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"Thank you from my heart!! Such a wonderful book!"
- Tessa Lena
"It’s quite remarkable, unlike anything I’ve seen, full of a mix of mystical insights and American history, smuggled in critically, under the radar. Fine piece of work. It reminded me, in its essence, of the very quirky, brilliant “novel”, Ishmael.”
- Paul Edwards, screenwriter in Hollywood for 40 years
“I have never read a book as creatively written (and formatted), starting from the upside down "inside looking out" on the cover! I also love how the pronoun "i" is always lowercase. It reflects a "traveler" who is deeply humble. And I was blown away to see Aaron Carapella’s map of Original Nations.”
~ Tom Weis - President, Climate Crisis Solutions
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“Chock full of wisdom.”
~ Dr. Anthony Stern, psychiatrist
“Moving Through The Empty Gate: inside looking out by Mankh (Walter E. Harris III) is a profoundly meditative and poetic journey. Mankh is a perfect blend of poet and political commentator; he has truly mastered the beauty and power of words. A book with heart. Insightful. Highly recommended.”
~ Steven T. Newcomb (Shawnee/Lenape), Author of Pagans in the Promised Land: Decoding the Doctrine of Christian Discovery
“What a sensitive poetic and enlightening text. At times I felt transported.”
~ Adriana Barone, energy healer, craniosacral therapy and sound healing www.adrianabarone.com
“This book is amazing.”
~ Marlene C. Patti, disability rights advocate and poet
“I am impressed by Mankh’s mastery of Chinese characters.”
Master Yang Yang, Ph.D.
Director
Center for Taiji and Qigong Studies & Wa-Qi.com
“I've been slowly "moving through the empty gate forest" ‒ thinking of times I have related an open rusty gate to a spiritual passage, while focusing on the amazement of interpretation that forms creative mindpaths. This book is exceptional . . . an exercise of the mind. It should be considered for classroom/workshop study. It has a way of making one curious of what’s ahead as the pages turn.”
~ Robert Savino, Suffolk County Poet Laureate 2015-17 and author of Inside a Turtle Shell
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“Simply splendid. As I’ve been reading the book I’ve become very aware of many places where I passed through gates, although I wouldn’t have described it as such at the time and am only really conscious of it now because I have been looking back so deeply. This is clearly a book to be read and reread. It requires a lot of thought and introspection - and time; time for reading small bits at a sitting, time for reflection. And that will be time well-spent.”
~ Paul Richard Harris, editor, AxisOfLogic http://axisoflogic.com/
“The use of classical lore of China and Greece, and literary references from Jung to Hunter S. Thompson, give us a clue to the holistic webwork revealed in this pagenumber-less, chaptertitle-less prayer to beauty, truth, nature, language.
The form of the book, with its tendrils and tangles across disciplines and timelines, embodies that of its subject: the holographic nature of the world. As much as the empires and language-destroying forces of evil obfuscation would seek to cull and prune and deforest, Mankh replants and sows seeds of knowing all over the landscape of the mind and heart. Poetry, imagery, history, tree-lore all contribute to the pastoral pastiche, the canvas on which nothing is lost, and everything of integrity is celebrated, for its harmony with source.”
~ Nowick Gray - He writes fiction and creative nonfiction. A frequent contributor to The New Agora online magazine and the local Islands Marketplace.
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