‘My Life & Times as Harve Bodine’ by Joe Smith

          Reviewed by Ralph Squire, August 17, 2008

Joe Smith is a Master Dowser, and Teacher at many conferences (with his wife Marta),  Joe was born and raised in New Mexico, where he had been a cowboy.  He is recently retired, after a career in farming in South Eastern Nebraska.

Joe had a ‘Past Life Regression’ in Dallas by noted dowser Sandy Mac, and found that in a previous life he had been Harve Bodine, who had ridden with Quantrill’s Raiders during the Civil War, and later was a US Marshall in Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.

Joe has had no formal training or experience in writing, and although this shows through in spots, the book held my attention and was hard to “put down”.  I believe Zane Grey would be envious.  I have read many of Grey’s legendary western novels, and find this book equally appealing.  "Truth is stranger than fiction." 

The book itself is not about subtle energy, but how it happened to be written is. 

“Something started me writing these stories and they seemed to have a life of their own.  I sit down and start a chapter after working all day and at eleven, I’m still writing – it is kinda habit forming.  You know – where are they going today?  What are they up to?  Things happen in the story that I had no idea that was the way it was going.  It wrote itself.  ……. I try to show real emotion that people have in a certain situation.  Some times while writing, I get tears in my eyes.  I put a lot of feeling in the stories.   I hope you all enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them.”  Joe Smith 2008

The book may be ordered from: Star Guardian Creations, 62638  Rd 730 , Johnson, NE 68378.  The cost is $15 plus $2 for postage.  To receive special handling, mention this review on the SERI web site.