The Sword of Heaven: A Five Continent Odyssey to Save the World

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Prologue; c h a p t e r 1; c h a p t e r 2; c h a p t e r 3; c h a p t e r 4; c h a p t e r 5; c h a p t e r 6; c h a p t e r 7; c h a p t e r 8; c h a p t e r 9; c h a p t e r 10; c h a p t e r 11; c h a p t e r 12; c h a p t e r 13; c h a p t e r 1 4; c h a p t e r 15; c h a p t e r 16; c h a p t e r 17; c h a p t e r 18; c h a p t e r 19; c h a p t e r 2 0; Epilogue; Sword of Heaven placement information; a c k n o w l e d g e m e n t s; a b o u t t h e a u t h o r.;"Any attempt at peace must be attended by a knowledge of self," discovers writer and photographer Mikkel Aaland, who grew up with a bomb shelter for a bedroom, in terror of nuclear war. At the height of the Cold War, Aaland finds himself drawn into a mysterious Shinto priest's plan to save the world. Traveling from Norway to the Philippines, Iceland to South Africa, he places pieces of a sacred Shinto sword in key power spots around the world. Along the way, he comes face to face with his deepest childhood fears of war and destruction, encounters the compelling and mysterious Shinto religion. Prologue c h a p t e r 1 c h a p t e r 2 c h a p t e r 3 c h a p t e r 4 c h a p t e r 5 c h a p t e r 6 c h a p t e r 7 c h a p t e r 8 c h a p t e r 9 c h a p t e r 10 c h a p t e r 11 c h a p t e r 12 c h a p t e r 13 c h a p t e r 1 4 c h a p t e r 15 c h a p t e r 16 c h a p t e r 17 c h a p t e r 18 c h a p t e r 19 c h a p t e r 2 0 Epilogue Sword of Heaven placement information a c k n o w l e d g e m e n t s a b o u t t h e a u t h o r.