Re-post: Elixir, by Kapka Kassabova

A book review written for Beshara Magazine

If you are looking for an antidote to the darkness of these times, I can highly recommend reading this book.

I recently wrote this review of Kapka Kassabova’s book Elixir: in the Valley at the End of Time for Beshara Magazine. Elixir is not an easy read, but Kassabova’s writing really touched me. She honours the wisdom of a population close to nature, and bravely avoids giving the easy answers we all crave.

‘This rollercoaster ride of a book, from the elemental to the mystical, reminds us that if we believe health to be as simple as taking the correct plants, drugs, or finding the right fitness plan, then we are missing the point. It is the practice and depth of relationship we need to seek. Kassabova’s call to her reader to ‘remember how to make ourselves whole’ is not prescriptive, but is a heartfelt plea to reclaim our spiritual, physical and emotional unity with nature. Ultimately, she shows us, an elixir is ‘not a liquid or an object [...] it is a search for completeness.’

You can read the article here, on the Beshara Magazine website