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- Publisher: NY Warner Books 1993 (1993)
- ASIN: B0039S4WVI
- Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (758 customer reviews)
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Hugely disappointing,
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This review is from: The Celestine Prophecy (Paperback)
Redfield's writing is awkward, the dialogue enormously clumsy, and the details obviously poorly researched. It is painfully clear throughout the book that the 'story' is merely an ill-fitting vehicle for communicating Redfield's beliefs. Unfortunately, these "Insights" are very rarely insightful. Redfield takes some legitimate Eastern spirituality (the benefits of meditation, vegetarianism, and abandoning a fast-paced materialistic life, for example), and attempts to combine it with his own New Age musings. Unfortunately, the result is convoluted, illogical and often down-right silly. In general this book is neither illuminating nor entertaining.
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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.
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