Volume 1. Wisdom Eye Songbook
The first book tells the story of how Venus the mermaid yogini (mergini) is born underwater in Mermadia. In Mermadia, all beings are royalty and all beings are equal, no matter their shape, title or self-expression. Wisdom Eye Songbook will contain 4-5 original songs with musical notation alongside original illustration.
"Under the Light of the Pickatail Tree" is the first song every baby mermaid hears when she is born.
All mermaids have a Birth Tail, which is with them for life, and which is woven from the good intentions of the community. It contains all the powers and blessings they need to make it through every challenge in life. All mermaids also pick a Daily Tail from the Pickatail Tree: "every very new tail is a new tale!" When you pick a Daily Tail, you set your positive intention for the day and every mermaid knows, if your intention is truly to be good, honest and kind, it is the best safety of all. The songs celebrate this ritual, and will also introduce a few characters from the books.
"Under the Light of the Pickatail Tree" is the first song every baby mermaid hears when she is born.
All mermaids have a Birth Tail, which is with them for life, and which is woven from the good intentions of the community. It contains all the powers and blessings they need to make it through every challenge in life. All mermaids also pick a Daily Tail from the Pickatail Tree: "every very new tail is a new tale!" When you pick a Daily Tail, you set your positive intention for the day and every mermaid knows, if your intention is truly to be good, honest and kind, it is the best safety of all. The songs celebrate this ritual, and will also introduce a few characters from the books.
"Venus and the Pistil Whipsies" by Esther Samuels-Davis
Volume 2. Wisdom Eye Storybook
Wisdom Eye Storybook tells a day in the life of Venus and her two best friends, the Pistil Whipsies. The Pistil Whipsies are a pair of opposite twins: when one is happy, the other is sad. When one is confused, the other is clear; when one is confident, the other is unsure. Before school, Venus, the twins, and all mermaids pick a Daily Tail, which is like choosing which surfboard to ride for the day. You never know what the waves will be like, but you know you have a good board!
After picking their Daily Tail, Venus and her friends take the Jellybus to Charm School, where they are studying Magic. Taught by Professor Kerman, the Merman who Can’t Swim Very Well, the mermaids learn how to open their Wisdom Eyes, symbolic of intuition (especially bodywisdom). Other Magic Classes will include: divination, brave breathing (tonglen), rocks & gem friends, inner light practice and restorative justice. Dr. Hugh Manatee, a sea cow, will teach Emoceans using the 5 chakras and colors of the 5 Buddha families.
The rest of the book follows Venus and her friends as they take a field trip to an amusement park, which includes a Time Warp Trip to a past land called Mermantis.
In Mermantis, mermaids and earthwalkers lived in harmony, united by the allgood element, which is the ultimate element that makes up everything. But some Earthwalkers went up on land too long, where they have to live by the Logic Spell. If they don’t question the “Logic of the Land” enough, over time they get afflicted by the Greedy Hughman Curse, which makes them forget their allgood Mermaid nature. Once this happens, they forget that karma is true: what you do to others comes back on you.
Venus and her friends use nonviolence to confront the Greedy Hughmans, who made a scary tool called Creepy Crawler the Trawler to steal allgood bubbles. Venus goes through a hero’s journey and overcomes a self-limiting view of herself, and she also goes through a process with her classmates that teaches her about the power of teamwork and perseverance. They come up with a solution as a team (every mermaid matters) and go back home having learned new life skills.
After picking their Daily Tail, Venus and her friends take the Jellybus to Charm School, where they are studying Magic. Taught by Professor Kerman, the Merman who Can’t Swim Very Well, the mermaids learn how to open their Wisdom Eyes, symbolic of intuition (especially bodywisdom). Other Magic Classes will include: divination, brave breathing (tonglen), rocks & gem friends, inner light practice and restorative justice. Dr. Hugh Manatee, a sea cow, will teach Emoceans using the 5 chakras and colors of the 5 Buddha families.
The rest of the book follows Venus and her friends as they take a field trip to an amusement park, which includes a Time Warp Trip to a past land called Mermantis.
In Mermantis, mermaids and earthwalkers lived in harmony, united by the allgood element, which is the ultimate element that makes up everything. But some Earthwalkers went up on land too long, where they have to live by the Logic Spell. If they don’t question the “Logic of the Land” enough, over time they get afflicted by the Greedy Hughman Curse, which makes them forget their allgood Mermaid nature. Once this happens, they forget that karma is true: what you do to others comes back on you.
Venus and her friends use nonviolence to confront the Greedy Hughmans, who made a scary tool called Creepy Crawler the Trawler to steal allgood bubbles. Venus goes through a hero’s journey and overcomes a self-limiting view of herself, and she also goes through a process with her classmates that teaches her about the power of teamwork and perseverance. They come up with a solution as a team (every mermaid matters) and go back home having learned new life skills.
"Venus and Her Wise Eye" by Esther Samuels-Davis
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