRead #fantasy #lgbtq #lgbtqbookstodon #books #bookstodon #shamanism #spirituality #woke #queerbooks
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It's Book 4 in the World of Paradigm Lost and Book 2 in the Apocrypha of the Knight Shamans.
In The Second Book of the Knight Shamans, survival isn’t limited to finding food or shelter; it’s about preserving humanity. Wayne and Carrie’s nine-year odyssey with baby Peter forces them to confront practical threats—storms, hunger, hostile strangers—and deeper ethical questions. Do you help a stranger if the risk could cost your child’s life? How far do you go to reclaim a home that may no longer be safe? The novel frames survival as a series of choices that ripple outward, shaping who these characters become.
At its center is a small family. Peter, barely a year old when the world upends, is carried forward by parents who are as flawed as they are fierce. Their dedication and fear anchor the narrative. The intimacy of caregiving—finding clean water, soothing a fever, telling stories to keep a child’s wonder alive—creates moments of tenderness amidst danger. These human details make the stakes personal: this isn’t just about rebuilding society, it’s about protecting one precious life and teaching a child how to be in a broken world.
One of The Second Book of the Knight Shaman’s most compelling themes is the erosion and reconstruction of moral codes. When infrastructure collapses, communities quickly invent new rules. Some reclaim compassion; others resort to brutality. The encounter at Sutherlin’s gates—where those expected to offer refuge become the threat—forces readers to examine who has the right to define safety. This tension between belonging and exclusion is a recurring thread, asking whether survival justifies betrayal or whether empathy can outlast fear.
#PostApocalyptic #Survival #GenreTwist #Bookstodon #RoderickRowe #IfYouLike #thatthingijustRead #lgbtq #shamanism #lgbtqbookstodon #speculative
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What Does It Mean to Awaken in a Broken World?
The Knight Shamans are more than mystics in a post-apocalyptic landscape. Their journey begins with a question: what happens when people awaken to themselves, to the spirit world, and to the responsibilities of rebuilding society?
In The Apocrypha of the Knight Shamans, awakening is never a single moment. It is a process—a difficult movement from inherited assumptions toward a deeper understanding of self, community, and the unseen forces shaping both.
The world of the series has already been shattered by earthquakes, political conflict, social collapse, and forgotten dangers. Yet the books are not only about surviving catastrophe. They ask what survivors do next. When roads, institutions, and familiar rules disappear, people must decide which parts of the old world deserve to be restored and which should be left behind.
The inner awakening
A Knight Shaman must first awaken the spirit society has buried beneath programming, fear, and cultural expectations. That awakening is personal, but it is never merely private. Rodney’s ability to see the spirits of the dead, Peter’s emerging shamanic talent, and Justin Earl Knight’s struggles with his own demons all reveal different paths toward self-knowledge.These characters do not receive simple answers. Their gifts come with obligations. To see more clearly is also to carry more responsibility. A shaman must confront the Other Worlds, interpret what is found there, and determine how spiritual knowledge can guide living people without becoming another form of control.
Demons to banish. Fallen Angels unmasked. Pantheons falling where others are rising. Enemies become lovers and Lovers become enemies.
This three-book omnibus is in hardcover and costs less than the three separate paperback versions.
#thatthingIJustRead #fantasy #dystopianreads #lgbtq #queerromance #gaia #earthmagic #shamanism #PostApocalypticFiction #DarkFantasy #MagicalRealism
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Beyond the forests around Milltown Village, an ancient secret has survived for a thousand years. Meet the Tuatha De Cernon, the mysterious Fae whose hidden history changes everything.
Milltown Village may seem like the destination of Priest Justice Preston's assignment, but the forests surrounding it hold a much older story.
Their presence expands Heretic beyond a story about church politics and forbidden documents. While the Church of Jamari has shaped the accepted story of its founder, the Tuatha De Cernon preserve another version—one that challenges the authority of the institution claiming to speak for the past.These beings are not simply mysterious figures waiting to be discovered by human characters. They have survived for centuries, adapting to the danger posed by the outside world. Their concealment is a choice shaped by experience, not a sign of weakness. To emerge openly would mean more than introducing themselves. It could expose them to those who have spent generations controlling spiritual expression and rewriting history.
At the center of the Tuatha De Cernon's story is Cernon, their High King. He sees Justice's discovery as an opportunity. If the Church can be enticed into violating a millennia-old agreement, his people may have a reason to leave seclusion.
But Cernon's plan adds another layer of uncertainty. The truth about the Jamari is not only a moral question; it is also political leverage. Justice may believe he is deciding whether to expose the Church, while Cernon sees the same revelation as a means to protect and advance his people.
Heretic asks who gets to define civilization, which histories are allowed to survive, and what it means to remain hidden in order to endure. The Tuatha De Cernon are not merely a fantastical discovery. They are living proof that the official story has never been the whole story.
#QueerFantasy #MythicFiction
#DystopianFiction #darkfantasy
#shamanism #thatthingIJustRead #lgbtq
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Most journeys through time begin with a destination. In CERNON, Book One of an 8 book series, the destination is only the beginning of the mystery.
Sophia Shaman of the Elk Creek Tribe enters the past seeking answers about Cernon’s origin. She expects to uncover an old story, perhaps a forgotten event or a hidden truth buried beneath layers of myth. Instead, she finds herself in a world tens of thousands of years removed from her own, where an ice age is approaching and a small tribe is fighting to survive.
The deeper Sophia moves into this ancient world, the less stable the idea of history becomes. Her journey is not a simple visit to a distant era. It is an encounter with memory itself. Cernon tells her, “You were never really there. You were riding my memories.”
The statement changes everything. Can a memory carry consequences across time?
These questions give the novel one of its central themes: the uncertain relationship between observer and participant. Sophia arrives intending to help, but her presence may be more significant than she realizes. Her compassion draws her toward the endangered tribe, yet every choice she makes could alter the meaning of Cernon’s beginning. The line between discovering history and creating it grows increasingly thin.
Against the pressure of the coming ice age, the novel places enormous philosophical questions inside a very physical struggle. The tribe needs shelter, protection, and hope. Sophia must respond to immediate danger while confronting the possibility that she is part of a much larger pattern.
That tension makes the story more than an adventure into the distant past. It becomes a meditation on whether time carries us forward—or whether we sometimes become the tools through which time reshapes the world.
#MythicFiction #lgbtqbookstodon #lgbtq #bookstodon
#thatthingIJustRead
#shamanism #gaia
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t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/373!COmputer & Programming
#компьютер, #компьютеры, #ЭВМ, ремонт компьютеров, компьютерная техника, железо, #программы, #настройка, #диагностика, операционные системы, игровые приставки, аппаратные средства, computer, #computers, computers, computer repair, computer equipment, #hardware, #programs, #setup, #diagnostics, operating systems, game consoles, #hardware, #комп'ютер, #комп'ютери, #ЕОМ, ремонт комп'ютерів, комп'ютерна техніка, #залізо, #програми, #налаштування, діагностика, операційні системи, ігрові приставки, апаратні засоби ремонт телевизоров, #мониторы
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/372_Фонд редких книг
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/371Энергетика и целительство
Energy and healing, Енергетика та цілительство
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/370Эзотерическая рунология
Esoteric runology, Езотерична рунологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/369Шаманизм, Шаманізм, shamanism
#Шаманизм, #Шаманізм, #shamanism
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/368Фэн - шуй
Фен Шуй, Feng Shui
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/367Тантрическая традиция, Tantric tradition
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/365Медитации и транс, Meditation and trance
#Медитации и #транс, #Meditation and #trance
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/364Магия, Magic
#Магия, #Magic
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/363Каббала и Тора, Kabbalah and Torah
#Каббала и #Тора, #Kabbalah and #Torah
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/362Йога, Yoga
#Йога, #Yoga
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/361Иудаизм, Judaism
#Иудаизм, #Judaism
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/360Индуизм, Hinduism
#Индуизм, #Hinduism
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/358веды, Veda
#веды, #Veda
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/356suteres, koans
#suteres, #koans
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/355esoteric эзотерика мистика мистицизм оккультизм
#esoteric #эзотерика #мистика #мистицизм #оккультизм
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/353RELIGION
религия секты учения
#RELIGION
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/352_Цигун, qigong Qi Books
#Цигун, #qigong #Qi Books
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/351_буддизм, Buddhism
#буддизм, #Buddhism
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/349_Дзен, zen
#Дзен, #zen
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/348_Даосизм
Taoism
#Даосизм
#Taoism
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!Electronical-Computer-Mechanical
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/373!COmputer & Programming
#компьютер, #компьютеры, #ЭВМ, ремонт компьютеров, компьютерная техника, железо, #программы, #настройка, #диагностика, операционные системы, игровые приставки, аппаратные средства, computer, #computers, computers, computer repair, computer equipment, #hardware, #programs, #setup, #diagnostics, operating systems, game consoles, #hardware, #комп'ютер, #комп'ютери, #ЕОМ, ремонт комп'ютерів, комп'ютерна техніка, #залізо, #програми, #налаштування, діагностика, операційні системи, ігрові приставки, апаратні засоби ремонт телевизоров, #мониторы
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/372_Фонд редких книг
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/371Энергетика и целительство
Energy and healing, Енергетика та цілительство
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/370Эзотерическая рунология
Esoteric runology, Езотерична рунологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/369Шаманизм, Шаманізм, shamanism
#Шаманизм, #Шаманізм, #shamanism
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/368Фэн - шуй
Фен Шуй, Feng Shui
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/367Тантрическая традиция, Tantric tradition
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/365Медитации и транс, Meditation and trance
#Медитации и #транс, #Meditation and #trance
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/364Магия, Magic
#Магия, #Magic
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/363Каббала и Тора, Kabbalah and Torah
#Каббала и #Тора, #Kabbalah and #Torah
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/362Йога, Yoga
#Йога, #Yoga
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/361Иудаизм, Judaism
#Иудаизм, #Judaism
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/360Индуизм, Hinduism
#Индуизм, #Hinduism
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/358веды, Veda
#веды, #Veda
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/356suteres, koans
#suteres, #koans
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/355esoteric эзотерика мистика мистицизм оккультизм
#esoteric #эзотерика #мистика #мистицизм #оккультизм
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/353RELIGION
религия секты учения
#RELIGION
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/352_Цигун, qigong Qi Books
#Цигун, #qigong #Qi Books
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/351_буддизм, Buddhism
#буддизм, #Buddhism
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/349_Дзен, zen
#Дзен, #zen
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/348_Даосизм
Taoism
#Даосизм
#Taoism
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This is it! The last day of the 5-days
FREE!!! FREE!!! FREE!!!
sale of the First Knight Shaman! This is the first book in the Founder's Age of the World of Paradigm Lost by R. Roderick Rowe.
With the upcoming release of the final novel in the installment, you will want to get in on the ground floor of this new EPIC experience!
What's being said about the upcoming novel,
The Third Book of the Knight Shamans?
"This story would most likely appeal to an adult 30+ audience with some college level education, who appreciate literary and speculative fiction. The ideal reader enjoys complex, character-driven narratives with deep philosophical and social focus. The significant LGBTQ+ representation and themes of religious trauma and spiritual exploration would make it particularly resonant with LGBTQ+ readers and those who support them.
It is for a reader who enjoys Frank Herbert's Dune and the moral ambiguity of Octavia Butler's work, rather than the typical post-apocalyptic survival thriller.
Similar books:
1. Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler.
2. The Stand by Stephen King.
3. The Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M Miller Jr.
https://mybook.to/1stKnightShmnKindle
#fantasy #fantasybookseries #lgbtq #flirtatiousfictionfriday #thatthingIJustRead #bookstodon #shamanism #gaia #spiritguides #EarthMagic #PostApocalypticFiction #postapocalyptic #dystopianreads #dystopanfantasy #dystopianfiction #woke -
Magical Realism. Shamanism. Post-apocalyptic survival. Coming of age. Found Family. All of that and more in a short adventure in future Oregon after the great Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquakes have ravaged the west.
Meet Rodney, a seven year old boy who can see the spirits of the dead. Meet Justin, a mostly-absent father who still wishes the best for his son. Meet AJ, the bridge between them and commander of the militia forces sent to liberate the community of Sutherlin from their evil overlords.
https://mybook.to/1stKnightShmnKindle
#shamanism #lgbtq #LGBTQBookstodon #LGBTQBooks #woke #gaia #bookstodon #fantasy #fantasybookseries #fantasybooks #fantasybookstodon #thatthingIJustRead
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And so the big news - my experiential art / feature #film SAIVO is now available to rent or buy here:
The film was made at the Isogaisa #festival of #shamanism in Norway and follows #Sami #shamans and many others from around the world sharing their #spiritual #traditions with each other. It’s intentionally slow paced (#SlowCinema) and intended to be viewed as a ritual, meditation or prayer. I hope you enjoy it - please share here and elsewhere if you do!
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A link to the full text of 'Spirits and Stones: Shamanism and Rock Art in Central Asia and Siberia'. It includes my essay, 'Shamans, lamas and the social effectiveness of rock art' which juxtaposes the practice of Buryat shamanism with the 'artistic materialism' of Asger Jorn. The book explores the 'wilderness of connections' between shamanic practitioners, the spirit world and the world of rock art imagery.
https://www.academia.edu/282451/Spirits_and_Stones_Shamanism_and_Rock_Art_in_Central_Asia_and_Siberia #AsgerJorn #Buryats #shamanism #shamans #CentralAsia #RockArt -
I’ve been a #zen #buddhist as my main spiritual practice for over 15 years now, but I’m always struck by the very strong streak of #animism that runs through #buddhism from right after the Buddha’s awakening. This connection to nature is something I’ve always felt so strongly since I was a child… So where are all the #shamans hiding on mastodon? And who will #TouchTheEarth with me? :) #shamanism