Everyday Magic

By Vivien Singer Schapera

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0970980922
• ISBN13: 9780970980922
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Fourwinds Pr Llc
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.3" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

A really good read

I have the good fortune to know Vivien and cannot be more proud of her book. She writes well and has a fascinating story that shows courage and a strong will that is infectious. It's a story to be read for inspiration and knowledge if you're wanting to find your path. Vivien is one to lead you to it. Just read the words on the pages and follow your inner mind.

Healing in Motion

From the opening of Everyday Magic, Vivien Schapera struggles with apparent as well as inexplicable pain. That which Vivien has difficulty discovering is that which she will be inspired to teach and to motivate the reader to learn. There are no villains in Vivien's autobiography, despite the tragedy which besets her family and what that came to stand in her homeland of South Africa. While others might have been immobilized, Vivien's experiences set her in motion.Vivien's momentum shifts from low gear into high, in an attempt to align her inner world with her outer being. Her discovery of the Alexander Technique is one of many journeys that Vivien follows. Amidst her doubts, she remains eager, and through this eagerness. the reader accesses her knowledge as well. The author's style is confident and succinct, punctuated with humor about Americans ironing their underwear and the insight that she pursued and brought together such diverse disciplines as the Alexander Technique, martial arts and crystals, to heal within herself, to provide healing for others within one simple structure.Vivien acknowledges that only loss can come from unfinished business. There is no unfinished business in Vivien's novel or her life, only signs of more to come.

Everyday Magic

As I read Everyday Magic I was drawn into the familiarity of the story, the overall feeling of yes that is the way life works. The extraordinary perserverance and patience Vivien approaches her life with is both comforting and supportive. Vivien reveals the use of proper force at the proper object in the proper direction. In other words the use and perception of Magick in everyday life. For those walking the path of life this could be a very helpful account of one persons confrontation with the complexities of of living and a sign post on how to do it.

No "Smoke and Mirrors" here.

Viviens book is a wonderful account of her life to this point and her determination to explore and understand the "true" magic that we all have within ourselves. She has worked long and hard to understand this magic and teach others how to find their own magic within.Her writing style is very quick and to the point when it needs to be. At other times it's very detailed and makes you feel as if you were right there with her. Her sense of memory is astounding. Conversations she's had with people throughout her life are remembered time and again as if she'd been taking notes all her life. Her book has no hard, complicated plot to follow.It is a book about the tragedies, hardships, and successes of a very gifted woman trying to learn and understand the forces that are around and within us all, and use it to help anyone willing to question and understand their own lives and find their own "Magic" within. If you are ready, Viviens book and teachings will definitely help and inspire you.

A book to inspire you

This is a wonderful book about life and faith. Vivien is a gifted writer and educator who shares her life story with us so eloquently and vulnerably. Through Vivien's life story, I curiously found my own...remembering my own desires, searchings, beliefs, and gifts. Vivien's book came at a perfect time in my life and it encouraged me to believe in myself again, and to follow my heart, knowing that I am guided and protected each step along the way.As inspiring as Vivien's faithfulness and strength was, it was her innocence and the purity of her heart that compelled me the most. I felt a deep connection to her through her writing style, and through her honesty. As I approached the final chapters, I noticed I was reading at a slower pace than the earlier chapters, not wanting it to end. It was like saying good-bye to a long time friend. I can't wait for her next book so we can have another visit together. I know you will feel the same way. You MUST get this book! You will love it!!