The White Horse and the Wandjina
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I only had time to put my foot on the brake for a few seconds and in a flash he smashed against the bottom left-hand side of the windscreen. His head left about a 5-inch indentation in the screen and, being a laminated screen, it didn’t break. I vividly recall seeing onions flying everywhere. I stopped the car and rushed out to see if he was okay. I spoke to him and asked if he was alright but he didn’t reply so I shook him trying to get a response, but he lay lifeless on the road. I started to panic thinking he was dead his skin felt cold. I then took his wrist to feel for a pulse but there was none; I placed my fingers under his chin on the carotid artery – there was no pulse there either. I tried once more on his wrist but there was nothing.
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About the Book
Greg Reid shares lessons learned as a cowboy/stockman, radio announcer, and writer in Queensland, Australia, in this memoir.
On a cattle ranch growing up, he came to understand that riding horses is much like negotiating life. Once a horse bucked him off in a certain way, he learned that lesson. It’s like that in life, too: We have the opportunity to learn from our mistakes.
A constant theme is his love for Christ, who he did not give himself to fully until 1989, when he had an out-of-body experience at Kurramine Beach, traveling back to the night when Judas betrayed Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane.
He confesses to being both a healer and a sinner—something that took him nearly a lifetime to figure out but that has helped him discover Christ, change his life, and help others.
Join the author as he acknowledges his frailties, explores other dimensions, and reveals how God and spirituality interact with the culture of indigenous Australia in The White Horse and the Wandjina.
About the Author
Greg Reid began his love affair with writing in 1977 at radio school in Brisbane. He has written many scripts, editorials, and news stories during his twenty years in the radio industry, and he’s also written thousands of poems—some of which are featured in this book. He currently works as a radio announcer at an indigenous radio station in Cairns, North Queensland, Australia. He has also worked with mental health clients and recently began offering healing for free.