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Cosmic Dancer
It’s 1969 but 15-year-old Amelia Longwood’s visions aren’t drug-induced, they’re memories: of a crystal butterfly the size of a jetliner, of her own death hundreds of years earlier, of learning to dance in a place where gravity didn’t matter. In waking life, she’s struggling with ballet, boyfriends, and an alcoholic mother. In her dreams, she’s back in the place she came from—or rather, all the places she’s come from, life after life, and especially, all the people she has known. Again and again. Will the memories help her this time? Will she find the special someone her heart remembers? Will she overcome the force that’s trying to stop her from dancing? The blue and golden Lights she sees—can they help?
2011 Finalist: National Indie Excellence Award for Visionary Fiction
2011 Finalist: Eric Hoffer/da Vinci Eye Award
** “It is a wonderful book.” - Donna Eden, author of Energy Medicine, founder of Eden Energy Medicine
** “Have you ever met people for the first time who felt very familiar? Or you felt so comfortable with them it was as if you had known them forever? There may a good reason for your feelings. Lianne has created a beautiful story, woven with elegance and warmth, with such amazingly colorful images that you are drawn into the experience completely. Tales of reincarnation, life in between lives, and relationships needing redemption all make this a captivating read. But is this really a work of fiction or has Lianne brought something more memorable to the world? - Pamala Oslie, Author of Life Colors and Love Colors
** “This is a beautifully written book that contains some of the most vivid imagery I've had the pleasure of experiencing in a long, long time. But it is so much more than that. ... Lianne Downey shows us that there is more to human nature than meets the eye, in this lifetime anyway. This incredible book takes you on a journey that will change the way you view the difficult relationships in your life, forever." - Michelle Doetsch, New Yew Reiki and Massage Therapy
Ten percent of Cosmic Dancer sales support Mary Murphy’s Chance to Dance, Inc., a nonprofit charity that brings ballroom dancing into school classrooms.
2011 Finalist: National Indie Excellence Award for Visionary Fiction
2011 Finalist: Eric Hoffer/da Vinci Eye Award
** “It is a wonderful book.” - Donna Eden, author of Energy Medicine, founder of Eden Energy Medicine
** “Have you ever met people for the first time who felt very familiar? Or you felt so comfortable with them it was as if you had known them forever? There may a good reason for your feelings. Lianne has created a beautiful story, woven with elegance and warmth, with such amazingly colorful images that you are drawn into the experience completely. Tales of reincarnation, life in between lives, and relationships needing redemption all make this a captivating read. But is this really a work of fiction or has Lianne brought something more memorable to the world? - Pamala Oslie, Author of Life Colors and Love Colors
** “This is a beautifully written book that contains some of the most vivid imagery I've had the pleasure of experiencing in a long, long time. But it is so much more than that. ... Lianne Downey shows us that there is more to human nature than meets the eye, in this lifetime anyway. This incredible book takes you on a journey that will change the way you view the difficult relationships in your life, forever." - Michelle Doetsch, New Yew Reiki and Massage Therapy
Ten percent of Cosmic Dancer sales support Mary Murphy’s Chance to Dance, Inc., a nonprofit charity that brings ballroom dancing into school classrooms.
310 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2011
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About the author
Lianne Downey
5 books34 followersLianne Downey has spent decades exploring, teaching, and writing about the outer reaches of her own broadband perception. Books include the speculative sci fi Perception; the YA fantasy Cosmic Dancer (an NIEA Finalist); a channeled space opera The Liberator: A Psychic-Spiritual History of the Orion Empire; and a self-help psychic awareness manual Speed Your Evolution: Become the Star Being You Are Meant To Be.
She holds a BA in Mass Communication from UC Davis, and began her career as an arts journalist for The Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune. She is a lifelong student of the works of Ernest L. Norman, and names his widow, the late Ruth E. Norman, as her most influential spiritual mentor.
Visit her website at https://liannedowney.com and sign up for her newsletter for more about psychic phenomena, past lives, upcoming book events & giveaways.
She holds a BA in Mass Communication from UC Davis, and began her career as an arts journalist for The Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune. She is a lifelong student of the works of Ernest L. Norman, and names his widow, the late Ruth E. Norman, as her most influential spiritual mentor.
Visit her website at https://liannedowney.com and sign up for her newsletter for more about psychic phenomena, past lives, upcoming book events & giveaways.
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June 24, 2013
"Dancing...weaves through your history like a gleaming circlet of Love."
"...when you desire to dance--you are feeling the Pulsebeat of Infinity!"
These quotes from the YA novel, “Cosmic Dancer: an Interdimensional Fantasy” speak to me, yet I was a bit uncomfortable with the metaphysical aspects.
The story alternates between fifteen-year-old misfit Amy growing up in an unhappy American family of the 60s, to Marta’s long ago existence as a farmer’s wife on a Swiss mountaintop, and an in-between shimmering crystal world where souls of animals as well as humans rest and learn between lifetimes.
I was hooked into Amy’s life as a talented ballet dancer with an alcoholic mother, but Marta’s story felt false, and it was immediately obvious how these two lives would ultimately combine.
Beautifully-written, the interdimensional scenes were glorious in the descriptions of a brilliant, other-worldly colorful place of renewal with a touch of the psychedelic.
I loved the depiction of the tween-lives as a place of learning--a university with hologram museums of history, the opera, art, libraries. In a way it reminded me of Dorothy’s journey in Oz to find home within herself, with Guide Coriskancsia standing in for Glinda the Good. But because this is very foreign territory to me, the Teachers’ lectures sometimes got pedantic, talky and full of jargon, and I found myself skipping forward to more action. “Subastral dimension” “lower-frequency of thought-forms” “beacon of harmonic connection” “Infinite Intelligence” are foreign phrases to readers unfamiliar with the realm of the psychic. There is a reading list of sorts, too, in the discussion of books the two modern girls are interested in.
I think young people will find hope here, and be encouraged to forge ahead with their lives, that perhaps they have more than one chance to solve their relationship problems, whether they believe in reincarnation or not.
"...when you desire to dance--you are feeling the Pulsebeat of Infinity!"
These quotes from the YA novel, “Cosmic Dancer: an Interdimensional Fantasy” speak to me, yet I was a bit uncomfortable with the metaphysical aspects.
The story alternates between fifteen-year-old misfit Amy growing up in an unhappy American family of the 60s, to Marta’s long ago existence as a farmer’s wife on a Swiss mountaintop, and an in-between shimmering crystal world where souls of animals as well as humans rest and learn between lifetimes.
I was hooked into Amy’s life as a talented ballet dancer with an alcoholic mother, but Marta’s story felt false, and it was immediately obvious how these two lives would ultimately combine.
Beautifully-written, the interdimensional scenes were glorious in the descriptions of a brilliant, other-worldly colorful place of renewal with a touch of the psychedelic.
I loved the depiction of the tween-lives as a place of learning--a university with hologram museums of history, the opera, art, libraries. In a way it reminded me of Dorothy’s journey in Oz to find home within herself, with Guide Coriskancsia standing in for Glinda the Good. But because this is very foreign territory to me, the Teachers’ lectures sometimes got pedantic, talky and full of jargon, and I found myself skipping forward to more action. “Subastral dimension” “lower-frequency of thought-forms” “beacon of harmonic connection” “Infinite Intelligence” are foreign phrases to readers unfamiliar with the realm of the psychic. There is a reading list of sorts, too, in the discussion of books the two modern girls are interested in.
I think young people will find hope here, and be encouraged to forge ahead with their lives, that perhaps they have more than one chance to solve their relationship problems, whether they believe in reincarnation or not.
March 5, 2013
Since I'm the author, of course I love this book! I recommend it to anyone of any age who is interested in the subject of reincarnation, love stories, dancing, and where we go between lifetimes, because my story spends quite a bit of time exploring beautiful higher-astral locations. Also, it's good for anyone who's had to deal with alcoholic parents. Or who wonders how this reincarnation business works.
A lot of people who've read the book have told me it's changed their lives and reminded them of their own psychic or intuitive aspirations or abilities, especially when they got to the part where my main character is working with her between-life mentors. I wasn't expecting that reaction, but considering how I was helped while writing it, I'm not so surprised.
One reader who found it in a library in Australia wrote to tell me she was going back to the ballet she'd given up the year before, and now she understood why it was important for her to keep dancing: she, too, had a mission to carry out. Yay! I always appreciate hearing from my readers!
A lot of people who've read the book have told me it's changed their lives and reminded them of their own psychic or intuitive aspirations or abilities, especially when they got to the part where my main character is working with her between-life mentors. I wasn't expecting that reaction, but considering how I was helped while writing it, I'm not so surprised.
One reader who found it in a library in Australia wrote to tell me she was going back to the ballet she'd given up the year before, and now she understood why it was important for her to keep dancing: she, too, had a mission to carry out. Yay! I always appreciate hearing from my readers!
April 8, 2013
If you have thought about the energy that makes a person feel they have lived other lives you will enjoy this great story with it's knowledgeable and thoughtful treatment of the subject. A good read and a thought provoking subject. Enjoy.
March 31, 2013
A delightful story of a woman's inner and outer journey. Dancing is the playful theme which is a wonderful metaphor for how we should look at life.
August 14, 2013
Kudos to Lianne Downey on creating "Cosmic Dancer" - this is a spiritually mature tale for even those who have no spiritual inclinations, and that's a "novel" feat in itself.
Young Amelia (Amy) Longwood is the heroine of her own life in this sweet, hopeful story. The small town setting is homey and appealing, the characters well-drawn and familiar, as if they are part of your own story. You can almost smell the high school, hot dogs and homecoming...and the overflowing ashtrays, sticky left-over drinks and disarray of her alcoholic parents.
Amy's real-est life, however, is not comprised of her dysfunctional family or her high school dilemmas or even by her one true love, dancing. In the midst of her teen-aged angst, she begins to envision snippets of her past lives and full visions of her life between lives. "Cosmic Dancer" weaves these lives and visions together in a masterful way, identifying the intuitive allusions that underly and inform Amy's present life.
"Cosmic Dancer" is one of those books I could not put down for long. I wanted to know what was next for this young girl I had grown to love. I could feel the loneliness of a "different" teen, and I wanted Amy to know she wasn't crazy - she was the sane one. I wanted her to be healed and whole. If an author can make you feel-with her characters, that author has succeeded!
More, Lianne Downey's elegant and deeply absorbing descriptions of afterlife "places" ring with marvelous truth. Bravo, Lianne. Bravo!
Young Amelia (Amy) Longwood is the heroine of her own life in this sweet, hopeful story. The small town setting is homey and appealing, the characters well-drawn and familiar, as if they are part of your own story. You can almost smell the high school, hot dogs and homecoming...and the overflowing ashtrays, sticky left-over drinks and disarray of her alcoholic parents.
Amy's real-est life, however, is not comprised of her dysfunctional family or her high school dilemmas or even by her one true love, dancing. In the midst of her teen-aged angst, she begins to envision snippets of her past lives and full visions of her life between lives. "Cosmic Dancer" weaves these lives and visions together in a masterful way, identifying the intuitive allusions that underly and inform Amy's present life.
"Cosmic Dancer" is one of those books I could not put down for long. I wanted to know what was next for this young girl I had grown to love. I could feel the loneliness of a "different" teen, and I wanted Amy to know she wasn't crazy - she was the sane one. I wanted her to be healed and whole. If an author can make you feel-with her characters, that author has succeeded!
More, Lianne Downey's elegant and deeply absorbing descriptions of afterlife "places" ring with marvelous truth. Bravo, Lianne. Bravo!
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