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Elizabeth Tebby Germaine

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Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK, The United Kingdom

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Writing was always something I intended to do eventually.
I WANT TO WRITE HERE ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED during and after writing 'A Man Who Seemed Real'. Call it strange, reassuring, disturbing, striking …

I’ll use abbreviations to avoid spoilers, hopefully it will make sense to anyone who has read the book. In the chapter before the Epilogue J discovers the translation of an old document – Y.

Y is inspiring, very beautiful, something unexpected and deeply significant for J. But at this point he is too weary and distracted to work out whether or not Y is true. And I myself as the author didn’t at this time have the energy or inclination to try and find out more about Y, having seen in a brief online search that ‘…scholars consider Y is a Writing was always something I intended to do eventually.
I WANT TO WRITE HERE ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED during and after writing 'A Man Who Seemed Real'. Call it strange, reassuring, disturbing, striking …

I’ll use abbreviations to avoid spoilers, hopefully it will make sense to anyone who has read the book. In the chapter before the Epilogue J discovers the translation of an old document – Y.

Y is inspiring, very beautiful, something unexpected and deeply significant for J. But at this point he is too weary and distracted to work out whether or not Y is true. And I myself as the author didn’t at this time have the energy or inclination to try and find out more about Y, having seen in a brief online search that ‘…scholars consider Y is a forgery.’

Despite this I kept it and J and I were at a point where many people are which is putting these considerations aside for the time being.
Now, in this, the re-written novel I made this event more ‘low key’ in the context of the story and of course the fact of the Epilogue means I am further distanced from any guilt that might be hovering somewhere in my mind about J asking questions on this subject – (it was this particular guilt and fear that made B very ill).

It had been a startling moment in my own life when I first found and read parts of Y, and I had the same experience as J, ‘… it was like coming home and hearing what he always knew. It made him feel he had been right to keep asking so many questions … it was like someone was shaking him by the hand and confirming what he had been doing all these months, endlessly struggling with the meanings of words …’

However, later on I have been very interested indeed by another search online which brought up the exceptional writer, Dolores Cannon on Goodreads. There are two of her books I was amazed to discover (which two will be obvious to anyone who knows what Y is) – many of her books are so utterly extraordinary and controversial I simply didn’t (and don’t) have the head space to even think about reading them yet. However I then read some reviews of these two particular books which relate to Y – and there are several reviews in particular which give a lot of information, one by Linda K. Thomas, and another (on the other book) by Robert which has been hidden because of spoilers but can be accessed.

And some instinct drove me to keep digging.

And I am relieved and delighted to find – Petra Meyer – YouTube – The European School of Theosophy – there a number of videos, and one which obviously relates to Y. It is long and intense, with a rather drawn-out introduction at the beginning, so it requires a concentrated effort to listen to. However I am thrilled to have found it and will return to it soon. And there must be more to discover, Petra refers to many names and places.

In my own life the questions J continually asks have been in my mind from an early age. They say write about your own experience. I have been doing that to start with.

Elizabeth Tebby Germaine October 2024 www.elizabethtebbygermaine.co.uk.

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Thanks from Elizabeth Tebby Germaine to all who've given me good ratings and 3 great reviews, it's very good to have readers and many questions go through my mind, what are you thinking, etc. If anyone were to ask question or two that would be great, but we're all busy people so for now I'll keep this brief. Why did I write A Man Who Seemed Real? What drove the work to make three novels into one? Read more of this blog post »

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Elizabeth Germaine liked Rose's review of A Man Who Seemed Real: A Story of Love, Lies, Fear and Kindness: "Art imitating life in this novel of love and lies. Jonathan is a vicar that has experienced tragedy and loss. He is kind and the villagers come to him with issues. George gives him the Manor House to live in, and he brings people there to work. There" Read more of this review »
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“…. ‘George said he needed a break. And there was something about Jonathan taking over …’ ‘That’s exactly what I mean,’ said Maxwell, ‘It seems like there’s all kinds of goings on there now.’ ‘What did the agents say then?’ ‘Your brother … he must still have a key. I told them to check, I told them. I expect they overlooked it. Hugo’s been going in and there are some women there apparently, I mean at the Manor House, Jonathan’s up to his usual tricks taking in every Tom, Dick and Harry and giving all kinds of undesirables a home, and there’s something about them chasing Hugo and taunting him, yesterday the buyers were viewing again and measuring up for curtains and things, I said they could, and they saw something going on outside, some shouting and laughing …’ ‘Women! What women? Jonathan’s not like that …’ ‘Not like that huh! He’s flesh and blood like the rest of us.’ ‘That’s not what I meant. Please don’t be angry Max, it’s not my fault.’ ‘Jonathan this and Jonathan that. Why do people think he’s so bloody marvellous eh! What the hell does he think he’s doing. People spilling over into my garden and wrecking the peace and quiet. George was completely mad to do this …”
― Elizabeth Tebby Germaine, A MAN WHO SEEMED REAL: A story of love, lies, fear and kindness

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“But when his accusers rose to speak they brought none of the charges I was expecting; they merely had several points of disagreement with him about their peculiar religion and about someone called Jesus, a dead man whom Paul alleged to be alive … Jonathan read on, fascinated by the story, there were so many interesting details. But then he paused – was it the true story it said it was?”
― Elizabeth Tebby Germaine, A MAN WHO SEEMED REAL: A story of love, lies, fear and kindness

tags: alone, exhilarating, exorcism, hostile, lies, love, manor-house, psychic, tragedy, truth

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“There’s something… I can’t really explain it. Best not to try.’ ‘I’m so sorry. Must be so disturbing for you. But can’t you tell him about it?’ ‘No.’ ‘Is it affecting him?’ ‘I can’t really say. It’s complicated. He’s strong, he can overcome it, it’s going to take time. It’s something he has to face, something very difficult and complex. I can’t go there to be with him and I can’t say anything. I have to do what I have to do.”
― Elizabeth Tebby Germaine, A MAN WHO SEEMED REAL: A story of love, lies, fear and kindness