The Dream of Vixen Tor

The Dream of Vixen Tor
A Restoring the Crown Book
Ken Eagle Feather
Illustrated by Charles Duffie
Poems by Harriet Louisa Coleman

"Dreaming-awake" -- also known as "dreaming while awake" -- is a growing area of interest in the field of perception. Anthropologists such as Carlos Castaneda and psychologists such as Dr. Arnold Mindell have written about it. Through dreaming-awake, you transform your everyday environment into, in essence, a dream come to life. As a result, your senses are sharper and clearer; you feel more alive. Originating from a real dreaming awake adventure, "The Dream of Vixen Tor" offers an original blend of illustrated storytelling, perspective, poetry, and how-to exercises -- all designed to help you awaken your own creative potential and turn your everyday experiences into adventures of consciousness.

- From the author of "Traveling with Power," "A Toltec Path," and "Tracking Freedom," whose books have sold over 35,000 copies

- A new twist on an old legend guaranteed to awaken the senses -- followed by a practical guide to achieving a state of heightened awareness in "everyday" life

- Combines storytelling, illustrations, poetry, information, how-to exercises, and a personal journey section in one of the most unique guidebooks to creativity on the market

- Dreaming is a hot topic for both new age and mainstream audiences; many bookstores already have their own sections

The Dream of the Vixen Tor reads like the waking dream that inspired it. As Ken Eagle Feather (Tracking Freedom, A Toltec Path) drifts through his fables and teachings, one senses there is no left brain at work--only the meandering of the right brain as it delves into the unconscious world. Like a modern-day Carlos Castaneda, Eagle Feather works from the Toltec traditions and produces writing that is often ethereal and unconventional.

Eagle Feather begins by telling a mystical tale about a ranger's quest to restore the crown of King Arthur. (By this he means restoring the relationship between humans and the "spirit of all things goods and whole.") The old-fashioned tale is thick with symbolism--including a waif, an evil shape-shifting vixen, coachmen, and a hidden cave. After the fable ends, Eagle Feather explains the story within the story--how it grew from a real-life waking dream he had on a tor (a natural rock formation on the top of a hill) in England. Finally, the ethereal prose shifts into a series of concise, step-by-step guided meditations on how to live more in the realm of imagination and how to bring the dream world into the waking world, and vice versa.

What's the payoff? "Remember, heightened awareness is often called dreaming-awake, as your environment takes on a dreamlike quality," he writes. "Colors are clearer, sharper. You feel connected. You feel more capable. You feel like you're not at the mercy of the world, and that you can actively shape your dream... your life." --Gail Hudson