About the Author David Irving has written poetry, fairy tales, plays, short stories, essays, newspaper articles, magazine articles, and books. The Voice in the Stone is his first novel. In 2011 O-Books, an imprint of John Hunt Publishing, published his book The Protein Myth which has been endorsed by some of the top experts in the world in their respective fields. These include John Robbins, author of Diet for a New America and recipient of the Rachel Carson Award and the Peace Abbey’s Courage of Conscience Award; Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., author of Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease who President Clinton consulted in reversing his heart disease; and Dr. Samuel S. Epstein, author of The Politics of Cancer and recipient of the Right Livelihood Award (Alternative Nobel prize), the 1998 Project Censored Award (Alternative Pulitzer Prize), and the Albert Schweitzer Golden Grand Medal for Humanitarianism. David's articles have appeared on Cyrano's Journal, Thomas Paine's Corner, All-Creatures.org, Press Action, Radical Noesis, Dandelion Salad, The Animals Voice, New Dawn Magazine, Vegan Views, and other blogs and journals. He has been interviewed in the press and on several radio programs for his book The Protein Myth. He has also just completed a book titled The Cruel Science: Animal Research from Aristotle to the 21st Century. An accomplished musician, David is also a composer and has played French horn with ensembles like the Marlboro and Cabrillo music festivals, the San Francisco Ballet, and the San Francisco Opera. He was a member of the 7th Army Symphony, the Graz Opera and Philharmonic Orchestra (Austria), and the Oakland Symphony. David attended the New England Conservatory of Music, the Vienna Academy of Music, and graduated Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University where he also earned his Master's in music composition. His compositions are performed in the United States and Europe. David has lived in Boston, Vienna and Graz (Austria), San Francisco, and New York City. He presently makes his home in the upper Catskill Mountain region of New York where he attends to and is attended by his three cats, Lewie-Lew, Goldie Boy, and Loonie. David was born in Kankakee, Illinois and grew up in Bluffton, Indiana. He has a twin brother, Darrel, who is a classical guitarist and an editor and author.
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The Magister/Meister/Master
This historical novel is about part of the life of Meister Eckhart, a Dominican friar and prior, as well as professor, and the man who became his friend and disciple, Erich. The setting is the 1200s-1300s in Germany, where the Church held great power and vied with secular rulers for predominance. Eckhart's teachings were often prescient, but were perceived by some as dubiously unorthodox in his day. He taught the peasants in their own dialect instead of the Latin they could not comprehend, and his teachings are reminiscent of those of the Buddha (though Christianized). Empty yourself and become as nothing and you will find God within, he taught. On two occasions he debated a Franciscan and won the challenge, to the anger and resentment of many Franciscans. Self-awareness was a steady current of his thought, influencing Hegel, Schopenhauer, Karl Jaspers, Jung, and many other thinkers. Were we to read Th0mas Merton today we would not be strangers to his writings if we had read Eckhart first.A jealous Archbishop, spurred on by two hunters of heretics, was persuaded to bring charges of heresy against Eckhart. In the end, the Meister was called before the pope, John xxii, to defend his teachings. Eckhart died sometime during this process. His prosecutors became outraged that he escaped being burned at the stake through his demise. Today, Meister Eckhart is considered one of the greatest philosophers and theologians of his time, and his legacy is present in the Church in our time.Recommended for those who enjoy Medieval History and the study of Meister Eckhart's thoughts and words. Moreover, those interested in the psychology of infantile emotions in adult clerics as well as the personal destruction of who one unconsciously wishes to be will perhaps enjoy the dynamics of this work.
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