Pink Lotus (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781481141659)

Walter Herzog was born in a small town near Marburg, in the state of Hessen, about fifty miles north of Frankfurt. Looking back at his life, one can only say that it was and is like a dream-a dream filled with the spectrum of all colors imaginable; a life full of love, drama, and fear, with inner richness but disenfranchised. It was a life and existence of courage on the verge of desperation, as if madness tried to find guidance through him. He experienced deep depression, loneliness, and indescribably awesome bliss.From when he was born in the forties of the last century until the year 2000 may not seem like a long time, but to remember standing at the crossroads of a small town in the middle of Western Germany when John F. Kennedy was assassinated seems like the brink of eternity.Walter had been locked up; had survived stabbing; was spit on, yelled at, and cursed; and had stuff thrown at him. One Sunday morning, however, he was fortunate enough to ask a true question at the proper moment.There are souls in life who see a different picture than the rest of us. There are others who actually feel life differently. For Walter, life is a combination of the two: the lives of those in his village appear different to his own, while he feels there are secrets out there in this vast world that can explain it all. Desperate to find these answers, Walter embarks on an extraordinary journey that will take him to the far corners of the earth and the deepest recesses of his soul.As the focal point in a bildungsroman that traverses great distances, several decades, and limitless spaces within himself, Walter is a lightning rod for the times, experiencing love, politics, sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. Finally discovering spirituality, he spends a decade as a member of a famous religious sect before living with a master in India. Despite the whirlwind of change, the globetrotting search never wavers in its fundamental essence: it is a search for meaning, a quest for truth, and a journey that is less a choice and more the pull of unseen forces demanding that Walter never stop seeking out answers to life's grandest questions.An amazing odyssey fueled by one man's search for true meaning, Manfred Mitze's latest is reminiscent of the works of Carlos Castaneda, Charles Bukowski, and Ekhart Tolle: bracing honesty, uncompromising insight, and exposing the truths in life. As wildly entertaining and sexy as it is insightful and informative, it delivers the tale of a wandering soul with a remarkable attention to detail, time, and place. Reminding us that all form is fleeting as it revolves around our innermost, unwavering core, Pink Lotus is a meditation fueled by Eastern philosophy and religion that is an extraordinary testament to the human desire for meaning.

Author: Manfred Mitze
ISBN-10: 1481141651
ISBN-13: 9781481141659
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 03/14/2013
Pages: 424
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.36lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.94d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001