Deeply affected by the death of a dear friend and feeling an urgent need to claim her spirituality, she set out on the treacherous waters of Lake Superior on a quest to immerse herself so deeply in wilderness that she could understand what changes she needed to make in the urban life she had created. The story of Ann's sixty-five-day journey around the plane
- Title : Deep Water Passage: A Spiritual Journey at Midlife
- Author : Ann Linnea
- Rating : 4.69 (607 Vote)
- Publish : 2015-5-30
- Format : Paperback
- Pages : 240 Pages
- Asin : 0671002821
- Language : English
Deeply affected by the death of a dear friend and feeling an urgent need to claim her spirituality, she set out on the treacherous waters of Lake Superior on a quest to immerse herself so deeply in wilderness that she could understand what changes she needed to make in the urban life she had created. The story of Ann's sixty-five-day journey around the planet's largest lake is one of extraordinary physical courage and challenge and even more extraordinary spiritual trial and transformation. During this arduous 1,200-mile voyage, Ann would face gnawing self-doubt and mortal danger as well as triumphant exhilaration and awe at confronting the natural world. From the Back Cover The day after her forty-third birthday, Ann Linnea - wife, mother, naturalist, athlete - slipped into herChronicles the author's midlife spiritual journey, during which she spent sixty-five days kayaking around Lake Superior--the first woman to perform such a feat--while facing dangerous elements and reassessing her life. Reprint.Linnea is the author of Deep Water Passage and Keepers of the Trees. Christina Baldwin and Ann Linnea are the cofounders of PeerSpirit, Inc., an educational company that teaches circle practice.
. Baldwin is the author of five preceding books, including Calling the Circle and StorycatcherIt looks great as a coffee table book in my office!. In a state of grief buried so deep she was not fully aware of it until she had completed a good part of her journey, she set out on an extraordinary trip kayaking around Lake Superior. I am filled with pride that this strong woman had the courage to take both leaps: the one that took her around the big lake, and the one that took her away from a man who had no egregious flaws, but who wasn't meeting her needs in any way except financially. Since I live in Michigan, I'm very familiar with Lake Superior, and the images that Linnea evokes are wonderful: she made me feel the storms, the magic, and the fury that the Lake can unleash.The emotional part of the story is a somewhat familiar one, but it is beautifully told. Sadly, societal pressures still tell women that any "decent" man is better than being alone, and if you find one, your happiness is less important than that of your family. This is essentially the same device used in the House on the Strand, although the latter has additional nice touches, such as a bond between the characters of both centuries and the land on which they live.Overall, this is a very
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