Rudrani's Soul Pilgrimage

Bruce Von Stiers

Several years ago, I received a book from Rudrani Devi. It was an autobiographical narrative of certain events in her life. The title of the book is Soul Survivor: A Healer's Pilgrimage and Homecoming.

In one of those fluke things, the book got placed in a pile of others that kept getting moved around. Eventually, that pile of books ended up in a closet. I recently went through that stack and discovered that I had never read, nor reviewed, Rudrani's book. So, I sat down and read it.

The book is a narrative of Rudrani's trek to Mumbai, India and a horrific incident that happened to her while she was there.

Rudrani had been a music video executive producer in Nashville. She moved on from that to co-own a holistic healthcare facility, The Devi Clinic. And, per the narrative in the book, now had the opportunity to do a pilgrimage to India. She and her newfound friend, Linda, were going to be able to tour India with Rudrani's guru, Master Charles. And to have a spiritual awakening during the trip.

The book mostly reads like a travelogue, or a diary / journal. The reader learns many things about Rudrani and her life before the India trip. These things include information about her clinic, her husband Santos and the friend who' going on the trip with her, Linda.

The book takes the reader through the angst-ridden airline debacles that Rudrani and Linda encounter. From flights being overbooked, to delays to lost luggage, there are a lot of problems with the two women trying to get to India.

Once Rudrani and Linda get to Mumbai, that is when the story really takes off. They are eating dinner at a restaurant when there is a terrorist attack. Both Linda and Rudrani are wounded, but Rudrani got the worst of it.

The remainder of the book deals with Rudrani's recovery and a bit about Linda's. It covers the highs and lows of recovering from life threatening wounds to her 15 minutes of fame to the toll the whole series of events took on Rudrani and her relationship with her husband.

I mentioned earlier that the book reads a bit like a journal or travelogue. That format is okay, but I kind of got bored with some of it. I know that Rudrani wanted to convey as much as possible of her life journey, but at times I felt the content could have been condensed.

But that is really my only criticism of the book. It does provide a lot of details on how Rudrani survived the terrorist attack and how she got her life back on track. And the spiritual awakening that came about because of all of the trials and tribulations of that particular time in Rudrani's life.

Soul Survivor: A Healer's Pilgrimage and Homecoming is available on amazon and at other select book retailers.

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