"Only one European had ever gained entrance into the Crystal Cave and lived. He had been accepted many years before after a great battle, and after he had shape shifted into hummingbird's form avoiding coyote's fangs and Eagle's claws in the most deadly game on earth, just in case you think that the shamans sitting in an astro-planned circle got there by watching Disney cartoons. Just checking." -- from Sojourn in the land of the Sun; the Romance of Tim Doughty Tim Doughty, a Northwest Coast journalist and recent transplant to the New Mexican community, seeks both solace and advice from an elderly Hispanic Norteno friend during a brief separation from his wife Teresa. During numerous visits within Joseph and Sophie's old adobe casa, the two men navigate the major issues of our times. Joseph instructs Tim how to build the House of Love. Tim has discovered his elderly friend is none other than the hidden ruler, the King of the Old Nuevo Mexico Territory. We need to get back to the basics on how we run our society: God and family and mutual respect. -- Eric Villanueva PROPHECY / PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION / FAMILY AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS