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War in an age of innocence Kindle Edition

by John Hooker (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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War in an age of innocence is set in the Megalithic period and contains a fantasy reconstruction of the religious philosophy behind the building and use of stone circles, but it is also a coming of age story, not just for the hero and the heroine, but for their society as well. My premise for the novel was “What if war was actually unthinkable?”

It owes much to the psychological writing of C. G. Jung and to the mythological writing of Joseph Campbell and is suitable (and hopefully enjoyable) reading for young and old alike.
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    12 - 18 years
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    289 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publication date
    April 30, 2016
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01F1CD0BW
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (April 30, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 30, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 636 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 289 pages
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John Hooker

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John Hooker is an independent researcher and writer who specializes in the ancient Celts: their coinage, mythology, and art.

In 1999, together with his late wife, the poet Carin Perron, he decided to build a web presence for the Celtic Coin Index which started in 1961 as a card index at the Institute of Archaeology at Oxford of all known ancient Celtic coins of Britain.

In 2002, his Celtic Improvisations: An Art Historical Analysis of Coriosolite Coins was published by Archaeopress, Oxford. It was the first application of evolutionary cladistics to an archaeological subject and is the most detailed typological study for any Celtic coinage ever published.

In 2005 he contributed the section on Celtic coinage for John Koch's five volume Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia.

In 2015, he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA).

His main influences have been the psychology of C. G. Jung and the mythology of Joseph Campbell. John lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada with his coyote hybrid (coydog) Tristan. He has a daughter and two grandchildren.

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5.0 out of 5 stars John Hooker is able to recreate life in early stone circle societies describing their reasoning behind the building of the arche
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Coming of age story of a young couple in a early civilization somewhere in Northern Europe. Kiri lives in a village hugging the sea. He has a simple life, however he has an abilities to feel more than most other people in his village. His aunt takes him on a journey to another town where he meets Kala. Their peaceful lives are interrupted by the threat of a new people intend on waging war. This book reminded me of Michener's The Source. It's describes the birth of a religion, the way it shaped society, creating a moral backbone upon which a group of people can survive in peace and grow. Their philosophy is steeped in an oral tradition of stories, based on nature and the circle of life. The concept of war is an anathema to them, they don't understand it or comprehend why a human would hunt or destroy another human. John Hooker is able to recreate life in early stone circle societies describing their reasoning behind the building of the archeological wonders of a site like Stonehenge.
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