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blaze2242 's review for:
The Celestine Prophecy
by James Redfield
This book is really dated. That's the first take away I had. The second is that I would have enjoyed it a lot more when I was 17.
I read this on a trip to North Cascades National Park and I kept telling my companion about it. I started referring to it as my 'stupid book' because of how thin and transparent the attempt at allegory was, how awkward some of the writing and how dated the gender roles and some of the constructs were.
Plus, why the hell Peru? Why the Catholic Church? Why Aramaic?
Despite all this, I was engaged and I actually found much of the 'insights' thoughtful, relevant and applicable to my life.
This didn't change my world view. Other more timely methods got to me first, none of these insights were new ideas to a child of a hippie living in 2017. I don't expect to be vibrating myself into invisibility and heaven any time soon. But it was a nice touchstone during a busy summer, read in a very beautiful place.
I read this on a trip to North Cascades National Park and I kept telling my companion about it. I started referring to it as my 'stupid book' because of how thin and transparent the attempt at allegory was, how awkward some of the writing and how dated the gender roles and some of the constructs were.
Plus, why the hell Peru? Why the Catholic Church? Why Aramaic?
Despite all this, I was engaged and I actually found much of the 'insights' thoughtful, relevant and applicable to my life.
This didn't change my world view. Other more timely methods got to me first, none of these insights were new ideas to a child of a hippie living in 2017. I don't expect to be vibrating myself into invisibility and heaven any time soon. But it was a nice touchstone during a busy summer, read in a very beautiful place.