“…the metaphysical adventures of Bartholomew Rabbit…”
“A homogeneous blend of Peter Rabbit and Alice in Wonderland, these stories are well worth the effort to really read them. They speak to any age and any level of enlightenment.”
“Unique, charming, humorous, whimsy, lovely, and gently philosophical. Not since Watership Down have rabbits come alive as heroes and villains.”
The Bartholomew the Adventurer Trilogy is the metaphysical tale of Bartholomew Rabbit and his evolution from a rather silly and self-absorbed rabbit to a fully awakened enlightened being and the most powerful shaper on earth. A shaper can convert his thoughts into physical objects or energy fields. Along the way Bartholomew meets the gregarious Oliver T. Rabbit, a skeptical scientist who over time comes to realize that these seemingly miraculous events have a solid foundation in certain esoteric principles of physics. The two rabbits become steadfast friends and adventuring companions, each growing in their understanding of the world around them. All the events in the trilogy are based on known metaphysical phenomena and philosophical beliefs which have been in existence for thousands of years. That being said, The Bartholomew the Adventurer Trilogy can be read and enjoyed by a young adult with no interest in metaphysics or philosophy. The book is written very simply and on one level is a fun and breezy read. It is multileveled and has been compared by readers to both The Alchemist and The Hobbit.
The Thirteenth Monk
Oliver T. Rabbit develops a revolutionary new invention and Edmund the Rabbiton develops an inexplicable new phobia. When Edmund unwittingly opens an interdimensional doorway, Bartholomew, Oliver, and Edmund are pulled into the strange world of Nirriim. Edmund encounters the enigmatic thirteen Blue Monks, Master Singers of Nirriim and relives a life changing traumatic event which occurred fifteen hundred years ago during the Anarkkian Wars. With help from Ennzarr the Red Monk, the eerie Blue Spectre, and two unlikely treasure hunters named Thunder and Lightning, the three adventurers must find the lost Seventh Key and defeat the inconceivably powerful Wyrme of Deth or be trapped forever in the world of Nirriim.
Excerpt from The Thirteenth Monk:
“Edmund, I am the Thirteenth Monk, and I am going to tell you a story that may help you understand the true nature of the song we will sing for you. When you hear the story it may sound familiar to you, as though you have heard it before, perhaps a very long time ago when you were young, or even before then.” Edmund closed his eyes, listening to the calm, soothing voice of the Thirteenth Monk.
“There was once a bunny who lived by the ocean. Every day he would stroll along the sandy beach and pick up thoughts which had washed ashore. He would find them in shells, under rocks, and sometimes even tangled in seaweed. “Oh, this is a good one,” he would say, “we see chaos, but if we look carefully, if we look beneath the chaos, we find order and perfection.” And into his bucket the thought would go. When the bunny had reached a ripe old age he gathered all the thoughts together and placed them carefully into a large silver cauldron heated by the fires of life. Using a straw broom, he stirred them thoroughly, and as he was stirring he listened carefully. Much to his surprise he heard the ocean singing a wordless song of incomparable beauty. The bunny closed his eyes and said, “Ah, it was all worth it.”
The Blue Monk stood up. “We will sing for you now, Edmund. It is the ocean’s wordless song of incomparable beauty. It is the song of the universe, the song of your past, the song of your future, the song of life.”
Edmund’s eyes were still closed when he heard the first Blue Monk sing.
