Interlude With Sally Hemings : Diary of a Spiritual Healing

By Rebecca Joy Gabriel

Thomas Jefferson's Beloved Slave Tells Her Own Story After 164 years, Sally Hemings, the beloved mistress/slave of America's renowned third president, finally reveals her own personal account of life... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0970000103
• ISBN13: 9780970000101
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Free to Soar Enterprises
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Note of Appreciation

In May, (2000) I visited Monticello and was strongly affected by the energy there. I did not previously know much about the Hemings and Jefferson relationship except what I had heard on the news regarding the DNA testing. I had not even seen the movies (but have now -- since my visit there). Heretofore, I have not been very interested in U.S. History except what was required in my school years. Therefore, it was quite remarkable that I even went to visit Monticello at all except that I saw a special on TV on A & E's American Castles and became quite intrigued with seeing the house. I also became quite interested in Jefferson's works.After my visit to Monticello I looked around for some metaphysical information on Jefferson, the man, which I did not find until a friend of mine offered to loan me this book. I found the story good reading and quite believable and have already recommended it to a number of my friends. I now feel complete with my Jefferson intrigue.I thank the author for sharing her experience in contributing to the cycle of healing of herself, Sally, and perhaps even Thomas Jefferson and to the healing of the collective consciousness of us all.

Mystery of a Diary

Interlude with Sally Hemings Book Review 11/8/00 "Interlude with Sally Hemings; Diary of a Spiritual Healing - A True Story" by Rebecca Joy Gabriel- it's an experience! It's more than a story. While the title alone evokes some curiosity, the contents are beyond what one might expect! Sally Hemings' conversations (dictations!) with the author evoked in me again the awe of the mystery of life. Who are we, and how well do we, having only our 5 senses to guide us, perceive and understand the greater world around us? How about the worlds beyond us, what guides us there? It's a mystery and it raises exciting questions about consciousness, life as we live it on a daily basis, life after death and the continuum of our individual souls. The author and the soul of Sally Hemings are intertwined in an emotional dance that has a healing effect on both of them, in fact, we are eventually told about a "release ceremony" for Sally's lingering soul and we feel the sense of completion and accomplishment with the author. R.J. Gabriel appears to be gifted with perceptions well beyond the ordinary. The arrangement of this book is interesting. There is a heartwarming acknowledgement in the beginning in which we sense some of the emotional pain the author has experienced as a child. Both the introduction and afterword (more an after- essay!) are by the same writer, the Rev. Vincent Bridges. While lengthy in relation to the story itself, the afterword highlights some of the historical background of the Thomas Jefferson era and attempts to explain this extraordinary meeting of two souls metaphysically. All the various parts that make up this story about an emotional encounter fit well together. It's a fascinating and satisfying read! Britt Mittemeijer

Powerful

The story is very powerful and beautifully written. Thank you for sharing this experience. I believe it will mean a whole lot to a lot of people.

Fascinating

I found this book fascinating. It is truly a thought provoking book and makes one examine their views on life, death and what happens after this life.

Unconditional Love Revisited

In the acknowledgement of Conversations With God, author Neale Donald Walsch gives thanks to creative and performing artists for the influences they had on his life. I immediatly knew whereof he spoke and mentally checked off my own influences as I read his. In my own long, painful, healing journey, there have been many books, movies, TV programs, lyrics and musical scores, each contributing significantly to my awareness, healing and enlightenment. As with most of these tools which have come before, I intuitively knew -- when I first saw the cover -- that Rebecca's book would serve as a guide to another level of understanding in my journey. I was not disappointed.This book was read not as scholar, historian, student of mystery and mysticism, nor curious devil's advocate. It was read with the unconditional love of a child for the descendants of slaves who loved and protected me when "all hell was breaking loose" in my childhood, literally and figuratively. As many of my age growing up in the 40's and 50's south, I had an Emma in my life. She and her people saved not only my physical life, but my emotional and spiritual life as well -- and seemed not to give a thought to risking their own lives and well being in the process. They bravely came forward or kept silent, each action its own unselfish agenda, all the while embracing the remarkable courage, resilience and tenacity of their own ancestors and Sally's "people."To me, this book exudes unconditional love -- not between a man and a woman, but between two Souls incarnate in the same corridors of time, of different color and cultures, bound by the same anguish of emotional imprisonment from child to adulthood. In another life, it was Sally and Charlotte -- in this life, Emma and Rebecca. In her poignant tribute to Emma in her acknowledgment, Rebecca verbalizes what could easily be the tribute for many of us for the Emma's in our lives. As many "schooled" in the white supremacy of the 40's, 50's, 60's south and all the hateful masks it wore, I could easily have allowed myself to be enslaved by these learned, dark, destructive behaviors. Embracing (since childhood), the unconditional love for my own Emma and her people, "set me free" to live a life emotionally unshackled from that enslavement. Thanks be to God.Additionally, to honor the courage of both Rebecca and Sally, I was Divinely led to look at Sally's insistent message, "I didn't betray you," and experienced a profound healing. After years of therapy, I still subconsciously harbored pain from what I perceived to be sibling betrayal from my childhood. My mind had set it free long ago; however, the fear and pain was unknowingly buried deep inside me. The message from Interlude allowed me to release those dark influences, direct the responsibility to the true source, and move to a higher level of understanding my spiritual path.This book bestows blessings. Introspection and an open mind will help you find yours. I highly recom