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This slim volume is not a typical memoir, but a collection of random vignettes; a rear-view mirror into events that have impacted the turbulent life of the author. Identity is a composite of past experiences that simmer in the unconscious, bubbling up at times, and then receding back to the subterraneous realm of our existence. By accessing and revisiting these experiences, a person gains a better understanding of who they were, who they are, and how the two are integrated pieces of the whole Self. The essays in this book are an attempt at touching upon memories long buried; memories that when opened and expanded upon, become a portal to the author´s persona. The mind may forget, but the soul always remembers.

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An IDF veteran, Shael Siegel was educated in the United States and Israel. He is an ordained rabbi and has a doctorate in Jewish Philosophy and makes his home in Florida with his wife Semadar. His two daughters live in Israel.

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