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The Celestine Prophecy: A Concise Guide to the Nine Insights Featuring Original Essays & Lectures by the Author
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The Celestine Prophecy: A Concise Guide to the Nine Insights Featuring Original Essays & Lectures by the Author
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The Celestine Prophecy: A Concise Guide to the Nine Insights Featuring Original Essays & Lectures by the Author
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The Celestine Prophecy: A Concise Guide to the Nine Insights Featuring Original Essays & Lectures by the Author

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A compelling story of intrigue, suspense, and revelation, The Celestine Prophecy begins when an ancient manuscript is found amid ruins deep in the Peruvian jungle. Revealing nine key insights that are critical to the evolution of the human race, it contains secrets that are changing the world, and reveals how to make connections to events happening in listeners' lives right now.

The Celestine Prophecy comes to light at a time when the world deeply needs to hear its words. A gripping story of adventure and discovery, it is also a guide that has the power to crystallize perceptions of why one is where they are in life, and to provide a new energy and optimism to head toward a brighter tomorrow.

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Release dateApr 1, 2006
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  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    a few good ideas but largely shallow
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    1/5
    Pathetic. Beyond lame.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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    It appears at first glance, that The Celestine Prophecy is based on tricks that the human mind plays on itself; described best by illutionist Derren Brown in his book, "Tricks Of The Mind."...---- Particularly worthy of note is the illusion of extraordinary coincidence which occurs when someone calls you on the telephone shortly after you've been thinking about them. How wonderful to think that we have achieved some sort of psychic communication with a friend! This illusion is particularly seductive as it allows us to feel that we have some sort of supernatural control over events, or perhaps that some sort of astral plane exists where our thoughts about a person remotely inspire the idea of contact. These are fun and appealing thoughts. Personally I find the wider and more honest picture very appealing, as it shows me what wonderful creatures we must be to interpret events in this way. In fact, we think about people all the time. How many people might go through our minds in a day? If not one of them ever called us a little while after we'd thought about them, then that would be truly extraordinary. Yet, true to our delightful form, we have no reason to remember all the times we thought of people and then didn't call; we only notice the co-incidences.---Brown is on a personal crusade. He states that he would dearly love to find genuine evidence of the other world, of something spiritual that is beyond our three dimensions. However, he sees no reason for con-artists to profit from the genuine pursuit of this goal, and investigates various claims. One classic was the voices from the dead captured on tape recorders. It was easily explained because when the, "ghost hunters," had announced their question to the dead and listened ... the tape recorder simply turned up it's automatic gain function (because there wasn't anything for it to record) and it resulted in the recording of, "hiss," in which people imagined speech from beyond our world!!!It is this kind of thing that Redfield has chosen to prey on. Prey on? Well, the previous owners of this paperback have marked up various passages. What has been marked up, invites me to believe that the books past owners were, indeed, on a search for what might lie beyond this world, and were taking Redfield's book as some form of guidance to this. Perhaps the core message of his work being, not to be so selfish. I do find myself wondering whether, with the accounts of personal drama in the book, whether Redfield saw the Internet coming.The book also reminds me some of Douglas Adams' writings in one of the Dirk Gently novels about the Zen method of navigating. (I believe it might have been, "The Long Dark Tea Time Of The Soul") It doesn't take you where you wanted to be, but it did take you to where you needed to go.For my taste, however, they marked all the other-worldly stuff and missed what I consider to be the more real aspects; like taking time over food and letting the taste fill your soul, as much as the matter fills your stomach ... but that's another story.Anyway ... back to the book.Overall, I'm not impressed.Some of the motivations for people doing things are a bit dubious. "For a few moments, I leaned forward and rested my elbows on my knees, not looking at the translation. I continued to feel reluctant. The events of the last two days had dampened my enthusiasm and I preferred instead to think of how I might return to the United States. Then, in the wooded area across the way, I noticed the young priest stand up and walk slowly to another location about twenty feet from where he was. He turned toward me again and sat down. I was intrigued over what he might be doing. Then it dawned on me that he might be practicing something that was spelled out in the manuscript. I looked at the first page and began to read."I mean ... the protagonist had an emotionally connected vision of the entire bloody universe for crying out loud, and ... oh, so help me. I mean ... after all that he'd gone through on the mountain, I'd have expected the protagonist to be in a seriously emotionally heightened state and to have strong feelings when he was presented with the fifth insight.Redfield writes well. His diction is fluid and understandable. His words flow and they didn't jolt me. However, he failed to engage my emotions. I didn't feel connected with any of the characters and some of the descriptions felt out of pace with the action; particularly during chase or running scenes. In short, the story felt shallow and wanting.I was also a little upset that this was the sixth edition of, "The No.1 American Sensation," and I was encountering typos. So many that by page 129 - '"We carry on his tradition of locking inward for the truth," Sanchez said.' - It was bad enough that I was driven to actually note the fact that I was encountering typos by that point. This isn't some self-pub, self-edited Indie work we're dealing with, here, guys.I do believe that Redfield had this whole insight thing planned out, and I wonder at his background in order to create such insights as there was a message in their telling that I firmly recognised; that we are people first and a sex later ... that we can not look to another person to complete us ... we must be complete in ourselves first, before seeking the companionship of another. You don't use two halves to make a whole ... you use two wholes to make a double ... and I find it sad when people don't get what that's about. He also got the message in there about an objection to religion controlling with fear. There's quite a lot of core interpersonal relationship stuff in here.I think it is a shame that he's put these concepts forward in a way which is actually contradictory with his own insights ... couching them in a story instead of dealing with them honestly! He could have done a lot better, I think, particularly with his writing skills, as this whole energy-swapping thing becomes difficult to follow at times and I don't think it does credit to the positive message about humanity that Redfield is putting forward. One might almost regard this as an attempt to start a new religion!
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Nice idea, didn't like the writing.
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    This book is utter crap. The writing is horrible, the story is stupid, and all the concepts are old and better told through other spiritual traditions. Total waste of time!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Intriguing story presenting the author's ideas about the evolving spirituality of the age/epoc. I identify with some of the ideas, but you have to remember that it is fiction and not get fiction and reality mixed up.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    a re-phrasing of spirituality
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The writing is really poor, but the substance makes up for that. James Redfield has a new way of looking at life, relationships, and the self. There are a number of good metaphors. This is an inspirational book.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    This is like a hippie "The Alchemist". A lot of talk about energy, obtaining and giving energy, evolution, vibrations, coincidences, etc. and when I say a lot of talk, it is A LOT of talk. I felt like I was reading a textbook. The only thing missing was illustrations because I don't get it! The book was redundant and boring. I did not appreciate it. Sorry... maybe I was not yet ready for this book (read the foreword of the author). If you're into the mystical, change the world stuff then maybe you'll like this. Its just not my cup of tea.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    New-age philosophy isn't really my kind of thing
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I read this book because I was told it would change my life and how I looked the world around me. Pretty much exactly what the book said. However, I was not completely changed even though I thought some of the ideas of the book were on the right track. I didn't like the fact that this author made up an idea and started selling it as enlightenment. It felt forced and overplayed. I couldn't feel connected with the main character (he was a bit too full of himself) and about half way through the book I had to force myself to keep reading. The writing was not that good and the "coincidences" make the story feel almost incomplete, like written on a whim. I latched onto the energy of the universe concept and even that we all have that energy within us. The rest of the story needs some work to be a bit more believable.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    The plot/characters were only so-so, but its saving grace was the spirituality.
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    I've hit a low point in my reading life. I cannot believe that I not only started, but actually read to completion this terrible book. I found it "in the wild" and felt obligated to read it. I'm not sure whether this is supposed to be fiction or nonfiction, but, whatever it is, it was strange and poorly written.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I read this book when it was being passed around with a word-of-mouth recommendation. Otherwise I wouldn't have finished it because the story is just boring and the writing not good quality. The author should have collaborated with a professional writer, and perhaps made the book into a sci-fi or fantasy novel. As it stands, you can't tell if it's meant to be fiction or non-fiction. The first person telling of the story left the main character with no name, something I still remember as a distraction. I knew the book was a best-seller but was still surprised to see so many on LT have read it.It has some intriguing ideas powering the nine prophecies and I'm sure the author just wanted to get those out into the world in some format. I feel the intentions were good but you can't heap too many strange ideas on people all at once or they become defensive and confused. I certainly found the end of the book very futuristic, but it's presented as if this is going to be happening any time now. The author took a chance and put his ideas out there and should be commended for that. I did find some interesting things in the book at a time when they weren't so available for reading. Now you can buy the book 'The Secret' at Target. The nine prophesies sort of remind me of Maslow's pyramid, leading to self-actualization, which is all over the place in textbooks. Then we all turn into beings reminiscent of the ones in the movie AI at the end when humans are all gone.I've read the other two books in the series and have since moved them on to other readers. The spiritual subject of the book is forthright and speculative. If read out of curiousness and with an open mind, it can be worthwhile and thought-provoking. It won't however be the best novel you've ever read.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Difficult to rate this. As a novel it is a 2 stars, as a 'reflection' about what our life is about it deserves 4 stars. I've been more interested that I was expecting to be and for a book buy on a misreading of a comment it's been a nice reading.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This book was excellent! I have not read the book in a long while. I think it is about time I do that.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This is another interesting book on living a spiritual life. Although a fictional novel, it could easily be mistaken for reality. It is an enjoyable read and the type of book that makes you think about the possibilities in life. I would definitely recommend this book; one of my favourites!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Amazingly crap writing style, formulaic plot but compellingly interesting ideas. From reading this I can't believe for one moment that Redfield actually visited Peru. No matter, it still inspired me to raise my game so kudos to the author.
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    Awful - aimed at teenagers with an eye for dreaming
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    Probably one of the worst books I've ever read!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    When I first read this, I was ready to give it five stars. Since then, I've come to realize this is not much better than Robert Fulghum's books and nowhere near as funny. This book also proves that sometimes the journey is more important than the destination. Redfield's writing style makes this an easy read and also makes it easy to absorb the life lessons he imparts.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I enjoyed this book. It was a fast easy read and gave some food for thought.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I read this book at the right time in my life and much like the person who gave it to me I passed it along to someone else. I definitely want to re-read this book in the nearish future. Very enlightening for the first 8 insights.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Starts a bit slowly, but the insights contained in this book are of real value on both a personal and collective level. This book explains in concrete terms a strategy to help make the world a better place.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Pre-chewed philosophy for those who like quick answers; very corny although it does touch on some interesting concepts that aren't developped at all.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Gotta give it three stars. Dissecting it ridiculously, I love the message but am somewhat put off by the writing style, which seems somewhat contrived and maybe simplistic considering the idea that's being conveyed. I hope the basic idea of continued human evolution is right (I feel that it is); maybe the author's point in writing a book that was not as artful was to give it mass appeal. The message may be that important.
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    I think this book is awful. 0 stars from me. I couldn't even finish it!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    A beautiful classic to get you appreciating natural energy and openning your soul to its benefits.
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    5/5
    Translation in listening that will positively impact your life forever.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Definitely engaging. Lively narrator who was a little distracting at times. Great book if you’re new to this specific field of interest. Please be aware it is fictional- I went in to this book expecting a self help book but was pleasantly surprised.