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Linden Morningstar is the author of two beguiling  and engrossing novels. His debut novel The Starlight Prophecy is a dazzling little gem of fantasy, science fiction, and horror. About an intrepid band of five women whose passionate intellect, fiery nature, and adventurous hearts unknowingly collide with an ancient alien prophecy, which thrusts them on a perilous journey to save an alien Star people; only to end up themselves trapped in the maniacal  and deadly obsession of, God Aagaatar, the one whose only desire is to enslave them to fulfill his Final Solution; the annihilation of the Star people, or destroy them if they fail.

Here they experience what it feels like to become something more than human, something alien, and superhuman that enthralls yet terrifies them. As an alien prophecy drives them to a shocking destiny they must accept or turn away from in terror.

Linden wrote The Starlight Prophecy  in celebration of the births of his five granddaughters and to immortalize them as superheroines.

Morningstar’s second novel Gloria Rising is a gripping psychological and supernatural novel based on real people and life events with some literary license to protect the identity of the heroine,  Gloria.

A fascinating narrative exploring themes of hope, survival, the complexities of the human psyche, and astonishing reality of spirit guide who comes to protect and help heal Gloria .  Linden’s unique experience as a hypnotherapist gives penetrating insight and psychological depth to this powerful and unsettling story about a woman terrified of going insane and desperate for help.

Gloria must face and accept the horror and repressed trauma of her childhood to heal and transform her life. Her hypnotherapist, Dr. Adam Jaxon is confronted by Gloria’s baffling array of psychiatric disorders and symptoms, and dangerous sleepwalking episodes.

Even more bewildering is the unexpected appearance of a divine presence during Gloria’s hypnotherapy sessions that claims to have come to help Gloria, to watch over her, and help guide Dr. Jaxon’s hypnotherapy. An astounding turn of events that unnerves the usually unflappable Dr. Jaxon and forces him to reconsider his own metaphysical understanding and psychological grip on reality. Dr. Jaxon’s beliefs about reality and the nature of existence will be profoundly tested and later reset when the mysterious and omniscient being reveals its astonishing identity.

Gloria Rising is a trailblazing psychological novel based on true events that takes you beyond the books about the intriguing multiple personalities like Sybil and The Three Faces of Eve to a living hell of indescribable terror and horror—and to something beyond that is otherworldly, which defies the principles, theories, and understanding of contemporary psychology and psychiatry.

Legendary hypnotherapist, Dr. Adam Jaxon, is on a quest to rescue and heal his mystifying and perplexing patient, Gloria from the brink of madness and horrifying nightmares. Gloria’s riveting story is told under deep hypnosis where her unconscious mind automatically writes down the terrifying details of her nightmares, to expose the shocking truth that may set her free or plunge her deeper into madness.

Gloria’s automatic letters are compelling and heart-wrenching, yet open the doors of perception to a deeper awareness and higher consciousness she needs to solve the puzzle of her escalating madness and uncover the dark secrets buried in her nightmares; a mystery that Gloria is terrified to face, yet she must in order to escape the madness and reclaim her sanity and life. Resilience, inner strength, and the transformative power of love and understanding are the novel’s major themes.

Linden wrote Gloria Rising as a heartfelt tribute to Gloria’s heroines journey; to honor her courageous victory over evil, childhood abuse and trauma, and miraculous healing and transformation. 

Linden Morningstar 

Linden Morningstar was born in 1948 in Lamar, Missouri. Soon after his birth, his mother took him and his older sister to the Promised Land of California in the hope that farmer’s fields would be bountiful and jobs plentiful. His mother worked the farm fields around Bakersfield, California.

Linden thrived in the balmy heat of his new home and loved to get his hands dirty playing in the fertile soil. Where dirt mixed with his imagination made him happy. He learned early about the power of imagination to create happiness and fun.

He grew up in the coastal city of Ventura California where his love for surfing taught him to become one with nature and the waves he rode. He attended Ventura Community College and majored in Electrical Engineering where he excelled as an engineering student and won academic awards and a prestigious electrical engineering internship at a local naval base.

Although, Linden had a student deferment, he chose to enlist in the U.S. Army and volunteered for Airborne, Special Forces, and Vietnam. He wanted to be a warrior for freedom. Prior to his deployment to Vietnam, he married and fathered the first of two sons.

 

Linden as a young Special Forces sergeant in Vietnam was involved in hazardous reconnaissance missions deep behind enemy lines in Vietnam. He served with Charlie Company Airborne Rangers, 75th Infantry, and MACV-SOG, Special Operations, 5th Special Forces Group.

 

 

 

The war had touched his soul and deeply changed him. He had learned the hard way about the brutality and futility of war. He had lost his youthful innocence and was appalled by the senseless and horrendous cost in human life, of war, and the physical and psychological toll it inflicted on him and other survivors. He learned a valuable lesson to respect and value all life even one’s enemy.  His long journey as a warrior-healer had begun.

 

 

 

When Linden returned from the Vietnam war, he resumed his college studies but changed his major from Electrical Engineering to Psychology. He felt an irresistible calling to heal himself and walk a spiritual path to Truth.

Linden graduated summa cum laude from Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts with a Master’s degree and Certificate of Advance Graduate Studies in Psychology and Counseling. He became a licensed Marriage and Family therapist specializing in clinical hypnosis. He worked in private practice, community mental health, and in a psychiatric hospital. He also used his skill and knowledge of hypnosis to treat patients suffering from pain, terminal illness, and a variety of life-threatening medical conditions.

He realized that hypnosis like authentic shamanic and spiritual healing, if used wisely, had the power to open gateways to inner healing powers, benevolent spiritual beings, and divine intelligence, intuition, and wisdom beyond our contemporary psychiatric and psychological understanding and comprehension of the human mind and human existence.

Linden says, “I am a seeker of Truth that lies beyond what is collectively accepted as “reality”. I seek the numinous and absolute source of life that transcends our limited mortal and everyday conscious awareness and material world.”

He lives with his cherished wife, Arielle, and lovable cats, Shiloh, Lilly, and Thunder in southern California.