New, Out Now!
Yes, dear readers, The Six Archetypes of Love is now available from Amazon.com and from other fine outlets, no doubt. I prefer Amazon because Barnes and Noble charge sales tax in Massachusetts, and Amazon, who are based somewhere else, don’t. Amazon also offers a lower ‘promotional’ price on new books.
The Six Archetypes takes the whole idea of archetypes to the next stage. It suggests that since these archetypes obviously exist we then have to ask what they exist for. The answer is alarmingly simple - - we may be here on earth in order to find out how to get along with each other in the most productive and compassionate way. Love, in fact, at the very highest level, is what we are called upon to live. The alternative, of course, is strife, war, and misery, which we’re already very good at, and which have shown themselves to be rather hollow achievements. So we really do need to understand love a little better.
It’s already been hailed as an important book. That’s flattering, of course, but I didn’t write it to feel flattered. I wrote it because it needed to be read.
The new website specifically for the book www.sixarchetypes.com is almost ready. It looks lovely, but it just isn’t up and cranking yet. Obviously the universe wants me to learn about being patient.
If you’d like to check out the Six Archetypes, then the Amazon site has some good things on it, including advance reviews. If you want autographed and inscribed copies, just drop me a line saying what you want written, and you can have as many as you wish for $11 each plus mailing of $3 per copy. One lady asked me to inscribe one of my books with something extravagantly romantic, so I happily wrote ‘Dearest Darling B—, We’ll always have those memories of that wild week in Paris….’ So far her husband has not come after me with a meat ax. So you see, you can have any inscription you wish!
on September 4th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Ooh, I would love a signed copy of your book. Is pay pal an acceptable form of payment?
on September 5th, 2008 at 11:30 am
Dear Allan,
Congratulations !
Looking forward to reading the new book.
Two books in one year!!!
You are an excellent role model for us all .
I would love a copy- signed of course.
What is the best address for sending you a check?
Peace and Blessings,
Jean
on September 5th, 2008 at 11:48 am
Dear Jean and Marnie,
I’d be delighted to send each of you copies! A check sent to Curry works well, or paypal to aghunter@comcast.net - just please remember to let me have your address so I know where to send them. If you’d like perhaps to send a few words to Amazon.com in review, then I can send these out to you gratis (otherwise I have to charge). What do you think?
People seem to be very excited by this book, too, which is gratifying because producing two books inside a year is exhausting.
Now, the website is the next order of business….
Yours with a smile, Allan
on September 5th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Dear Allan,
Have I got a deal for you!
I’ll send you a check today for the book so it will be waiting here for me.
I probably won’t have a chance to read it right away. ( I’ll be babysitting for little Mary who turns one year old next week)
As soon as I do read it, I’ll send in a review to Amazon.
A win/win deal!!!
Be well,
Keep smiling !!!
Jean
on September 5th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
I too will both send you money and post a review.
The check will go out to Curry today.
on September 6th, 2008 at 11:59 am
Dear Administrator:
To say that I’m bubbling over with pride for your accomplishment is but a mild tribute to your marvelous ability to provide us not only with benchmarks to chart our time here on earth but also our progress as writers.
That said, I flung myself through “The Six Archetypes of Love” cover to cover with abandon. I just HAD to see where you were going.
(Or, should I say, where “we” were going.)
That done, I am back at the beginning quiet in the knowledge that I’ll end up with Gauguin. Luckily the triptych resides in Boston so I’ve stood before it many times - with and without insight.
Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?
Next time will be the charm. MLou
on September 6th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Dear Mary Lou,
Your kind words are so delightful - and so reassuring. It’s clear that you ‘got’ the major ideas in the book at a vital and powerful level, and since we all write in order to be understood I can only say I’m hugely happy that the book felt useful and true to you! The Gauguin is a pretty mind-boggling canvas, isn’t it? It felt as if, when I saw it, it had been waiting for me to catch up to it so it could whisper in my ear. I was fortunate. I got to the MFA very early and ran through the gallery so I could have a few minutes alone with it and allow it work its magic….
All I had to do was listen.
Yours with a smile, Allan