SayWhatClub Online Voices April 2011
Book Review
Dorothy Black
Copyright 2011
Manifesting Michelangelo
The story of a three-day miracle -- That may make all change possible"
by Joseph Pierce Farrell with Peter Occhiogrosso
This book was written by the son of the Marlboro Man, and if you are old enough you will remember who that was! It was chosen not for that reason but because it was a New York Times bestseller and because my library had it on their new books shelf. The title is also rather eye catching -- you all know who Michelangelo was -- and I got curious.
However, it turns out that the book is not like I had imagined it might be, and is certainly a lot more contemporary than that artist of old. In fact, it as much as anything has a futuristic nature and if you believe in miracles, a trait well represented in the American population, you should find this an interesting and intelligent autobiographical read. It is pointed out that the world's great religions and religious thinkers refer to miracles throughout the ages, and after reading this book, one understands these accounts more keenly. Even if you don't believe in miracles, reading this book will show you why others do and perhaps win you over as well. Too, it will give you a glimpse of what the future may hold.
In the first place, Joseph Farrell's life had characteristics that many of us have when we grow up and have life to contend with. He dreamed first of a career in health care -- "doing good", you know. A job in real estate showed him how self-serving and shallow the business world could be and he felt he was losing his soul. So he went searching for a more fulfilling occupation and ended up restoring furniture and antiques, using abilities he had learned from his father - which is where the Michelangelo reference came in. Then he had a sudden, transformative experience which changed his life, giving him a remarkable power of healing. Eventually arriving at a level of pioneering in health and healing that began to involve many others with similar interests and abilities, including medical academics, researchers and scientists, he became "internationally recognized as a pioneer in the study of human consciousness". He supports "what science is beginning to embrace, what the great artists have always known, and what spiritual traditions have long promised -- that we possess a latent capacity to manifest on the level of the miraculous." His successes in healing are well documented -- for "if a tree falls in the forest and nobody hears it, does it make a sound?" -- and the results unquestionable.
Today there is "renewed interest in the healing potential described in the scriptures of the world's spiritual traditions". The book ends with a description of how readers can obtain this same capacity to change themselves and the world.
Joseph Farrell is "director of the Global Health Institute, an organization dedicated to advancing the integration of healthcare" and "an advisor to the United Nations NGO Committee on Spirituality, values and Global Concerns".
Peter Occhiogrosso, co-author, is a writer of New York Times bestsellers.
Manifesting Michelangelo
The story of a three-day miracle -- That may make all change possible"
by Joseph Pierce Farrell with Peter Occhiogrosso
Atria Books
A division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
1230 Avenue of the Americas New York NY 10020
Copyright 2011
ISBN 978-1-4391-7301-5
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