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The JOURNEYS of SOCRATES DAN MILLMAN I dedicate this book to the man I called Socrates, and to you, my readers, who asked me to tell his story. Had I realized the trials my old mentor had faced and the agonies suffered, I would have listened better, and cherished even more the time we spent together. I hope that I’ve done him both honor and justice in sharing this journey into the life of a loving sage, into the soul of a peaceful warrior. DAN MILLMAN Every journey has a secret destination of which the traveler is unaware. MARTIN BUBER Contents EPIGRAPH PROLOGUE I’ve killed Dmitri Zakolyev. PART ONE: The Bitter and the Sweet 1 Sergei was worried, that October day, when he was… 2 Heschel reached out to embrace his grandson; then… 3 A cold sun, barely visible through the blanket of clouds,… 4 With the map tucked safely away, Sergei entered… 5 A few weeks later Sergei’s group was about to start riding… PART TWO: Survival of the Fittest 6 Sergei’s tenth, eleventh, and twelfth years marched by like… 7 The next day at dawn Instructor Orlov explained, “Now that… 8 After survival week, Sergei returned to the daily routines… 9 Sergei felt everything quickening—his thoughts, desires,… 10 On a bitter cold day in January, 1888, Sergei was released… 11 A near spill into the icy water pulled Sergei back to his senses. PART THREE: Gain and Loss 12 As Sergei Ivanov was setting out on his long trek north, a… 13 By midsummer, Sergei had skirted the eastern edges of the Pale… 14 The day was already warm on that September morning when Sergei… 15 It began with lighthearted conversation over dinner, when Valeria… 16 Gregor Stakkos set out each day with clear purpose,… 17 In Mid-February, on a rainy morning just before they got out of… 18 When Gregor Stakkos and the one-armed giant Korolev… 19 June slipped into July and the full heat of a St. Petersburg… 20 During the reign of Tsar Aleksandr III and the period of… 21 Sergei and Anya had just finished their picnic meal,… 22 Sergei Ivanov came back to life with a gasp—to another life, a… PART FOUR: The Warrior’s Way 23 In the summer of 1892, nearing his twentieth birthday, Sergei…
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