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a deeply provocative and healing book 
"Sacred Vow" achieves what the author sets out to do in his fiction: momentarily bring the reader's conscious "defenses" down to gently expand the reader's concepts of self, reality, the world, the universe, Love.
It also achieves what few metaphysical books immediately achieve: explain to the reader (even someone new to metaphysical concepts) in an engaging, entertaining yet thought-provoking way certain metaphysical concepts like parallel lives and realities, without making the reader feel like being lectured, and in a way that makes the concepts easy to grasp at first read.
This is also the best romance book I've ever read so far: Love without the sex (!) but with a more intimate and intense lovemaking still, passion developed and grown to fulfillment in ways not many people have considered, with the real work and struggle of true loving as the real romance of it all.
I cried as I read the book, and wept quietly when I finished it, but the tears were healing and transformative.
Review on Sacred Vow
"Sacred Vow" is an excellent work of romantic fiction about two individuals who by responding to a calling, realize they are soulmates living in parallel lifetimes. It is a novel of a love so strong as to be able to reach across to each other through different lifetimes and try to find a way to be together. Even though I've read a few books with a metaphysical theme, Sacred Vow has touched me deeply with its endearing romance, its positive message on the Collective Consciousness, the possibility of parallel realities and about soulmates finding each other through the sheer strength of their spiritual love for each other. This book has been a wonderful experience for me and I would highly recommend it to all readers.
Allbooks, Bob Medak highly recommends this one! 
Genre: Fiction/Visionary and Metaphysical
Title: Sacred Vow
AUTHOR: C.G. WALTERS
The prologue begins, "Choice of the ritual location was dictated by nature just days before."
Chapter one begins, "No longer confined to material experience, Katerina crossed into the dimly lit room, invisible to its inhabitants." Either of these lines would make me read on.
A love story about Katerina and Ian, spiritual mates, living on parallel plains and two different worlds. Will their union become corporeal rather then ethereally? Will they be finally, be able to bond physically? This story will answer these questions.
Mr. Walters has written a compelling story with attention to detail. His characters, settings and dialogue enhance the premises of the story. I found the story had a good flow and paced well by Mr. Walters.
C.G. Walters was born on a farm in Efland, N.C., where his mother read to him as a small child. His lifelong fascination for earth-based spiritual philosophies, might just be a result of his initiation to the land on the farm. Since 1994, he and his wife reside in the mountains of N.C. in rustic conditions.
I found Sacred Vow to be a compelling story of two people bound ethereally; visit on each other's worlds. The idea of a Collective Consciousness appeals to me, not only as a reader, but personally as well. Are we some part of a larger whole? Are we pawns in someone's ideology? I found this story to give rise to thought as the two spiritual lovers explore what consciousness in their natural wolds is all about. I would highly recommend this book. Reviewer: Bob Medak, Allbooks Reviews.
Discovering mystical love
Reviewed by Catherine Phelps for Reader Views (1/07)
When chosen by the Crone Mother to perform a ritual, Katrina begins her frantic search for the answer to settle the rift in the Collective Consciousness. Having trained for this high honor in the monastic order of mystical women, she reserves her position by seeking and finding her understudy. In discovering their bond, Katrina comes to the realization that it will be through their one spirit, and one true love that will determine the future of her world and his.
Ian, a computer programmer, has been preparing for their meeting without an order to guide and instruct him. Unknown to him, this true love bond leads him to understand a dream of their union. For years, he has prepared their meeting place in his study so that the energy and timing of their visits will happen.
The couple transcends their parallel realities and become aware of their bond, which at first is limited in contact and lacking in conversational abilities. Through future visits, their love proves to be everlasting and such that they both risk great harm to themselves to reunite. Finally, they discover the reason for their meeting is for the good of all, and Ian's dream proves the means needed for their safety and continuous.
There exists more than "one truth." It can be defined differently by each perceiver. Truth is such until it is replaced by the next revelation. In our world, one cannot be so vain as to believe that there are only truths and non-truths.
Mr. Walters conveys the reality of mystical worlds and our interaction with them very eloquently. He states that there is "one true love in its infinite expression," meaning there is one connection, above all others that can make us feel whole, like our full selves. This book is highly recommended for the reader seeking a love story that knows no limits. As a metaphysical novel, one can expand their views of worlds and civilizations existing with us, and how we may affect those close to us with or without our knowledge.
"Sacred Vow" is highly recommended, and a sequel would be much welcomed.
When two parallel worlds break the barriers to co-exist as one, only true love can provide the solution to the rift between them. Having achieved this goal, it is with sadness that this union between soul mates cannot continue in the ways of our world. It is with gladness and thanks that a love so true can choose to sacrifice itself for the good of us all. "Sacred Vow" will bring a positive message to all to live each moment to its fullest potential.
come away wonder-filled and satisfied
Can the wind of a butterfly's wing effect climate on the other side of the world? Can the love of two souls heal a great wrong in the universe? C.G. Walters' novel "Sacred Vow," offers compelling thought to consider, and a page turning delight to cherish.
Ian Sarin enjoys his cup of tea but lately the ritual of it brings other delights. Visions of a woman play out in his perception, beckoning further visitation. Everything in the room must be just so, with teapot, caned chair, and Ian in place. He cannot hear her speak, but can see her mouthing words, sharing her life. Is this just a vision or is it something else? His reality soon becomes less important than the alternate one that he visits. Ian's health becomes affected and soon he needs help. While visiting an old friend in the mountains, he is introduced to Djalma, an interesting man whose presence comes into play in a large way. He will interact in Ian's life in ways he couldn't have imagined. The visions of Katerina become more intense and play out like episodes of a movie he has seen before. The question so important... why are the visits happening? The answer awaits on a scrap of paper that Ian had tucked away, a remnant of a dream, years before. He was chosen for this...but what exactly is this?
Reincarnation, collective consciousness, and life purpose all play large roles in this book. It is a deeply thoughtful and provocative tale that I could not put down. I so enjoyed the read that I simultaneously couldn't wait to get to the last page but also dreaded it ending. The author evokes a great understanding of these topics and the mysteries of the universe, yet shares his perceptions in a wonderfully easy to comprehend tone. Readers will come away wonder-filled and satisfied to have read "Sacred Vow."
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Sacred Vow is a metaphysical novel about a man who responds to the mysterious call of a woman, opening the way to redefinition of both himself and his understanding of the world around him. He takes his first steps on a journey to accept the world around him as a place to live, not simply a place to survive day-to-day. Sacred Vow is both a narrative and the means for the author to communicate a positive message about life and fully integrating the most into each moment. Highly recommended-Midwest Book Review Can the wind of a butterfly?s wing effect climate on the other side of the world? Can the love of two souls heal a great wrong in the universe? C.G. Walters? novel ?Sacred Vow,? offers compelling thought to consider, and a page turning delight to cherish. Ian Sarin enjoys his cup of tea but lately the ritual of it brings other delights. Visions of a woman play out in his perception, beckoning further visitation. Everything in the room must be just so, with teapot, caned chair, and Ian in place. He cannot hear her speak, but can see her mouthing words, sharing her life. Is this just a vision or is it something else? His reality soon becomes less important than the alternate one that he visits. Ian?s health becomes affected and soon he needs help. While visiting an old friend in the mountains, he is introduced to Djalma, an interesting man whose presence comes into play in a large way. He will interact in Ian?s life in ways he couldn?t have imagined. The visions of Katerina become more intense and play out like episodes of a movie he has seen before. The question so important? why are the visits happening? The answer awaits on a scrap of paper that Ian had tucked away, a remnant of a dream, years before. He was chosen for this?but what exactly is this? Reincarnation, collective consciousness, and life purpose all play large roles in this book. It is a deeply thoughtful and provocative tale that I could not put down. I so enjoyed the read that I simultaneously couldn?t wait to get to the last page but also dreaded it ending. The author evokes a great understanding of these topics and the mysteries of the universe, yet shares his perceptions in a wonderfully easy to comprehend tone. Readers will come away wonder-filled and satisfied to have read ?Sacred Vow.? Reviewed by Heather Froeschl, Spiritual Fiction Review
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