Jamayah: Adventures on the Path of Return

Jamayah: Adventures on the Path of Return

First edition cover
Author T.L. Orcutt
Cover artist Brett Lang
Country USA
Language English
Series The Path of Return series
Genre Paranormal fiction
Psychological novel
Adventure fiction
Publisher Global Village Publishing
Publication date
September 17, 2005
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 383 pp
ISBN 978-0-9623434-5-2
Preceded by Magicians of the Soul: Exploring the World of Paranormal and Mystical Experience
Followed by Collateral Karma

Jamayah: Adventures on the Path of Return is the first novel in the The Path of Return Trilogy series by T.L. Orcutt, originally published in September 2005.[1]

Synopsis

Set against the Aquarian optimism and affluence that dawned the new millennium in 1995 San Diego, Jamayah: Adventures on the Path of Return is a paranormal and mystical adventure marbleized with humor. Baby-boomer Bob Kramer arrives in mid-life crisis with a job loss and recent divorce. Jamayah, an unlikely cosmopolitan guru, mysteriously recruits Bob as an initiate on the Path of Return, a fusion of wisdom traditions tempered toward paranormal mastery and cosmic awareness. The progressively intense challenge is how Bob will reconcile his scientific skepticism in a paranormal and mystical adventure that embraces a strip bar, demands trusting synchronicity in the face of homeless humility, and a past life regression realizing the horrors of war.

Three of the four initiations on which the story unfolds, in this first novel of The Path of Return Trilogy, focus on experiencing the optimal possibilities of human awareness: (1), mastering paranormal ability to explore an altogether different universe from the homogenized world view that is anchored in materialistic reality, (2), experiencing humility and trusting intuition and synchronicity, and (3), unattached observation of life in the moment. In the end, Bob returns to ordinary life, but feels detached, alone, and indifferent, a malaise Jamayah reframes as having passed a sacred rite of passage.

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Reception

Reception for Jamayah: Adventures on the Path of Return was limited though generally favorable. Stanley Krippner, international parapsychologist and coauthor of Becoming Psychic, The Mythic Path, and Mysterious Minds, referred to the work as a "magnificent tapestry, one that is more like a web from which readers will find hard to escape until they finish the final and most expository chapter." Catherine Kitcho, editor of Hot Lava! Book Reviews, called the book ”a wonderful blend of contemporary fiction and metaphysics”, and further stated, ”You will enjoy this tale of an ordinary guy discovering a world that is not so ordinary...Once you start this book, you won't be able to put it down, except occasionally to ponder some of the book's profound insights. Bravo”[2] Duncan Sings-Alone, a Zen Buddhist priest and author of Sprinting Backwards to God said in a review, "Not since I discovered Carlos Castaneda years ago have I read a book so captivating and truth filled. If you want to explore the outer limits of your potential, read this book. You will love it."

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