Valerie Barrow gave an address to the Society of Women Writers (NSW) in the Dixson Rooms of the State Library of NSW, on Wednesday, 9 July. The address centered on the journey that led to Valerie to becoming a writer, and more directly, to the writing of “Two Soulmates, Walking Through Time and History”
My voices were telling me, ‘Its really The Lost Book of Love, a manuscript written by John the Divine, who was asked by God to eat it By that I presume it meant he was to hold it back, or even consume it. Strange!
“Yet The Cathars in France, around 1244 were said to have possessed a mysterious manuscript, “The Book of Love” written by St. John, in which “marvellous revelations” were recorded. It seems it was lost then, when The Cathars were attacked and destroyed by fire.
In the beginning when I was first awakened from a deep sleep and a rather compelling and authoritative voice began speaking to me, I was introduced to White Eagle, a spirit man, who had a past lifetime as an American Red Indian Chief.