A fresh water spring flowing during high tide is the source available to Raven Janamanchias sheep. Upon her drinking from it, she perceives an unmistakable Spiritual uplift. Ravenas discovery on this remote Maine island opens a new vista. Her rapturous delight is severely challenged beginning with the unexpected arrival of Basil Porter, a previously embedded CIA operative. Porter has been outed, his secret mission and dossier having been revealed. The couple spread their message of Spiritual Enlightenment when they ship out to worldwide destinations aboard the Oki Ryku, a converted freighter turned medical clinic. A typhoon maroons them on Henderson Island in the South Pacific where they meet Mother Meleana, its lone resident. They believe her to be a wraith. She leads them in her wisdom and invites them to partake of a fresh water Spiritual Source springing up from the sea. Together they confirm their long-held belief that the springs are the Spiritual Grail. Their island sojourn confirms that Mother Meleana is the incarnation of the Spirit. Avenues of Spiritual Consciousness is a ameat and potatoesa book with challenging social and religious dialogue among the characters. It unashamedly demonstrates the bad and the beautiful.