{"id":2652,"date":"2012-03-03T04:41:25","date_gmt":"2012-03-03T09:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/?p=2652"},"modified":"2012-03-03T04:41:25","modified_gmt":"2012-03-03T09:41:25","slug":"the-divine-arsonist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2012\/03\/the-divine-arsonist.html","title":{"rendered":"The Divine Arsonist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/files\/2012\/03\/divine-arsonist-3d-book-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2655\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/107\/2012\/03\/divine-arsonist-3d-book-2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If I didn&#8217;t know better, I would swear that three of my favorite authors: Dan Millman,\u00a0Richard Bach and Dorothy Bryant had collaborated on the newly released novel entitled The Divine Arsonist. In the style of <em>Way of the Peaceful Warrior<\/em>, <em>Illusions<\/em> and <em>The Kin of Ata Are Waiting For You<\/em>, business man turned gifted writer Jacob Nordby mines gold in this page turner that I reluctantly needed to stretch out over a week&#8217;s time when I really wanted to take the journey with him in one fell swoop.\u00a0 Autobiographical allegory is the way I would describe the tale of a suit and tie professional who lived &#8216;the good life&#8217; as defined by society, when in reality, he was dying a little bit inside.<\/p>\n<p>He hears a call of something beyond his culturally prescribed existence that led him to take a trip to his woodland cabin in Idaho. There he meets the first of several guides who usher him into a world that challenges, terrifies, gratifies and ultimately heals him. The thread that runs through each powerful chapter is a knowing of who we truly are. Nothing is as it appears to be and Jacob is invited over and over to surrender, breathe and believe. The transformation that\u00a0he describes in a vivid, gut twisting, soul streaming manner comes at the cost of letting go of all he thought was true and exchange it for something even grander. The purpose of this metamorphic\/metaphoric adventure was to allow him to take his place as one whose calling is to be an even greater force for good in the world. Honest, succint, without pretense; he draws the reader in and it is hard to imagine declining the invitation. Regardless of gender or culture, the reader will recognize herself or himself in its pages.<\/p>\n<p>This book is positively incendiary!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yourawakenedself.com\">www.yourawakenedself.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; If I didn&#8217;t know better, I would swear that three of my favorite authors: Dan Millman,\u00a0Richard Bach and Dorothy Bryant had collaborated on the newly released novel entitled The Divine Arsonist. 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