October 30 — The Reincarnationist
“A bomb in Rome, a flash of bluish-white light and photojournalist Josh Ryder’s world exploded. From that instant, nothing would ever be the same. As Josh recovers, his mind is increasingly invaded by thoughts that have the emotions, the intensity and the intimacy of memories, but they are not his memories, they are ancient and violent.” Not your typical Provocate event!
When: Tuesday, October 30, 7:30 pm
Where: Jewish community Center Laikin Auditorium 6701 Hoover Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46260
This is from novelist MJ Rose: 
THE REINCARNATIONIST is equal parts modern-day thriller, historical fiction and love story. With one foot in present-day Rome and New York and another in Rome some 1,600 years ago, my story is about two worlds consumed by the fires of intrigue and passion.
Photojournalist Josh Ryder survives a terrorist’s bomb, only to be haunted by near hallucinatory memories of a past life in Rome as a pagan priest whose dangerous congress with Sabina, one of the Vestal Virgins, poses a transgression so serious the lovers will face a certain death if exposed. Scents of jasmine and sandalwood and images of furtive liaisons and violence descend on Josh at will, pulling him to an ancient yet strangely familiar Roman burial chamber harboring the remains of a woman clutching a wooden box.
A trail of present-day murders takes us deeper into a labyrinth at whose heart lies the enigma of a collection of ancient gems or memory stones whose origins trace back to both ancient Egypt and India. The stones’ promise to “assist the wearer in reaching his next incarnation” sets the ancient and modern worlds on a collision course.
The questions of who we are cannot be asked without first asking who we were. And I’ve tried to answer that using my own research into reincarnation theory - as well as the tenets and writings of those who have studied and believed in reincarnation over thousands of years.
Could be good fun (and it couldn’t possibly be a bigger waste of time than The DaVinci Code). Provocate says check it out…. but first make sure you go to the “Roman Art form the Louvre” exhibition at IMA so you can snort knowingly at trivial details Rose gets wrong about ancient Rome.
September 13th, 2007 at 3:15 pm
[…] October 30 — The Reincarnationist “A bomb in Rome, a flash of bluish-white light and photojournalist Josh Ryder’s world exploded. From that instant, nothing would ever be the same. As Josh recovers, his mind is increasingly invaded by thoughts that have the emotions, the intensity and the intimacy of memories, but they are not his memories, they are ancient and violent.” Not your typical Provocate event! check it out […]