Ashes for the Elephant God

Vijaya Schartz

10/8/2000 general fiction novel, book review, Ashes for the Elephant God, Vijaya Schartz, Indian mythology, reincarnation, Jandy's Reading Room

This review is by Richard

Suppose you were instructed to leave your home in France, and travel to mysterious India. And suppose you found out you had a former life there, a hundred years ago. And a lover. And suppose you learned you were murdered and that your (then) lover is alive today.

Here are some of the twists and turns and revelations to be found in Vijaya Schartz' new page turner novel, Ashes for the Elephant God. And if that's not enough, you will experience newfound spirituality learned from a people dating back thousands of years.

The protagonist, Fabienne, loses her brother to AIDS. His last wish is that she goes to India to find herself, and the pathway to heaven where they will meet again. There she discovers that not only did she live there before (in another incarnation) but her lover, Mukunda, is now an American engineer working on the local dam project.

As most great books are, Ashes for the Elephant God is written on many levels. Ms. Schartz offers a lesson on the culture of India, now and before. But more than that, she paints a fascinating picture of afterlife, reincarnation, yoga, meditation, regression, the supernatural, astro projection..and more.

Vijaya Schartz gives us an entertaining fast-paced, yet deeply spiritual look at the world and our place in it. Here is a superior metaphysical novel!

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