B O O K S
By
Countess Muftiah Hateley Rau Turin
JOHANNESBURG… SOUTH AFRICA… SOME TIME IN EARLY 1953…
PART I
NIPPON - LAND OF THE RISING SUN…
Chapter One
Yokohama… November 8th … 1941 … Being My Very Last Day… In My Beloved Japan
!
Chapter Two
We Must Leave Nippon…!
Chapter Three
Our Very Last Night… In My Beloved Nippon… Land Of The Rising Sun…!
Chapter Four
More Poignant Reminiscences… On The Night Of November 8th 1941…!
Chapter Five
The Prophetic Day Of Deliverance… On November 9th … 1941…!
Chapter Six
Some Memories Of My Happy/Hellish… Almost Ten Years of Life… Growing Up In Japan
!
Chapter Seven
Living On The Spectacular Bluff…!
Chapter Eight
Bernadette… The Most Pitiful Girl… This Soul Has Ever Befriended…!
Chapter Nine
The Creeping Encroachment… Of The Insiduous Tentacles Of Evil…!
Chapter Ten
At St. Maur's Convent School For Girls… With Dear Sister Theresa… And My Special
Heavenly Time… With My Angel Friends…!
Chapter Eleven
The Momentous Advent Of Neurotic Xenia… Into My Life… At The Tender Age Of Five
!
Chapter Twelve
Only Six Years With A Mostly Absentee Mother… And Yet How Well She Prepared
Me… For Life… On One Single Momentous Night…!
Chapter Thirteen
Tzi-Tzi Is Shocked To Learn… When She Reaches Her Mid Thirties… How Much Her
Adored Mummie… Had Always Loathed… And Despised Her… And Her Very Existence
Even Before She Was Born…!
Chapter Fourteen
How My Life Changed So Greatly… Almost Overnight…!
Chapter Fifteen
French/Italian La Contessa… Vera Quarta Turin… Meets Bavarian… Alfred Stempfle
On The Very Day Of Her Official Divorce… From Theodore Rau…!
Chapter Sixteen
The International School of Yokohama… My New Home Away From Home...!
Chapter Seventeen
Magical Alpine Karuizawa…!
Chapter Eighteen
The Intriguing International School Of Yokohama…!
Chapter Nineteen
How The International School of Yokohama… Came Into Existence…!
Chapter Twenty
How The Far East… Met The West… And Vice Versa…!
Chapter Twenty - One
My Fascinating Four Years… At The ISY…!
Chapter Twenty - Two
Some Sweet… And Some Poignant Recollections...!
Chapter Twenty - Three
My Very First Declaration Of Love…!
Chapter Twenty - Four Poor “Shu-shu” Obsessed Pamela…!
Chapter Twenty - Five
And My Own Rude… And Sudden… Shocking Exposure… To Some Disgusting… Lewd Pornography
At The Tender Age Of Nine…!
Chapter Twenty - Six
Nippon No Heitai-San Wa… BANZAI…!
Chapter Twenty - Seven
Our Safe Arrival In Nagasaki…!
FROM NAGASAKI TO SHANGHAI… ACROSS THE EAST CHINA SEA… ON A CHINESE JUNK BOAT !
Chapter One
The Ghastliest Thirteen Hours… This Young Sensitive Soul… Has Ever Experienced
In Her Life…!
Chapter Two
Two Of The Most Shocking… And One Of The Most Incredibly Miraculous Experiences
Of My Seven Year Old Life… All On The Very Same Day…!
Chapter Three
Kidnapped Yet Again… That Very Same Night…!
Chapter Four
The Diverse Cruelties… Of My Authoritarian Patriarch… First WithThe Dreaded
“Dive Bomb” Aburamushis…!
Chapter Five
… And Then With The Fearsome "Genki..."!
Chapter Six
My Sudden… Delivering Miracle…!
Chapter Seven
The Heart-wrenching Reason… For My Lifelong Terror Of Aburamushis… Cockroaches
Palmettos… Etc…!
Chapter Eight
Papa’s Further Diabolical Cruelties… Towards Me… Including My Fragile Heart
Begun On The Fourth Of July… 1937… The American Day Of Independence…!
Chapter Nine
As Ye Do Unto Others… So Shall It Be Done Unto You…!
Chapter Ten
Papa’s Unexpected… Rare Acts Of Kindness…!
Chapter Eleven
“Ah ha! The Devil Made You Do It…!”
Chapter Twelve
A Very Unique Japanese Babyhood…!
Chapter Thirteen
My Very First Dark Night Of The Soul… Aboard A Chinese Junk…! In “The "Black
Hole Of China..."!
Chapter Fourteen
A Soul-Searing… Pink Elephants Story…!
Chapter Fifteen
My Puzzling Little Scars...!
Chapter Sixteen
Growing up in the Mysterious Far East… I Am Exposed To Violence… From A Very
Young Age…!
Chapter Seventeen
Almost Murdered… Robbed… And Thrown Overboard…!
Chapter Eighteen
Shanghai… BANZAI…!
PART II
CATHAY
Chapter One
The Mysterious… Teeming Cosmopolitan City Of Shanghai…!
Chapter Two
An Unprecedented Act Of Sabotage... And Once Again… Neurotic Xenia Saves Our
Lives…!
Chapter Three
My Frightening Daily Ordeals… With Hostile Chinamen…!
Chapter Four
Some Deep… Puzzling Soul Searching…!
Chapter Five
Inadvertent Life Saver…!
Chapter Six
My Very First Russian Feast… On Xenia’s Thirty-fifth Birthday… On The 19th
Of November…!
Chapter Seven
Some Interesting Facts About Shanghai... Plus An Unexpected Divine Revelation
Chapter Eight
An Unexpected Quirk Of Fate… Saves Our Lives… Yet Once Again… Via Fractured
Xenia…!
PART III
SAILING ON THE PERILOUS HIGH SEAS…!
Chapter One
On Board The MS "Tjisadane…"!
Chapter Two
Yet Another Miraculous Deliverance…!
Chapter Three
My Special Spiritual Grace… Of Life-Long Protection…!
Chapter Four
A Miraculous Deliverance… From My Worst… Fatal Car Accident…!
Chapter Five
The One And Only Time… This Soul Defiantly Questioned Her Constant… Same Daily
Guidance… Losing One Of Her Dearest… Closest SUBUD Sisters… In The Process…!
Chapter Six
The Insidious Brewing Of War… In The Pacific..!
Chapter Seven
A Series Of The Most Shocking War News..!
Chapter Eight
My Horrendous Ordeal… With About Fifty War Babies..!
Chapter Nine
"Sayonara… Nippon No Riku Hinode...!"
Chapter Ten
My Fairy Tale Babyhood… In Peking… China…!
Chapter Eleven
The Beginning Of My Life… In Already Very Familiar Nippon… Where I Become The
Cause Of Great Drama… At The Very Outset…!
Chapter Twelve
The Fascinating Ancestry… Of My Mother… La Contessa Vera Quarta Turin…
Chapter Thirteen
"Contessa Graziella Nadia Rau Di Turin Di...?!"
Chapter Fourteen
My Mother Gets Swept Up… Into The Hitler Mania…!
Chapter Fifteen
The Puzzling Controversy..
Of My Miraculous Birth… Which Is Finally Explained… By My Beloved SUBUD Father
Bapak… After He Takes Me Flying Up Into The Heavens With Him… When I Am In
My Forties…!
Chapter Sixteen
Mummie’s Tzi-Tzi Darling… Is Tested By Her Adored Mother… To Give Up SUBUD
Claiming It Is Of The Devil…!
Chapter Seventeen
The Violent Sexual Ravishment… Of Innocent… 15 Year Old Vera Quarta Turin… By
Theodore Rau…!
Chapter Eighteen
The Marriage Contract… Arranged Between Nonna And Theodore Rau…!
Chapter Nineteen
Sixteen Year Old Bridal Vera… Is Shocked To Meet Her New Husband’s Japanese
Common Law… Geisha Wife..!
Chapter Twenty
Vera Discovers Her Natural Prowess… On The Tennis Courts… And Five Years Later
Just As She Becomes La Contessa… Meets Arthur Cannon… The Love Of Her Life
!
Chapter Twenty - One
The Innocent Love-Child… Is Blissfully Conceived… In Adultery… On Top Of The
Cliff Called “Dai-Shichi No Kami”! (Seventh Heaven) … And Some SUBUD Years Later
Experiences Inner Awareness… About How She Came Back Into This World Again
For The Very Last Time…!
Chapter Twenty - Two
Public Scandal Surrounds The Star-Crossed Lovers… Poignantly Separating Them
!
Chapter Twenty - Three
Heartsick Vera’s Long Seven Months… Of Excruciating… Festering… Agony… Shamefully
Hidden Away… In Italy…!
Chapter Twenty - Four
Contessa Vera's Near Fatal “Accident” … And Subsequent Deliverance… Of A Miracle
Baby… On The Holy Day Of Easter Sunday… Who Is Named Graziella… Meaning “Little
Grace Of God…”!
Chapter Twenty - Five
Love-Smitten Vera's Rude Awakening...!
Chapter Twenty - Six
An Unusual Spiritual Encounter..!
Chapter Twenty - Seven
Some Inner Reflections… And Offering Of The Glorious Miracle Of SUBUD… To All
Of Mankind…!
Chapter Twenty - Eight
Another Wonderful Visitation… From Our Beloved SUBUD Father… Holy Man… BAPAK
in 2007… While I Am Re-editing This Book… For The Very Last Time…!
Chapter Twenty - Nine
Quite An Amazing Spiritual Experience… Of Incredibly Wondrous Enlightenment
Regarding The Comet Kahoutek…!
Chapter Thirty
Mysterious Java… Exotic Pearl of Southeast Asia…!
THE MAGNIFICENT PACIFIC OCEAN…
Chapter One
Some Wonderful… Exhilarating Adventures On Board the Majestic "Klipfontein…"!
Chapter Two
A Very Special Invitation… To Yours Truly… From The Good Captain Post… Himself
!
Chapter Three
A Chance Encounter… On Deck… Leads To Meeting… The Very Significant Millers
!
Chapter Four
My Dream Ball… of Christmas Eve…!
Chapter Five
The Real Costume Ball… of Christmas Eve…!
Chapter Six
Surprises Galore..! Some Wonderful… And Some… Not So Wonderful…!
Chapter Seven
The Biggest Surprise Of All… A British Battleship…!
Chapter Eight
My Very First… Very Brief… Shipboard Romance...!
Chapter Nine
For The First Time… In My Life… I Play A Very Dirty Trick… On Poor Repressed
Xenia… For Her Own Good…!
Chapter Ten
Lovesick..!
Chapter Eleven
Sailing Along The Spectacular… Breathtaking… 150 Mile Long Coast… Of New Zealand
!
Chapter Twelve
Arriving In Auckland… To The Wonderful… Warm… Welcoming Hospitality… Of The
New Zealanders…!
Chapter Thirteen
Many Days And Evenings… of Enchanting.. Distracting Entertainment… By The Millers
For The Jittery… Anxious Passengers…!
Chapter Fourteen
A Rude… Insulting Shock… From A Very Handsome Frenchman.. in the Radio Room
!
Chapter Fifteen
Fear Enters My Life… For The Very First Time… When Almost Kidnapped… I Hear
My Guardian Angel’s Voice… For The Very First Time… As He Divinely Delivers
Me…!
Chapter Sixteen
On The Very Same Day… Of My Divine Deliverance… I Also Tell My Very First Lie
To My Adored Mummie…!
Chapter Seventeen
Some Deep Soul Searching… On Board The “Klipfontein…”!
Chapter Eighteen
My “Nippon No Josei No Kaishi…” (Japanese Sex Initiation)… As A Little Tyke
Of Only Four And A Half…!
Chapter Nineteen
A Raging Storm at Sea…! And A Hilarious… Quirky… Endearing Incident… Alone
With My Strict… Authoritarian Pater…!
Chapter Twenty
And Yet Another Precious Life Is Saved… By Yours Truly… Once Again…! The First
A Very Old Man… And The Second… A Little Baby…!
Chapter Twenty - One
The Shock Of Learning… That There Is A Nazi Spy on Board!!!???
Chapter Twenty - Two
At The Age Of Almost Twelve... I Write My Very First Letter... And Poem...
To A Grown-Up Man... Reeling In Shock...!
AMERICA - LAND OF THE FREE… HOME OF THE BRAVE…
Chapter One
Arriving in Los Angeles… Not New York…!
Chapter Two
On Terra Firma Once More…!
Chapter Three
Staying At The Magical… “The Mayfair…”!
Chapter Four
Hooray for Hollywood…!
Chapter Five
Meeting Some Movie Stars… And Almost Becoming An Overnight… Singing Sensation
Movie Star… A La Deanna Durbin… Myself…!
Chapter Six
Some Fascinating New Experiences… And Revelations…!
Chapter Seven
My Very First… True American Education… From The Sweet Little Old Lady… At The
Mayfair…!
Chapter Eight
Some Equally Shameful History… Of The Nationalist Government… Of South Africa
!
Chapter Nine
Some More Fascinating American Education… From The Sweet Little Old Lady… At
The Mayfair…!
Chapter Ten
My Very First Experience… Of A “Spiritual Visitation”…!
Chapter Eleven
Traveling By Train... From The Fascinating Western Coast... Of "The City Of
Angels..." ... To The Mysterious... Unknown Eastern Coast... Of "The City Of
Skyscrapers..." ... I Meet Most Genial Bill... My Very First Member Of The
African-American Race...!
Chapter Twelve
Skating On Thin Ice… In More Ways Than One… In The Awesome… “City Of The Skyscrapers
”!
Chapter Thirteen
A N D Mortifying… Shameful Episode… Back At The ISY…
Chapter Fourteen
The Five Musketeers…!
Chapter Fifteen
The Most Wonderful… New Discovery Of All… The New York Public Library…!
Chapter Sixteen
Another Miraculous Deliverance…! And Almost Kidnapped… Yet Again…!
Chapter Seventeen
Another Very Embarrassing Episode… In The Awesome “City Of The Skyscrapers…
!
Chapter Eighteen
My Very First… Beautiful New… Shirley Temple Overcoat… And
A Terrifying Case of Mistaken Identity… As Greta Garbo…!!!
Chapter Nineteen
More Fascinating Experiences of Life… Spending Precious Time Alone… With My
Beloved Papa Rau…!
Chapter Twenty
Growing Up Too Fast...?!
Chapter Twenty - One
Three Horrible… Horrendous Shocks…
One After Another…!!!
The First…: Strange… Eerie “Jessica…”!
Chapter Twenty - Two
Learning Brand New… Vulgar Words…!
Chapter Twenty - Three
The Second Shock…: “REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR…!”
Chapter Twenty - Four
A Very Rare… Cozy Private Time… With My Big Brother… Remo…!
Chapter Twenty - Five
The Third Shock…: An Extremely Cruel… Rude Awakening…!
Chapter Twenty - Six
My Big Sister… To The Rescue…!
Chapter Twenty - Seven
My Wonderful… Motherly Sister… Brings Me Back To Sanity…!
Chapter Twenty - Eight
My Breathless Tales of Adventure… Which Prima Refers to… as Life’s Ordeals…
And Tribulations… Suddenly Explaining… Why She Had Started To Call Me “Grace
”!
Chapter Twenty - Nine
Some Very Serious… Sobering Discussions… Between Two Loving Sisters…!
Chapter Thirty
The Fascinating Story… Of Adam And Eve…!
Chapter Thirty - One
The Glorious… Wondrous Miracle… of SUBUD…!
CROSSING THE FOREBODING ATLANTIC…!
Chapter One
Farewell New York...
Farewell America... Until 1971…!
Chapter Two
My Wild… Gypsy Sister… Prima… The Careless Heart-Breaker…!
Chapter Three Wild Prima’s Incredible… Utter Transformation…!
Chapter Four
A Nameless Dread…
Creeps Ever Closer… and Closer…!
Chapter Five
My Unexpected… Momentous… Brief Encounter… With Reverend “Whipped Cream…”!
Chapter Six
Yours Truly… Becomes An Inadvertent… Diamond? Smuggler…!
WAR-TORN EUROPE…!
Chapter One
Lisboa… Portugal… Enchanting For Yours Truly... But Heartbreaking… For My Beloved
Sister… Prima…!
Chapter Two
Our Torturous Train Rides… First Across Beautiful… Peaceful Portugal…!
Chapter Three
And Then… By Total Contrast… Through Pitiful… Civil War Ravaged Spain…!
Chapter Four
Yours Truly… Is Brought Very High… And Then Brought Very Low… In Madrid…!
Chapter Five
Another Slow… Dreary Train Journey… Across The Heartbreaking Devastation Of
Spain…!
Chapter Six
The Rude Shock Of Our Lives… When We Are Bodily Thrown Off The Train… Because
Of Me…!
Chapter Seven
Our Most Amazing Deliverance…! In The Middle Of Nowhere… By None Other…Than
Catholic Nuns…!
Chapter Eight
Crossing Desolate Spain… On Foot… Ending In Yet Another Miraculous Deliverance
!
Chapter Nine
La Belle France… Not So Belle Anymore…!
Chapter Ten
A Most Interesting… Yet Horrific… Divine Revelation… Of SUBUD… Regarding This
Soul’s Regular Migraine Attacks… For The Purpose Of Necessary… Ancestral Purification
On A Very Deep Level… Lasting For Some Sixty-three Years…!
Chapter Eleven
This Soul… As Grazia… Meaning “Big Grace Of God…” … Makes The “Acquaintance
… Of Her Many Ancestors… In Spirit… Writhing In The Pits Of HELL… During Her
First Year In SUBUD…!
Chapter Twelve
The Miracle Drug… Excedrin Migraine… Leads To The End… Of This Soul’s Sixty-Three
Years… Of Ancestral Purification… In The Form Of Regular Migraines…!
Chapter Thirteen
The Last Leg… Of Our Four Month Journey… From The Far East… To The European
West…!
Chapter Fourteen
Dumb Cluck Graziella… Inadvertently… Is Instrumental… In Our Avoiding… The Ruthless
Invasion… Of The Nazi Germans… On Our Train…!
Chapter Fifteen
My Very First Encounter… With Swiss Officialdom… Causes A Dreadful… Heavy Feeling
Of Ominous Foreboding… To Rise… Inside Me…!
Chapter Sixteen
As My Foot Touches Swiss Soil… For The Very First Time… I Know… Irrevocably
That I Am Destined… For The Greatest HELL… Of My Life…!
Chapter Seventeen
Ours Is Truly A Remarkable… Often Miraculous… Four Month… Perilous Journey…
From The Far East… To The Western World… Of Europe… During The Uncertain Times
Of World War II…!
Surprises Galore… On One Single… Momentous Night… in 1946…!
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I N D E X FOREWORD PROLOGUE PART I PART IA PART II PART III PART IV PART V PART VI PART VII EPILOGUE