On the Edge of a Dream. Michael Wiese

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       “Wiese deftly re-creates that magical, and all too brief moment in history when Bali stood poised between her timeless past and her touristic future, with old demons and new ones coming face-to-face across the frontier of myth.”

      Lome Blair

      Author, Ring of Fire

       “This quality of book is rare, as are the rich insights of the author. He honors the culture and people of Bali with his writings, and he honors the reader with his integrity of expression.”

      Caroline Myss, M. A.

      Author, Anatomy of Spirit

       “Wiese writes truthfully and sensitively about Asia and Asians. Read it!”

      Garuda Readings, Garuda Airline Magazine

       “ON THE EDGE OF A DREAM evokes Bali as it was when it stood poised on the brink of entry into the modern era, when foreigners were still followed by crowds of cheering youngsters. Then as now Bali contained powerful magic. The gripping narrative brings to light the effects those strong forces exert on a pair of free-spirited Western adventure travelers in search of the marvellous.”

      Dr. Frederik E. DeBoer

      Editor of Bali Arts and Culture News

      ON THE EDGE OF A DREAM

      ON THE EDGE OF A DREAM

       MAGIC & MADNESS IN BALI

       MICHAEL WIESE

      Published by Michael Wiese Productions, 11288 Ventura Blvd., Suite 821, Studio City, CA 91604 (818) 379-8799, Fax (818) 986-3408, Homepage http://www.home.earthlink.net/˜mwp

      Editor: Geraldine Overton

      Cover Design by Art Hotel, Los Angeles

      Cover photograph by Walter Spies

      Photos by Michael Wiese

      Additional Photos by Geraldine Overton and Walter Spies

      Illustrations by the painters of Sindu

      Copyedited by Robin Quinn and Shyama Ross

      Printed by Braun-Brumfield, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI

      Manufactured in the United States of America

      Copyright 1995 by Michael Wiese

      First Printing April 1995

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the author, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review.

      The story, all names, characters, and incidents portrayed in this book are fictitious. No identification with actual persons, places, buildings, and products is intended nor should be inferred.

      For a catalog of other books by Mr. Wiese, please write the above address.

      Wiese, Michael 1947-

       On the edge of a dream : magic and madness in Bali by Michael

       Wiese.

       p. cm.

       ISBN 0-941188-19-1 : $16.95

       1. Americans—Travel— Indonesia—Bali Island—Fiction. 2. Magic—Indonesia—Bali Island—Fiction. I. Title.

      PS3573.I36805 1994

      813’.54—dc20

      94-35198

      CIP

       To the people of Bali who opened my eyes to a new way of being. I shall be forever grateful.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

       1 Tibetan Seamstress

       2 Got Nowhere to Run

       3 Getting Some Religion

       4 Splashdown

       5 The Shadow Play

       6 Learning to Speak

       7 Fever of Dreams

       8 Guardian Angel

       9 Sindu Be-In

       10 Temple of the West

       11 Dogs of Bali

       12 Trance Dance

       13 Letters

       14 To Make Our Demons Flow

       15 Dance Fever

       16 Painting Myself Into a Corner

       17 Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down

       18 The Children’s Club

       19 It’s Taboo

       20 It’s Okay, I’m With the Band

       21 Invitation to Trance

       22 Payback

       23 Offerings

       24 The Volcano

       25 The Return

       26 Rope Tricks

       27 Klungkung

       28 Escape

       29 Epilogue

       Glossary

Chapter 1

      TIBETAN SEAMSTRESS

      San Francisco 1969

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