The Celestine Prophecy
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4.8 • 12 Ratings
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- $16.99
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - A BOOK THAT CAPTURES 'THE SPIRITUAL MOMENT'.
Are three decades of interest in modern physics, ecology, mystical religion and interpersonal psychology finally synthesizing into a new spiritual 'common sense'?
Are we now beginning to live this new common sense?
Can it become the dominant paradigm of the next century?
An ancient manuscript has been found in Peru. Its contents: nine insights the human race is predicted to grasp as we enter an era of true spiritual awareness.
In this gripping adventure-tale, James Redfield offers a compelling vision of the new spiritual understanding that is emerging in human culture.
You will instantly understand the truth of the First Insight: in each of our lives occur mysterious coincidences - sudden, unexplained events that, once interpreted correctly, serve to guide and direct our actions.
Join the adventure and embark on a bold quest to uncover the remaining insights. Each will be found in turn, and each will clarify how a growing link with the spiritual is relentlessly transforming human life.
Reading like a story of high adventure, but having the in-depth effect of a spiritual parable, The Celestine Prophecy will take you on a journey that will lighten your soul, and connect you with a perspective and experience that is slowly changing the world.
'In his inimitable style of great storytelling, James Redfield opens us up to a world of insight, synchronicity and power. ' Deepak Chopra
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Redfield's debut is a fast-paced adventure in New Age territory that plays like a cross between Raiders of the Lost Ark and Moses's trek up Mt. Sinai. Originally self-published, the book sold phenomenally, sparked by word of mouth, and may be this year's The Bridges of Madison County --with which it shares some regrettable stylistic similarities. The saga begins when the unnamed middle-aged male narrator whimsically quits his nondescript life to track down an ancient Peruvian manuscript (pretentiously called the Manuscript) containing nine Insights that supposedly prophesy the modern emergence of New Age spirituality. South of the border, he encounters resistance from the Peruvian government and church authorities, who believe the document will undermine traditional family values. While dodging evil soldiers, paranoid priests and pseudoscientific researchers, our hero sequentially discovers all nine Insights during a series of chance encounters. Redfield has a real talent for page-turning action, and his lightweight quest employs auras, energy transfers and other psychic phenomena. But several of the Insights are incredibly vacuous and politically correct, and long stretches of dialogue are banal and cliched. The book ends with the protagonist poised to discover the 10th Insight in a promised sequel. 250,000 first printing; BOMC selection; author tour.
