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REVIEWS parties, alliances are being formed B O O K Ss between corporations and eco-groups, and media reporting on the issues is on the rise. There's also evidence that GREEN IS GOOD people are indeed changing their ways by Jeff Angel and adopting recycling and other eco- ABC Books, Sydney, Australia, 2008 friendly practices. However, Angel says ISBN 978-0-7333-2350-8 (310 tpb) that as a society we still have much Available: www.abcshop.com re P more to do in assuring the successful for 35 years, Jeff Angel has been an transition to sustainability. Reviewed by Ruth Parnell continues to talk with him from a higher dimensional plane of love and light. It turns out that, on a soul level, Treenie needed to pass on so that Michael could progress in his personal and spiritual development here on Earth. As well as having Treenie to help him, Michael had the assistance of Pan, the Master Hilarion and a bevy of sylphs to reconnect his Self with All That Is. Most unexpectedly, he joined up with Carolyn, the organiser of the US leg of the Roadsway tours, and married her in 2007 —an arrangement stage-managed by Treenie herself, before and after her transition, in the knowledge that "Love is the thread that connects all of us as One". This is a deeply heartfelt story, full of spiritual insights and guidance. GREEN IS GOOD people are indeed changing their ways progress in his personal and spiritual by Jeff Angel and adopting recycling and other eco- development here on Earth. ; ABC Books, Sydney, Australia, 2008 friendly practices. However, Angel says _ As well as having Treenie to help him, ISBN 978-0-7333-2350-8 B1 Opp tpb) that as a society we still have much Michael had the assistance of Pan, the Available: www.abcshop.com.au more to do in assuring the successful Master Hilarion and a bevy of sylphs to . . : : transition to sustainability. reconnect his Self with All That Is. Most unexpectedly, he joined up with THROUGH THE EYES OF LOVE: Carolyn, the organiser of the US leg of . . ; . _ the Roadsway tours, and married her in Centre in Sydney, eventually becoming _ Journeying with Pan - Book One 2007—an arrangement stage-managed its executive director 12 years ago. by Michael J. Roads by Treenie herself, before and after her In his first book, Green Is Good, he RoadsLight, Nambour, Australia, 2008 _ transition, in the knowledge that "Love charts the successes and failures of the |SBN 978-0-9758476-1-9 (270pp tpb) _is the thread that connects all of us as green movement and asks if we really Available: RoadsLight Pty Ltd, PO Box One". This is a deeply heartfelt story, are saving the environment and building 778, Nambour, Qld 4560, Australia, full of spiritual insights and guidance. a sustainable society, whether in the city | www.michaelroads.com F” 35 years, Jeff Angel has been an environmental and social change activist with the Total Environment or the country. Angel has an informed n times of uncertainty and grief, don't THROUGH? GE economic and political perspective on Thane trust in the power of Pan, the 4 OOF LCF. issues encroaching on the vested Spirit of Nature, says Michael J. Roads interests of corporations, farmers and in Through the Eyes of Love. He charts bureaucracies. He argues that pro- his journey since 2003 and his environmental advocacy has exposed reconnection with the metaphysical the massive problems we face and aspect of Nature, aided, too, by the showed that we need systemic change. power of gardening and dreaming. As he sees it, Australia's recent severe His journey is all the more poignant droughts and the climate change alert because, in becoming reacquainted with were turning points in personal as well his long-forgotten supernatural friend as political attitudes and actions, and Pan, he lost the love of his life, his wife brought discussion about sustainability Treenie. It was a lesson in giving up and enviro-solutions to the fore. emotional attachment and discovering There are hopeful signs where that the soul link lives on despite the emissions trading schemes are on the death of a dearly loved one. Yet his link agenda of Australia's two major political with Treenie is still very real and she NEXUS ¢ 71 BOOKS DECEMBER 2008 — JANUARY 2009 www.nexusmagazine.com