Introducing... AFH Book Club!!!
The easiest, most mind-blowing book club you've ever joined - let's get started!!
I get really awkward when the topic of “what we’ve read recently” comes up in conversation.
See, I read really weird books.
I haven’t read a normal, mainstream fiction novel in a very long time. No disrespect, it’s just not my thing.
I only read nonfiction. I only read what expands my mind, uplevels my energy, breaks open new paradigms, shifts my worldview to see this world with more awe, wonder, and connection.
My genres of choice are esoteric, sacred texts, psychology, cosmology, ancient history, personal growth and energetics, anything at the intersection of science meets spirituality.
How it started…
I started a podcast this fall where I shared my research in this realm, and it grew rapidly. But I couldn’t keep up with reading and then translating these big, paradigm shifting ideas into podcast format four times a month. I paused, I got clear, what was my why anyway?
I realized I had been sharing from a place of - let’s get comfortable in the mystery of this wild universe - and while that was beautiful and true, it was not exactly what I believed underneath it all. I was slowly, quietly, building towards my personal worldview: that Life is Love is God is Universe is YOU.
Enter: the rebirthed Ancient Future Heart space here on Substack!
And now introducing, the AFH Book Club!
This is going to be a once monthly deep dive into one mind-bending text that will shatter your perceptive of the brilliance of life & the Divine, the limitless of your human potential, all centered around a worldview of LOVE.
It’s going to be the easiest book club you’ve ever joined.
How its’ going to go…
At the start of the month I’ll announce the book, a little on what it’s about, and why I loved it. Today’s March 1 - yay! - so this months’ book is below.
You can choose to read along! I’ll share the link to buy on Amazon - of course you can get it anywhere, it’s just easiest IMO.
The last week of the month I’ll share a book report.
My version of SparkNotes, you don’t even have to read the book, and you’ll get the full download, shortened, translated, the best bits and what you need to know.
I haven’t decided if it will be essay or podcast format for that TBD, I’ll do whichever one flows, maybe a little of both.
This is free for all subscribers! Paid subscribers will get a bonus, likely a little mini podcast / long voice note for me, with my more intimate reflections on the text, how it’s inspiring me, how I’ve applied the wisdom to my life.
March 2024’s Book Is…. THE ROMANCE OF REALITY
This book changed my life and the science in it is at the core of what I believe about the fundamental nature of life and reality.
Essentially, the author Bobby Azarian lays out how complexity science proves what the ancients have always known to be true: that Life itself is intelligent, aware, connected, and always evolving.
It unifies everything from physics to biology to computer science to evolutionary theory to form an integrated approach of understanding how nature’s dynamical systems emerge and evolve over time.
You know the famous saying by Carl Sagan, “we are the universe experiencing itself.” WELL ITS LITERALLY TRUE.
So if you want to dive in and read it with me, with all of us in this growing community (almost at 400 total subscribers!!!) you can buy it here.
I will create a chat space for us to connect about the book - so if you don’t have the Substack app yet, download it. It’s the best reading experience and it’s where the chat thread will be - stay tuned.
At the end of the month I’ll share the book report, so you’ll get the full download on it, even if you didn’t crack it open, or have time to read it, but you just NEED to know wtf adaptive complexity is all about and how it illuminates the sacred ancient truths at the very core of what our reality, what humanity, is, and is constantly becoming.
It is a life changer, I guarantee it!!!
One last thing!
This past week has been the relaunch of this space and I’m just so grateful and excited for whats to come. Thank you for reading, I am so so happy you’re here in this community.
I’ve made all essays free this week, and going forward they’ll be just one a month free and the rest for paid subscribers - I like to think of you as members - of Ancient Future Heart.
If you want to know more about the benefits of joining fully, you can get the details here.
You can also read this week’s essays if you haven’t already…
Getting cosy in the unknown (this one’s going viral)
AND! For the month of March, I’m going to gift all new paid subscribers my 21 Cosmic Keys ebook - the unique way I use my astrology and human design to remember my unique magic and get into alignment. You can see what it includes here.
(If you’re already a paid subscriber, I’m gifting you this book! Romance of Reality. It will be sent via Amazon Kindle, I’ll send to you tonight - I have to do each manually so might take me the weekend.)
I cannot wait to get started with this the weird and wild and EASY book club I’ve always wanted to join but never found - time to create it!
PS - If you’re like me and have always felt like a weirdo about books but this book club FEELS SO ALIGNED please please share it with a friend!! The more the merrier. Let’s create the cosmic book club we all wish we had.