The Story by Nathan Gill
I was born in 1960 into a working-class family in South-East England.
As a child I was intense and inquisitive – hours spent reading adventure and mystery books, hobbies which involved searching for antique artefacts, long treks into the countryside at every opportunity. Seeking began at an early age!
As I grew up, my restlessness led to difficulties in choosing a career, an inability to focus in any particular area. I left school as early as I could, decided to train as a chef, and then ended up working on construction sites.
I enjoyed this very much. It absorbed much of my restless energy and required no investment of responsibility. I took my orders and got on with the work – leaving me free to indulge in roaming in the thought story.
There was a constant interest in the mysteries of the body and the universe – experimenting with various diets and herbal treatments, looking at the stars, eating magic mushrooms, and pushing the body to the limit with weight-training and body-building.
In my early twenties I was forced to slow down. A shoulder injury brought the weight-training to an end, my wife gave birth to our first daughter when I was twenty-two, and I changed from construction to horticulture. For several years I picked fruit in Kent orchards from early summer to late autumn and gardened at other times of the year. During this period my thoughts turned to spiritual and esoteric matters.
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