{"id":8042,"date":"2021-03-02T10:16:56","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T17:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=8042"},"modified":"2021-03-02T10:16:56","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T17:16:56","slug":"guide-to-spiritual-l-a-the-irreverent-the-awake-the-true-by-catherine-auman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=8042","title":{"rendered":"Guide to Spiritual L. A.: The Irreverent, the Awake &amp; the True by Catherine Auman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8043\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?attachment_id=8043\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/guide-to-spiritual-la.jpg?fit=333%2C499&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"333,499\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"guide-to-spiritual-la\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/guide-to-spiritual-la.jpg?fit=333%2C499&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/guide-to-spiritual-la.jpg?w=980&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8043\"   \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Vastly informative and engrossing\u2026 The essential LA travel reference book.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Auman takes readers on a middle-of-the-road tour of spiritual places in and around LA in her latest travel guide. In a detailed, straightway account, she describes urban legends, longtime mysteries, the landmarks of various traditional religions, historical accounts, homes of the rich and famous, and architectural wonders. Her account forms a charming story, drawing readers with her engaging style and relating LA\u2019s history and many different belief systems. Maintaining a candid, lighthearted tone, Auman fully engages readers in LA\u2019s spiritual landscape and details the city\u2019s exotic tableau with spirituality. The sprightly colored, full-page photographs of different locations enliven the narrative. Sprinkled with seemingly irrelevant and yet amusing yarns\u2014the inclusion of food spots, inns frequented by celebrities\u2014this lively tour of LA is a welcome recess from stuffed, boring travel guides. It will appeal to spiritualists and historians alike. Travelers will be benefitted, whether or not they are planning a trip to the city of dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Guide to Spiritual L. A.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The Irreverent, the Awake &amp; the True<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Catherine Auman<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Guide-Spiritual-L-Irreverent-Awake\/dp\/1945085096\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Green Tara Press<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pub date September 24, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ISBN 9781945085093<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Price $19.95 (USD) Paperback, $6.11 Kindle edition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vastly informative and engrossing\u2026 The essential LA travel reference book. Auman takes readers on a middle-of-the-road tour of spiritual places in and around LA in her latest travel guide. 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Her account forms a charming story, drawing readers with her engaging style and relating LA\u2019s history and many [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":8043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3748,56739],"tags":[38100332,24777292,7223,726,7215,3328,178,8053601,1136176,62857929,3748,1473,1008073,856121,309,77132,349],"class_list":["post-8042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-non-fiction","category-short-reviews","tag-amreading","tag-amwriting","tag-author","tag-authors","tag-book-review","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-indie-author","tag-indie-books","tag-indiebooks","tag-non-fiction","tag-reading","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews","tag-travel-guide","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/guide-to-spiritual-la.jpg?fit=333%2C499&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-25I","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8042"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8049,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8042\/revisions\/8049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}