I accidentally just discovered that my new novel is available for pre-order on all Amazon sites. For me this is quite exciting as, for the first time, the product of love, sweat and tears, is available albeit in August…..

Check out the Amazon page on the UK website and you can actually look inside the book.

You can also ‘like’ the book’s facebook page and stay up to date with developments there.

You can also take a peek at the promo video I made;

Or, better still, pre-order it. You won’t regret it. Its a good yarn.

At this time of the year I am struck by the colours of spring. The lush greens of the grass and trees with new leaves and then the dustings of purple, yellow, pink, and white of wild flowers and of the blossoms. It is as if the world has been created anew and it is wonderous. Everything is in its youth or infancy in the cycle of the year. The vitality and the strength of the life force is there and is both plain to be seen but can also be felt. The days of course, are getting longer and more light-filled and the air is warmer. Spring has sprung.

As I think about the endless cycle of birth and death – the orouboros of life – the eternal return, I think about the stage I am in life. Assuming a 70-year life (and I am hoping for a good deal longer), I am in the first throes of October. If I am optimistic, then I am in September. My summer is over. My spring was sprung long ago. It is Autumn and the first chills of Winter can be sensed in the grey streaks in my hair and the lines on my face. The back of the hand skin test verifies this. It could be my Indian Summer. My allotted time is passing and one can even sometimes sense the sand grains slipping through the stretched part of the hour glass.

Maybe then this is why Spring seems so beautiful. It reminds one of the carefree days of our lives when there was never any thought of death or dying nor even of aging. There was just the tremendous potential to create a life path. There was energy and willing. There was enthusiasm and excitement. I feel it in the air now. It pushes you on a bit and gives me a source of renewed energy and vigor. Sure, its just a shadow of what was there in my own youth but none the less, it is there.

And so we create our lives moment by moment, led by the seasons and responding to the light. At each and every stage of our lives we are reminded ow what has been and what will be via the seasons and the patterns of the eternal return. At each moment, we still have the ability to change, to recreate and to become better than we ever were. Perhaps even until the last moments.

Being a father of three sons and a daughter, I often need to come up with advice about life. Frankly, I don’t feel particularly qualified because I am still trying to figure it out myself. There was a song I used to like that alluded to this saying something along the lines of once you have life figured out, its gone. So, what can I tell the kids about life?

One thing I have come to think is that making plans is somewhat useless. Most books and experts these days will tell you that a plan is a must but you know, I can’t agree. It’s good to have a vision and dreams for sure and its OK to chase those dreams. In fact, we must have dreams but a plan? Is life for planning? Do we all need to go out an buy MS Project and create a Gantt chart plan of how we want our lives to be? If we do, I suspect we are wasting our time.

To me, life changes from moment to moment. It’s somewhat unpredictable. Yes, we create our reality from moment to moment but we mostly do it unconsciously. We are driven by ego, fear, wants, and so called needs, and these often are the building blocks for our life plan. I think this is where I can offer some sage advice to my kids – its all BS. It is. This isn’t planning your life. This is allowing your life to be planned for you! This is living in the matrix.

Since most of us lack the ability to properly co-create our reality, life often feels outside of our control. This is an illusion. Life may send us some challenges and some tests (and those challenges won’t go away until we properly address them), but we do have control. Though, I cannot do it for long periods, simply relaxing and letting go isn’t a bad strategy. Something like belting yourself in and trying to enjoy the ride. This approach also means that we are not really creating anything but reacting to things.

One approach I have taken is to simply identify the next point in my life. I describe this as point A to point B. If I identify point B and work towards this then I may actually get there and I may not finding instead something else along the way. The idea though is that in getting to point B, we open up a whole new world of choices, events and people – opportunities – that were unseen at point A. This is short-term goal setting with long-term uncertainty! Point B throws up a myriad of new possible outcomes unseen and unthought of at point A.

The beauty of this approach is that I can focus on point B in such a way as to help create that reality. I can imagine achieving my goal, imagine what it feels like and know with certainty that I am fully capable of achieving it. It’s life in bite-sized chunks.

When I look back at my life, this is how it developed. Initially more or less randomly driven by impulse, interest and passions but now, as I grow older and I trust a little wiser, I do actually have some power to influence and create the reality of my life.

Today, if you didn’t know it, is St. George’s day. The patron saint of England who slew the dragon. Maybe its a fitting date then for Roundfire to actually set a publication date for The Last Observer? Yep, I awoke this morning to discover that it will be published on the 30th August 2013. It has its own page too with all the key details. The print book will retail at 6.99GBP or 12.95USD and the eBook at 6.99GBP or 9.99USD. I also have an author’s page there.

Gosh, wouldn’t it be nice if the book really did well!

Here are several endorsements. My sincere thanks to Herbie, Alan, Gordon and Anthony…

Dennis Wheatley brought up to date with a liberal spicing of speculation about the nature of reality, quantum physics and parallel worlds. This thriller novel is written by a practising occultist and it shows in the authenticity of every page. Highly recommended. ~ Herbie Brennan, New York Times best-selling author of Whisperers: The Secret History of the Spirit World.

The Last Observer is like the Devil Rides Out but on steroids. Magic and Science collide, dragging bookworm Stanley into a fast-paced adventure full of intriguing twists and turns and culminating in a battle over reality. Vasey combines ancient magic and quantum physics in a seamless picture of what reality might be and uses it as a theme to weave the devil of a story. It’s a gripping and thought provoking ride. ~ Alan Richardson, Author of Magical Kabbalah and many other books…

We all perceive reality differently, yet the evil Zeltan plans to control the universal consciousness. Because Stanley possesses a unique imagination, he is marked as another victim for the satanic tyrant. While fleeing from this threat, our innocent discovers his soul while Alison, dabbling in the occult, nearly loses hers. The author has created a convincing world of magic, quantum and mind-blowing ideas in which to set an endlessly surprising adventure. Along the way, enormous questions are being asked about how power should be used, whether it is scientific or magical. ~ Gordon Strong, Author of Merlin: Master of Magic and many other books.

Gary tells a classic tale of mystery and suspense but weaves within it a series of themes that would be at home in any modern physics text book. He masterfully uses his own extensive knowledge of modern magical rituals to create a tale that is both mysterious and intriguing. However the mystery soon gives way to something far more sinister and terrifying, a terror that explodes into a finale of epic proportions in which the fate of the universe itself is at stake. Once started this book cannot be put down and once finished you may just find yourself checking the shadows to catch a glimpse of the Lord of the Elements. ~ Anthony Peake, author of Is There Life After Death? The Extraordinary Science of What Happens When We Die and many other books.

My novel now has a full cover including the following text on the back of the book…

The Last Observer is a compelling tale of magic, alternative realities, murder and conflict. An ordinary man is abruptly dragged into the middle of a violent struggle between black and white magicians who both seek to use his extraordinary powers of imagination and observation. He soon learns that reality is not at all what it seems before being called upon to play a decisive role in determining whose reality will prevail.

Dr. G. Michael Vasey writes about the nature of reality and our ability to shape that reality from an occultist point of view.

Also – it would appear it will retail in paper form for 6.99GBP or $12.95 in the USA…..

eBook is next and then we will see but I am guessing August, 2013 release date….

Originally posted at http://www.garymvasey.com/2013/04/the-last-observer-getting-closer-to-reality/

Sometimes, in a meditative state, I have some impressions about imagination. I can barely explain in words what these are except to say that I get the strongest idea that if I could truly imagine something as really there, it would be and that this is how everything works. What is even stranger is that I often have a memory of being very young and being able to do this.

I haven’t explained very well. I can’t. It is very frustrating though because it is a knowledge and a memory and then it’s gone again. It’s leaving is tinged with the sadness of knowing that I knew this/know this/can do this/did do this but have now forgotten how. I have also experienced this same sense of loss on waking up in the morning or during the night. It is a sense of loss. A strong sense of loss. It almost feels as if I am somewhere else – somewhere real – and then I have to fall back here and I am sad about it.

Very strange – anyone else ever feel this way?