The Celestine Prophecy - An Adventure
by James Redfield · first published 1993
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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? When James Redfield first published this extraordinary book -- an adventure in pursuit of a spiritual mystery -- people picked it up, read it, and were stunned by its contents. They told their friends about it, and friends in turn told their friends. By word of mouth alone, news of this magical, moving work spread throughou
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- Illusions by Richard Bach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusions_(Bach_novel) - The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield. Disclaimer: this book is seriously woo woo new age junk with recycled western and eastern mysticism concepts, but it hit me at the right time in life and I took away some really life-changing…
on “Ask HN: Which is the best spiritual book you have read?” ↗…know there are some framework to put seemingly competing paradigms and views into a coherent whole, as well as a few philosophical techniques to get my head out of my rear... somewhat) James Redfield's Celestine Prophecy (kicked off a lot of things) Robert M Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (I didn't know this at the time, but it spoke to me about what can be beyond subject-object duality) In my early…
on “Ask HN: Which books have made you introspect?” ↗I just read the short summary on goodreads [1] and... color me skeptical... It reads like a version of "The Celestine Prophecy" [2] but aimed at a middle-aged tech bubble. Could you (or anyone else) compare the two, for a very slow reader to make a decision? :D PS yes the comparison is probably too harsh but that was honestly…
on “Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)” ↗…by CASIO - and it had a little spreadsheet app on it, and I made a Gematria translator app in it - so I could type in any words and its formulae would spit out all the Gematria numbers for a name (the Celestine Prophecy was a famous book of the time) That PDA was similar to this one, but less sophisticated - and I had that thing for ~25 years... but unlike OP I didnt take out the battery and it ruind the device.
on “27 years later and the Psion 3a is still wonderful” ↗