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DESCRIPTION This is the story of an angel's many lifetimes on earth and his work in between incarnations. He describes the schools of higher learning in the angelic realms and tells of visits to other planets. He also tells of great changes on the earth in the near future and how we can make the most of them. Finally, he gives us seven keys to personal power and fulfillment that we can put into practice in our daily lives. EXCERPTS Excerpt #1: From the chapter entitled "They Called Me a Devil" Let me tell you of the first life that I lived knowing that I had reincarnated as an angel to walk among those on the earthly plane. They called me a devil. I had the blackest skin of any they had ever seen. But the light in my eyes, which my mother could see and which those sensitive enough around me could see, shined brightly. And it was placed there for the benefit not of me, not for my life, but for those around me. I was raised on cornmeal and watered-down milk and yet my body grew strong. Like most of my brothers and sisters I was beaten in the fields, and yet my spirit remained filled with the light. I was told not to speak, so I sang. I was taught not to feel pain, but that did not stop my tears. I was told that life was filled with sorrow and I was shown it every day, but that did not smother my joy. I was made to work from sunup until sundown in the hot sun, my black skin becoming blacker, the light in my eyes shining brighter, and through the day, teaching the others in the fields through inspiration. As an adolescent boy I craved the thighs of the white woman, and distressed myself in the evening so as not to betray my passion. All through the day I would work, and long into the night we would sing, letting our voices become the voice of the Almighty, letting the spirit lift our souls, so that we could face another day of our toil. And time passed, and I became the trusted one and was taken into the big house, and was placed in charge of the little boy, who was fascinated with my gray-colored skin and my wiry gray hair. But you see I knew the art of play better than the boy and through our endless games and our many hours together I taught the importance of joy in one's life. And he saw in me a soul unfettered by bondage, and was reminded of his own strength and of his mission on Earth. And his overriding goal became to bring peace and light to humanity within his lifetime. And people must have wondered when upon my death, Mr. Jefferson garlanded the headstone of this worthless old black man with his favorite blossoms from his own garden. Excerpt #2 From the chapter entitled, "The Jewel in the Crown" And the jewel in the crown shown brightly from the young man's head. And he walked with the golden light of heaven shining around him even on the darkest days, and his feet were guided by his feet. And he walked the path of luxury; he walked the path paved in golden stones. He came to a river, crossing the path that was too deep, too fast and he looked down into the water and saw his destiny in the light of an emerald, shining from the depths. And he meditated on the banks of the river and people brought him food when he needed it and clothing when he needed it, because they knew that one day he would show them the way to happiness. And he grew old gracefully on the banks of the river, waiting for the answer, and he grew peaceful in the waiting. And in his very old age, he had servants to bathe him and nurses to look after him. And after a life devoted to the search for the answer through meditation, through opening to the word of God, opening to enlightenment, he passed from the world, and he fell from the banks of the river head first into the deepest part of the water. And the last thing he saw was the shining green light of the emerald and his spirit went into the emerald and his body became part of the life of the river, and he emerged in the arms of God. And the people gathered on the banks and were amazed. And to this day, those banks are occupied by seekers of truth and it is assured that if they sit there quietly in the presence of the one who went before them that they shall in fact find happiness, that they shall be received into the arms of the Lord in the heaven they imagined. REVIEWS: Review by Eagle Eye Journal, British Columbia, Canada "A is for Angel on top of the tree...and Autobiography of an Angel by Brian Bennett & Shelley Zellman is small enough to hang from one! Don't let the size fool you though, it is a powerful little book - the precious pocket size edition. It is an Angels recounting of many lifetimes of experience. You guessed it - there are all kinds of lessons tucked away within each story. They are short yet thought provoking. A few pages go a long way. ISBN 0-9661695-0-6" Review by NAPRA ReView Vol. 9, No. 6 "After three years of intensive meditation and prayer, the authors wrote this timely story of an angel's many incarnated lifetimes. It's a little book, truly pocket-sized, celebrating the coming ascension of the planet but also preparing the reader for his or her own journey back to the Creator. Each of the angel's human lifetimes - as a female worshiped for her form, on the planets Xenor and Fireon, as a genteel young girl, in a school of golden light, as a black-skinned slave, as a chorus boy on the Great White Way - is a special lesson. Each is told simply and colorfully so that readers can more easily learn to use their God-given powers of love, compassion, charity, honesty, trust, forgiveness, and gratitude while joining the next era of human spiritual evolution. It's a book for enriching millennial meditation." Review by Amazon customer, Erin Stewart "EVERY PAGE COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE" February 2, 2004 By Erin Stewart (Amazon customer, Southeastern United States) As with lots of great inspirational books, if you followed the words of only ONE PAGE of this one, it could change your life. Every page is equally powerful so I use it as an oracle. I get a number in my head, turn to that page and every single time, it has something to say to me that answers a specific question on my mind that very day! It is incredible. It is small but so power-packed, you have never owned anything like it. Because Amazon said it was out of print, I ordered a copy fromm my local bookstore and got it the next day. They also ordered several additional copies and when I came back a few days later to buy some of them for friends, they were all gone. They had flown off the shelves partly, I think, because Brian Bennett is well-known for his work with Deepak Chopra, Eckhart Tolle and Don Miguel Ruiz, but it might as easily have been word-of-mouth in our small town. This is Brian Bennett's first "solo" work, yet it is more powerful, more engaging and easier to understand (and put into practice) than all his famous co-creations combined. This first solo flight is very special indeed and its beauty and power has been recognized by two modern-day shamans who endorsed it - author and lecturer, John Bradshaw, discoverer of the "Inner Child", and Vedic "Astrologer to the Stars", Chakrapani Ullal. NOT TO BE MISSED AT ANY PRICE. It fits in your pocket, which is where my copy stays! Good reading to you all. From Erin