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    Bridge to the Otherworld
    Bridge to the Otherworld
    Bridge to the Otherworld
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    Bridge to the Otherworld

    By Cheryl Lafferty Eckl

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    Embrace Love’s deepest mystery—the heart’s way is the bridge. 
    Wayfarer, it takes courage to cross a bridge. To step into the Unknown. To risk transition’s threshold where past is always prologue and the future’s never clear. You see the path before you only partially across. So

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFLYING CRANE PRESS
    Release dateDec 5, 2015
    ISBN9780997037616
    Bridge to the Otherworld
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    Cheryl Lafferty Eckl

    Cheryl Lafferty Eckl has played many roles since she began her career as a singer/actress in musical theatre. Among those roles are award-winning author, mystical poet, professional development trainer, life coach, inspirational speaker and retreat facilitator. These days, her favorite role is seanchaí-that's Irish for storyteller. If you ask, she'll tell you it's her love of Ireland-its people, language, land and culture-that continues to inspire characters and stories in thrilling novels that follow the trials and triumphs of twin flames who sometimes struggle and very often succeed in unlocking Love's mystery. Learn more about Cheryl's books, and enjoy her videos, audios and articles at www.CherylEckl.com.

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      Bridge to the Otherworld - Cheryl Lafferty Eckl

      Books by Cheryl Lafferty Eckl

      Personal Growth & Transformation

      A Beautiful Death:

      Keeping the Promise of Love

      A Beautiful Grief:

      Reflections on Letting Go

      The LIGHT Process:

      Living on the Razor’s Edge of Change

      Wise Inner Counselor Books

      Reflections on Being Your True Self in Any Situation

      Reflections on Doing Your Great Work in Any Occupation

      Reflections on Ineffable Love: from loss through grief to joy

      Poetry for Inspiration & Beauty

      Poetics of Soul & Fire

      Bridge to the Otherworld

      Idylls from the Garden of Spiritual Delights & Healing

      Sparks of Celtic Mystery:

      soul poems from Éire

      A Beautiful Joy: Reunion with the Beloved

      Through Transfiguring Love

      Twin Flames Romance Novels

      The Weaving:

      A Novel of Twin Flames Through Time

      Twin Flames of Éire Trilogy

      The Ancients and The Call

      The Water and The Flame

      The Mystics and The Mystery

      BRIDGE TO THE OTHERWORLD

      © 2016, 2021, 2022 by Cheryl J. Eckl, LLC

      Published by Flying Crane Press, Livingston, Montana 59047

      Cheryl@CherylEckl.com | www.CherylEckl.com

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used, reproduced, translated, electronically stored, or transmitted in any manner whatsoever without prior written permission from the author or publisher, except by reviewers, who may quote brief text-only passages in their reviews.

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2015918793

      ISBN: 978-0-9970376-0-9 (paperback)

      ISBN: 978-0-9970376-1-6 (e-book)

      Printed in the United States of America

      For courageous hearts

      willing to cross the bridge

      toward Home.

      Out of the Light

      that beckons from the Otherworld

      a thousand mystic voices sing:

      Embrace Love’s deepest mystery,

      the heart’s way is the bridge.

      Opening the Way of Love’s Mystery

      Mystics gather

      forces align

      a veil parts

      and stillness descends

      in order that one may hear

      truths not spoken aloud.

      Here is the way of Love’s mystery—

      When its portal swings wide

      the Heart opens to a thin place

      where insight bestows its wisdom

      like welcome rain upon a thirsty landscape.

      Mind alone cannot cross this threshold;

      soul conversation creates a bridge

      to other worlds and wonders.

      CONTENTS

      Opening the Way of Love’s Mystery

      Mystics Gather

      The Invitation

      Man of Wonders

      Brigid o’ the Otherworld

      Taliesin

      Sisters of the Ruby Mantle

      Transfixed by the Compassionate Mother

      The Archangel

      Acceptance at the Top of the World

      The Master in Florence

      Stillness Descends

      In the Glen at Sunrise

      Sean-nós

      Here Now

      Untold Treasure

      The Gift

      The Visitor

      Solitude and Simplicity

      The Still Point

      The Portal Swings Wide

      Anticipating Adventure

      Spiral Dancing

      A Poet’s Desire

      Becoming

      Unbecoming

      New Moon

      The Arrow

      Dancing on the Bridge

      The Heart Opens to a Thin Place

      Love’s Mystery

      The Gate That Opens

      Perceval Awakens

      The Full Heart Is Strong in Its Convictions

      Epiphany

      Love’s Prophecy

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