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Find out for yourself why virtually everyone you know has this book, described as an "adventure in pursuit of a spiritual mystery", on their coffee table. In the tradition of Carlos Castaneda's The Teachings of Don Juan.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
From 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.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A breath of relief in a soffocating world,
By Tony Bernardo (Silver Spring,MD USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Celestine Prophecy (Paperback)
The Celestine Prophecy is not the best novel ever written, in fact to some it may seem hookie. What was great about this book, and in my opinion any book, was that it helped me grasp many of the ideas that had been swimming around in my head but could not be put into a working formula. Its one of those books that makes you say "yeah, I knew that, but I couldn't find the words." As the story unfolds so do aspects of the reader's self. Each chapter, or insight, revealed something new about who I was and who I wanted to be. Many of the ideas discussed in this book are nothing new. They are at the core of many eastern philosophies and are heavily influenced by mysticism. But who cares! Each interpretation of these ideas is in its own way unique. Its like listening to a radio station that plays a certain jeanra of music: each song has a common feel and yet each has its own personality. All in all, it may not be a literary masterpiece but The Celestine Prophecy is a must read. It will move you in places that have been forgotten, ignored, or that have been suffocoated by the monotonies of western culture and idealogy.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Suprisingly Useful Vision For Human Evolution,
This review is from: The Celestine Prophecy (Paperback)
I was surprised by this book. I expected a feel-good broth of New Age cliches, but instead found a number of honest and wise Insights into human behavior. The Celestine Prophesy can be viewed as a spiritual guide, but its foundation is good human psychology. Written as an adventure about a man searching Peru for an anciet manuscript, the book explains the Nine Insights contained in the manuscript and discusses each insight's meaning for humans as both individuals and members of a society. The central theme is that we are constantly evolving, and this evolution will bring us to a higher level of spirituality. The goal is to tap into the natural energy of the universe. While the characters seem able to do this with suprising ease, it is a goal more people should try to follow. The author suggests that many of our problems come from our desire to pull energy from other people instead of finding within ourselves and within the natural world. Redfield offers the idea of the love-addition; he (or The Manuscript) suggests that our desire for male or female energry (depending on your gender) leads us to become addicted to a person of the opposite sex. But since addiction is destructive to a healthy relationship, our needs wind up hindering our ability to achieve a successful union. The "manuscript" suggests that once people learn to pull energy from the world around them, they will no longer fall into this love addiction.Another useful concept is the idea of the control drama: that we each have a behavioral mode which we use to draw energy from others, and that this mode, or drama, is carried with us from childhood to adulthood. We must recognize this drama and work to overcome it because it is a way of draining the energy of others. If this review seems to contain the word "energy" a lot, it's because The Celestine Prophesy is mostly about finding energy within us and without. While the ultimate goal is to achieve a spiritual reawakening, one can use many of these insights without following a spiritual path. The Celestine Prophesy can be used to heighten one's self-awareness, and as such, it is a useful tool. I felt better after reading it, and how can a book receive a higher recommendation? At times it's didactic, but Redfield mixes in enough narrative to keep the book from becoming a philosophical tract. I would recommend this book to anyone who's looking for a greater awareness of self and nature. It contains much wisdom and encouragement.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very important...,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Celestine Prophecy (Paperback)
Okay, perhaps the story isn't any more insightful than the latest occurances on Days of Our Lives. Who cares. The purpose of this book isn't to be a literary revelation... It's a spiritual one. Take a moment and read the reviews that follow(or at least as many as you can). You'll notice that people either love it or hate it. If you read "The Celestine Prophecy" closely enough, you'll know why this is so...and that reason is crucially important for all of us to understand. Let's keep things in perspective here...Look at the nuber of copies sold worldwide! Look at the number of reviews presented here! This book is having major implications around the world,and at an extremely appropriate time. It has given people an appreciation for themselves, their environment, and the people around them, and as far as I'm concerned, there can never be anything wrong with that. My life was changed forever by reading this book...as well as millions of others' have been. Above all, this is an important work for the spiritual to reaffirm themsleves, the lost to find hope, and most critically essential to the lot of us in between.
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