Laurens van der Post Book order

This books marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Camphill movement in 1990. A history of its founding, including a short biography of Karl Konig, leads on to a consideration of the present aims and ideals of Camphill. Narratives, anecdotes, reports, and 150 photographs show Camphill life in all its variety in the different parts of the world.

(Raymond Mortimer Sunday Times rank Laurens van der Post with the best writers of English this book confirms my constant admiration and the nobility of his mind --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. Daily Telegraph 'I hope all those who are appalled by the destruction of Hiroshima will read this book for a greater understanding of what man is capable of doing')

Describes the Bushmen traditions and culture, looks at the routines of their daily life, and explains why their nomadic existence is threatened. Bibliog.

For Nonnie and Francois, both on the brink of adulthood, a thousand-mile trip across Africa's Kalahari Desert becomes a pilgrimage of self-discovery.

'In these pages Jung not only lives, he thrives' - New Society Carl Gustav Jung's influence on the development of psychology has been immense. His ideas and even his terminology have entered the language in a way that is only paralleled by the case of Freud. Laurens van der Post first met Jung shortly after the war when Jung was in his seventies. He was immediately impressed both by Jung's intellect and by his warmth and stature as a man. This book is both the story of their friendship and an unflinching portrait of a pioneering creative genius. 'Jung's inner and outer life, his ideas and their meaning for modern man, are finely woven together on the loom of van der Post's subtle understanding. Good food for the psyche' - Jacquetta Hawkes Cover photograph by Karsh of Ottawa Camera Press [Text from back cover.]

Continues the previous work of this author 'A story like the wind', but is self-contained, and can be read as a story on its own

With the rescue of a Bushman from a horrible death, life at Hunter’s Drift changes dramatically for Francois. His subsequent secret friendship with the outcast Xhabbo; the strange pilgrimage to the distant kraal of uLangalibalela, the greatest of all witchdoctors; and his extraordinary encounter and relationship with Luciana Monckton are interwoven with the magnificent and mysterious happenings in the African bush. Highlighting the conflicts between the African and European cultures, the story gathers pace and culminates in a strangely-omened climax.