Wings of Dispair
by Elwood Babbitt
In Wings of Despair, the memories of World War II are recounted through the eyes of a gifted clairvoyant, Elwood Babbitt. The story not only pulses with the excitement and turmoil of battle conditions experienced by Babbitt and his platoon, but it also delves into what Babbitt perceives through his spiritual training: a deeper perspective of life he terms “spiritual oneness,” which counterpoises the mortality of man as seen through the eyes of common soldiers.
Babbitt mixes the ridiculous with the sublime as we see hometown boys narrowly escape death at one moment and are serenaded by “Armstrong” and his “mystical guitar” in the next, which makes them long for home and family. Babbitt explains how their senses were honed to a razor sharp alertness for combat readiness. At the same time, they momentarily surrender societal conditions and belief systems while attending traditional ceremonies in the caves and villages of Hawaii and the Pacific Islands. Babbitt’s war experience is put to use later in the 1960s and 70s when many young people, testing their values by living close to the land, come to seek guidance from Babbitt.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Elwood Donald Babbitt was born of November 26, 1921 in Orange, Massachusetts to Roy and Alma Babbitt. Since childhood, Babbitt had a gift of clairvoyance, and as a young man, he and his father often visited Lake Pleasant Spiritualist gatherings. At twenty, he enlisted with the Marine Corps in the Second Marine Division.
After the war, Babbitt drew upon his war experience and his psychic gifts to help a burgeoning group of young people who found his practical wisdom and spiritual guidance helpful in their own search for inner values. Later in life, he gave “life readings” to many individuals; he has been coined the “Medium of Massachusetts’ by those who were helped by him. Historian and anthropologist Charles Hapgood wrote three books about Babbitt’s work: Voices of Spirit, The God Within, and Talks with Christ.
Babbitt was married four times. Just after the war, his first marriage was to Jeanne Shram. Second he was married to Emily Larsen, with whom he raised three children. Later, he married Margaret Hack, who bore his fourth child, Anya. His fourth marriage was to Daria Nielson in 1991; he lived with her until he passed away from lung cancer on April 25, 2001.
(2005, paperback, 166 pages)
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In Wings of Despair, the memories of World War II are recounted through the eyes of a gifted clairvoyant, Elwood Babbitt. The story not only pulses with the excitement and turmoil of battle conditions experienced by Babbitt and his platoon, but it also delves into what Babbitt perceives through his spiritual training: a deeper perspective of life he terms “spiritual oneness,” which counterpoises the mortality of man as seen through the eyes of common soldiers.
Babbitt mixes the ridiculous with the sublime as we see hometown boys narrowly escape death at one moment and are serenaded by “Armstrong” and his “mystical guitar” in the next, which makes them long for home and family. Babbitt explains how their senses were honed to a razor sharp alertness for combat readiness. At the same time, they momentarily surrender societal conditions and belief systems while attending traditional ceremonies in the caves and villages of Hawaii and the Pacific Islands. Babbitt’s war experience is put to use later in the 1960s and 70s when many young people, testing their values by living close to the land, come to seek guidance from Babbitt.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Elwood Donald Babbitt was born of November 26, 1921 in Orange, Massachusetts to Roy and Alma Babbitt. Since childhood, Babbitt had a gift of clairvoyance, and as a young man, he and his father often visited Lake Pleasant Spiritualist gatherings. At twenty, he enlisted with the Marine Corps in the Second Marine Division.
After the war, Babbitt drew upon his war experience and his psychic gifts to help a burgeoning group of young people who found his practical wisdom and spiritual guidance helpful in their own search for inner values. Later in life, he gave “life readings” to many individuals; he has been coined the “Medium of Massachusetts’ by those who were helped by him. Historian and anthropologist Charles Hapgood wrote three books about Babbitt’s work: Voices of Spirit, The God Within, and Talks with Christ.
Babbitt was married four times. Just after the war, his first marriage was to Jeanne Shram. Second he was married to Emily Larsen, with whom he raised three children. Later, he married Margaret Hack, who bore his fourth child, Anya. His fourth marriage was to Daria Nielson in 1991; he lived with her until he passed away from lung cancer on April 25, 2001.
(2005, paperback, 166 pages)
Availability: Usually ships in 2-3 business days.
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