Random Walk: A Novel for a New Age

Author's Note

This book is about a walk, and it seems appropriate to acknowledge a debt of gratitude to some of the people who have provided valuable assistance along the way. I owe much to Thomas Mullane, Marilyn White, and Martin O’Farrell, three among many who taught me to follow the path a step at a time; to Sondra Ray, Fredric Lehrman, Leonard Orr, and Bob and Mallie Mandel, indispensable teachers; to Peter Russell, for The Global Brain, and Raphael, for The Starseed Transmissions; to Durchback Akuete, for his gift of spiritual empowerment; to Lloyd Youngblood and Danny Slomoff, for their example as powerful healers; to Mary Elizabeth Weber and Joan Pancoe, for timely guidance and channeled wisdom; and to Babaji.

I am grateful, too, to William Smart and everyone at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, where the actual writing of this book took place.

Finally, I owe more than I can ever say to my most wonderful wife Lynne, to whom Random Walk is dedicated. It could never have come into being but for her incomparable generosity of spirit and her selfless unconditional love.