I bought By Oak, Ash, and Thorn By D. J. Conway several months ago based souly on recommendations by others. As I read through it I got really bored with it and finally after less than half way through decided it wasn't for me and set it away for a while. I've got a few books that I have done this with and it really doesn't bother me.
Well I recently picked it back up again, for no real reason at all, and now it is completely speaking to me. Suddenly everything in it is making sense, and I am learning a lot from it already. I already feel the need to re-read it and pick up the bits I know I've lost as I rushed through it. I still don't like the meditation descriptions that are written out. They almost make me want to think that those images are what I should see, not my own, so I skip them just so I'm not influenced by them. But the rest of it I am really learning from. I have always been fascinated by celtic culture and there are tons of references to celtic mythology.
I've begun meditating more, so that I can experience my own spirit journey and have already met my newest spirit guide. I have seen the most amazing things in such a short time, I am not sure how to express how it is all making me feel. It's almost like this was what I was missing in my path all along. I really feel like when I bought the book just wasn't the right time for me to learn from it but somehow now is.