Bali Sacred & Secret
by Gill Marais
Review
Interview (in French)

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Butterflies of Bali

By Victor Mason

Against All Odds

By Idanna Pucci
Illustrated by A.A. Made Djelantik

Abdul Aziz

By Mary Northmore-Aziz

Vessels of Life

by Jean McKinnon

By Author and Photojournalist Gill Marais

Bali Sacred & Secret is a timely reminder that there still exists a possibility for life and spirituality to be celebrated through rituals that allow the living to keep in harmony with their ancestors and the forces of nature that surround them. The Balinese have carefully maintained their ability to be finely attuned to God and the realm of nature through traditions both sacred and secret that charge the island with its precious spiritual energy.

This offering is a token of the author’s gratitude to Bali, a distillation of her fifteen years of privileged access into the culture. This book also serves as an invitation and a challenge for those who visit Bali to delve beyond the veneer of commercial tourism to see the depths of a golden, living culture.

Specifications:

A hard-cover, full colour deluxe coffee-table book with a loose jacket.
Size : 29.75 cm x 27.30 cm, 248 pages color plates,
Language : English

About the Author & Photographer:

Gill Marais is a photojournalist and author. She began her career with SIPA Press in Paris, and has reported in the field of culture, medicine and travel. Her book, The Amchi, on travels with a Tibetan doctor has been published in France, England and India. Born in South Africa, after her marriage to a French Diplomat, France has been her home for over forty years. Her work has taken her through North America, North Africa, Kenya, the Middle East, Europe, Russia, India, Pakistan, China and South East Asia. She now resides in Bali for six months of the year, and has two grown children.

Bali Sacred & Secret is available:

Online : through SilverFishBooks.com (Click here: Buy Online)

Paris : Guimet Museum and Quay Branly Museum

Kuala Lumpur : Silverfish Books, Bangsar Baru

Singapore : Select Books (Tanglin Shopping Centre), Eastern Discoveries Antiques (Block 26 Dempsey Road, #01-04)

Jakarta : Aksara Bookshop Kemang & Kinokunia Plasa Senayan

Ubud : Ganesha Bookshop, Ary's Bookshop, Buddha & Silk, Rendezvousdoux, Ubud Musik, IBAH Luxury Villas, Komaneka Fine Art Gallery, Alila Hotel, Pasifika Museum, Villa Semana

Peliatan: ARMA Museum, Gemala Jewelry

Sanur: Kopi Bali House & Bali Hyatt Drugstore

Kuta : Gramedia - Galleria

Other Titles:

Calon Arang [new!]

Take Me to Paradise [new!]

Against All Odds

The Art of Learning by Doing

Butterflies of Bali

High Tide Low Tide

In the Arms of the Angels

A Little Bit One O'Clock

Obat Asli

Poems from the Happy Inn

Tsunami Notebook

Vessels of Life

Words of Silence

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