New Consciousness Review Fall 2015 | Page 44

METAREALITY REVIEW One Great Year by Tamara Veitch and Rene DeFazio O One Great Year is a cosmic saga that follows the tempestuous loves and conflicts of its three main characters across the 26 millennia of the axial precession or Great Year, from the time of Atlantis to the present. A s they weave their way through multiple incarnations, they bring to life the complex dance of relationships believed by many in esoteric circles to occur within soul groups in order to work out their karmic destiny. The love triangle between Theron, Marcus and Helghul sets the stage for an exploration of love and longing, passion and rejection, anger and jealousy, ambition and service, good and evil – in short all of the primal passions, dark forces and noble impulses animating the human spirit. They are followed through wars, cultural flowerings and conflicts throughout history to an apocalyptic climax. The book is very visual and visceral, and would make a fantastic movie... 44 | NEW CONSCIOUSNESS REVIEW The action and the narrative are brilliantly realized, and the authors build upon historical records as well as myths and legends to re-create the eras of Plato and Genghis Khan, for example, which are then overlaid with the character, lives, lusts, and enmity of the protagonists. The book is very visual and visceral, and would make a fantastic movie, although it might be a challenge to translate the epic scope of this book into a two-hour screenplay. A gripping and absorbing read that brings to life most of the esoteric themes of the New Age.  Reviewed by Miriam Knight