LIVING IN THE LIGHT

Living in the Light

Reviewed by J. F. Nodar - September 10, 2023

Living in the Light by Byron Edwards is a huge book in many ways.
First, it is 662 pages long, which took me by surprise when I received it in the post. The sheer weight made me sit down right away and start on the first chapter.
I must admit that reading a book with a religious undertone is not my cup of tea, but Mr Edwards presented his beliefs in an interesting format which included humour, adventure, mystery of the ages, sex, and love.
The story is about a middle-aged man, Jake Fleming, who had previously been married for four years and divorced his wife and finds the love of his life, Laura, in a strange place called “The Library”. Fate intervenes and Jake loses his fiancé in a car wreck. He decides to get his life in order and starts travelling to photograph ancient ruins for a book.
Jake finds that many of these structures throughout the world do not have logical explanations as to who, or many times, to how these sites were made. These places do exist and are not made up for I Googled some of them since I did not know about them.
In the story, Jake photographs the ruins of Puma Punku, an enormous pyramid, the Akapana, and the Gateway of the Sun at Tiwanaku. His travels take him to other structures like Sacsayhuaman in Cusco, Manchu Picchu, and many more, overseas and in the US and Mexico as well.
His descriptions were excellent, and I liked reading and understanding about these fascinating ancient ruins.
As I said, I will not spoil the end, but what I found was the essence of the book, in my opinion, is that love is what makes the world go round and love of self, of others, of country and of God.
What I did not believe in Jake’s premise is that if he is a Christian that he will not accept certain ‘conventions’ (not sure of the word here so bear with me) towards some individuals in society today which do not adhere to Jake’s religious tendencies.
This ‘turned me off’ a bit from the story.
I encourage you to read this book, for it will make you think about your own Christianity and beliefs and push you to see where you stand in the community of humankind.
You may agree with Jake’s views, or you may not, but you certainly will enjoy the book.
J. F. Nodar purchased this book.

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