Meru And The Magic Thread

About the Book

Meru and the Magic Thread is the story of a young boy who faces the dominions of evil as he responds to a divine invitation that inevitably leads him to great responsibility. Meru's world is about to undergo a shift that will bring a great change and Meru has been chosen to deliver this message to all who live there. He carries no weapons other than the purity of his own nature as he confronts the forces of darkness that hide within the recesses of all of our souls.

Meru wakes up one morning to find a magic button on his doorstep. He learns that it can only be sewn on with magic thread. He must make a difficult journey to the Eastern Mountain to find the Star Lady, whose spinning spiders weave the magic thread. Come with him on this journey as he faces his past and future while trying to escape the fury of the River of Reflections. Meet the wizard who attempts to steal Meru's innocence in the Forest of Forgetfulness. Travel through the Cave of Completion where Meru's faith is tested. Finally behold the Star Lady who reveals the real reason for Meru's journey.

This story delivers a timeless message of Love, Innocence, and Faith, three qualities that inspire and sustain the human spirit. This book will be of great importance to parents who are trying to nourish these qualities in their children. We hope the story of Meru will create a wave that will gather strength as it opens the heart and mind of each person who reads it.

About the Author

Marla Hanson was born in San Francisco California but raised in Los Angeles. She returned to SF where she became a well known musician in the late 60's and 70's. Along with being a published song writer, her band worked with renown groups such as The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin and Big Brother and The Holding Company. Her group opened shows for Muddy Waters and Jimi Hendrix. She is on many of the old record albums and went on to record an album with Unity Records. After a turbulent career in the music business she turned to teaching music in the public schools of Marin County California. It was there that Meru and the Magic Thread was born and turned into a full length play at San Geronimo School in Lagunitas CA. She continued her career in education and became a preschool teacher, an Assistant Director and a Director of various schools and programs in Marin County. After her husband passed away she joined her family in Hawaii and has lived here on the Big Island since 1998. She owns and operates Big Island Nannies a childcare company serving the major hotels and resorts on the Kona and Kohala Coast.

Scarlet Eskildsen has traveled all over the world but in 1986 the beauty and culture of the Islands inspired her to make Hawaii her permanent home. Scarlet was born in the Bay Area of Northern California. As a child she was drawn to art and sculpture showing considerable talent in both areas. This is not surprising since she is directly related to Francoise Boucher, a French painter from the Louie IV period, whose paintings hang in the Louvre, London, Europe and the Huntington Library in California. Over the years she developed her artistic skills and now is a local artist who sells her work at Hilo Hattie's in Kona. Married, with two children, Scarlet leads a busy life but over this last year she found the time to illustrate and publish Meru and the Magic Thread, a story that she believes will generate hope and faith in the hearts of those who read it. This belief was the motivating force that prompted Marla and Scarlet to rewrite the original story into the unusual and captivating tale that it is today. In a collaborative effort to further their deeply shared principles of love and nonviolence this unique mother/daughter team is happy to present Meru and the Magic Thread, the first book in a trilogy called In Search Of The Golden Disc.