METAREALITY
REVIEW & INTERVIEW
Sidewalk Oracles
by Robert Moss
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Wouldn’t it be nice to
discover that magic is real
and all around us? By magic,
I mean events that have no
“rational” explanation in our
3-d world.
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ell Robert Moss has
been teaching his students for many years
how to pay attention
to the synchronicities and other forms
of communication the
Universe uses when it wants to convey information
to us for our benefit. According to Robert Moss,
these communications can happen anywhere,
and may take any form; they can come from the
messages of the medium or from a divination system like the I Ching or tarot cards; they can come
from snatches of conversation heard in the street
(hence “Sidewalk Oracles”); from a song heard on
the radio; or the Shelf Elves may cause a book to
fall at your feet that has a message full of meaning
for you.
The bulk of the book is full of examples and games
you can play to experience the magic for yourself.
They are all illustrated by anecdotes that one certainly could dismiss as coincidence, though with
incalculable odds, or you could simply accept them
as the gift of a loving God and marvel at the weird
and wonderful workings of a connected universe.
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“Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous,” as the old saying goes.
The author’s grace and fluidity as a writer makes
it a delight to read. I particularly enjoyed his neologisms, such as kairomancer, describing one who
is attuned to the whisperings of possibility within
the synchronicities and prepared to take action to
manifest them in one’s reality. The great gift of this
book is that it encourages us to jump joyfully with
both feet into the puddle of life and make the biggest splash that we are able. In fact, playing any or
all of the games suggested by the author just might
convince you that the world is indeed full of magic.
Reviewed by Miriam Knight