ReflectionsIbolya Kapta2018-11-21T17:56:23+00:00

A Collected Tapestry of Thoughts

REFLECTIONS: A Collected Tapestry of Thoughts is a collection of the author’s writings over a two-year period (2012-2013). Each written piece initially appeared as a monthly ‘reflection’ in the author’s newsletter. The range of topics covers both the macro and the micro: global affairs and an individual’s inner life. Rather than writing about time-specific events, Kingsley focuses instead on situations, human behaviour, states of being, and the world at large, in a way that is timeless. The collection includes twenty-six short articles; each accompanied by a wise saying and an ancient tale. Two longer essays form an appendix that close the collection. These Reflections -collected together as a whole as they are now for the first time - form a tapestry: a mosaic, or rather design, of a bigger picture.

Published: 15th April 2014
Publisher: Beautiful Traitor Books
Genres:

Essays

Meeting MonroeIbolya Kapta2018-11-21T16:12:28+00:00

Conversations With A Man Who Came To Earth

One day, unexpectedly, the author meets an unusual person whom he simply comes to know as ‘Monroe’. A series of extraordinary meetings then begin to take place in a small town in Andalusia, southern Spain. Over the course of several intense weeks the author, himself already a respected writer, comes to understand through Monroe that humanity is on the cusp of a remarkable stage in its evolutionary journey. In the author’s own words - “If there’s one thing that Monroe has taught me it’s that we are all blinded by our false systems of thought: beliefs, assumptions, opinions, etc. We create our own barriers to understanding, and we reinforce these limitations throughout our lives.” What follows in this remarkable, understated book may seem unbelievable, even fanciful. Yet, as the author himself questions: perhaps that is the whole point? PLEASE NOTE: This is the 3rd edition of Meeting Monroe, which includes updated cover image, book size and interior design. The text remains unchanged from the 1st edition (October, 2013)

Published: 15th October 2013
Publisher: Beautiful Traitor Books
Cover Artists:

Ibolya Kapta

Genres:

Novel

Tags:

Metaphysics, Philosophy

The CustodiansIbolya Kapta2018-11-21T17:58:27+00:00

‘If it were not true, it would not be so’ And so it was, and so it is – welcome to the world of the Custodians. It is a world where divine Providence provides and faith is tested by a series of odd encounters. Meet Anwar and Father Nuri, two shrine custodians who spend their time in meditation together: one the teacher, the other the former pupil. Their purpose in life is to be the custodian of a shrine, and to provide blessings for the pilgrims who come to visit them. Together, they bring us to an understanding that knows no speech, or speech knows not quite what to say. And they also collect berries. Meet Nassa, the man whose life was saved by a fish. He is ready and eager to spend a few days in the company of the Custodian of the shrine, and to see how meditation suits him. But maybe he’s not who he appears to be…or perhaps he is! Then there is the Young Man, who arrives confused and in need of finding that which will give him the greatest happiness. But it won’t be easy!...oh dear… The Custodians has been called ‘one of the finest and shrewdest plays never to have been famous’…although we forget by whom it was said…. ‘And since it is so – evident from us as we sit here – then it naturally follows that it must be true.’

Published: 31st May 2016
Publisher: Beautiful Traitor Books
Genres:

Play

Tags:

Philosophy

The SeekerIbolya Kapta2020-08-04T05:32:37+00:00

The path that lies before us is never a straight path. Rarely do things work out the way we would like them to. Life is unexpected – and so will be the future. What we rarely see are the anomalies that come from the places we least expect, and which offer us unknown paths to walk. Yet maybe, just maybe, it is these anomalies that are needed to move forward – in ways not obvious to us. Jacob the Seeker is one such anomaly. Or he will be one such anomaly, for his world has not yet come about. It beckons to us from our own near future – a future that is after the global collapse of human civilization …after the ‘Great Turning.’ What arises are two possibilities: the technological monastic Nous-City; and the scattered enclaves and walled settlements of remaining humanity. Two evolutionary streams lie ahead, mutually independent and yet with the potential for merger. That potential lies in the choices Jacob the Seeker will make. A new spiritual call descends upon the ruined planet, asking for the next phase to be undertaken for the Earth – Immanentize the eschaton!

Publisher: Beautiful Traitor Books
Genres:

Fiction

Tags:

Science Fiction

Excerpt:

THE SEEKER

‘A new future awaits…but it may not wait for humanity’

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The Saffron CollectorsIbolya Kapta2019-03-28T13:58:09+00:00

The Saffron Collectors is a tale on many levels. On one level it shows us the life of a young girl growing up in a new environment. And yet on another level it is a story of reaching into the feminine soul and preparing it for a world so in need of its presence. The Saffron Collectors is a meditation upon the transformation of the individual and the interior life, set within a brick and mortar establishment run by the enigmatic figure of La Madre and her fellow Madams. Above all, it is a world where transformation is contagious.

The Saffron Collectors includes over 40 hand-drawn watercolor paintings especially made for the book by gifted artist Naomi Hasegawa. The book includes a high-resolution color interior on high-quality white paper. This is a special book for the discerning reader.

Published: 4th July 2018
Publisher: Beautiful Traitor Books
Illustrators:

Naomi Hasegawa (Website)

Sophie’s search for No-WhereIbolya Kapta2019-03-28T16:52:21+00:00

Book Cover: Sophie's search for No-Where

Sophie is an eleven year old girl who’s on a mission – to find No-Thing at No-Where. Yet to reach it she must enter the Imaginal World; the world of our dreams where she must first learn the power to dream harder, dream faster. Our world – the Regular World – is in need of help.

Once inside, Sophie embarks upon a fantastical journey where she encounters such characters as the energetic Eddie the Gangly, the slobbering Borik the Harkone, the one-eyed Huffalots, Jimbob the Oldest Sproggit, the enigmatic Snifflegruffs, the elegant Lady Drakona, the cruel Blackheart Jake, the odd pair Sergeant Spittlespat and PC Wobblekirk, grumpy Gabby, jolly Ralph – and Ruu Eddin, the mysterious multi-colored mystic trickster.

Sophie’s Search for No-Where shows us that the Imaginal World can be both a curious and an unsettling place – it is not for everyone. Yet for those who dare to step inside they will find the fantastical, the magical…where everything is exactly not what it seems.

Sophie’s Search for No-Where is a tale for young and old readers that will entertain, delight, and enchant.

Published: 6th June 2017
Publisher: Beautiful Traitor Books
Illustrators:

David Miller

Genres:

Young Adult

La Casa del AzafranIbolya Kapta2019-03-28T13:57:54+00:00

Teresa, una huérfana de cinco años de edad, llega a la Casa del Azafrán para chicas. Pero como descubre enseguida, la Casa del Azafrán no es un orfanato corriente. En primer lugar, aparte de las clases semanales de yoga y las charlas especiales impartidas por la matriarca Madre, la principal actividad en el orfanato es la plantación y el cultivo de flores de azafrán y la recolección de su delicada especia. A medida que Teresa desarrolla una relación y un vínculo más fuerte con Madre, empieza a sospechar que en la Casa del Azafrán para chicas hay algo más que simplemente la recogida de flores.

La casa del azafrán es mucho más que una narración sobre un orfanato para chicas regentado por el enigmático personaje de Madre y sus compañeras las Señoras. Trata de algo más que de la vida de Teresa creciendo en un nuevo y extraño entorno; aborda la preparación del mundo para algo especial, y comienza con el corazón y el alma de una niña. Sobre todo, trata de...

Un mundo donde la transformación es contagiosa

Published: 1st April 2018
Publisher: Beautiful Traitor Books
Illustrators:

Naomi Hasegawa (Website)