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Summary: Almost as good as CS lewis' "Perelandra."
Review: I read this and then thought maybe there's hope for humanity. Then I read all these slams of it by pop-reviewers and think otherwise. C'mon, people: judge it as a story; not by it's philosophy or politics. I can't imagine what you all would say about a published version of the unabomber's manifesto. =(
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Summary: Insight #9: Send money now.
Review: I especially like insight #9 where he sais people will pay for spiritual insights. Then his address and that scam in the back of the book.
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Summary: A WASTE, COMPLETE DISAPPOINTMENT!
Review: WHAT IS ALL THE HOOPLA ABOUT? I PICKED UP THIS BOOK, WITH THE EXCITEMENT THAT SHOULD GO TO THE LARGEST SELLING BOOK IN THE PAST TWO YEARS AND WAS TOTALLY SHOCKED. SHOCKED THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY GOT THROUGH IT. WHAT DID I MISS? WHERE WAS THIS GREAT? I FOUND IT POORLY WRITTEN, AND REALLY ABOUT NOTHING. TELL ME WHAT I MISSED.
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Summary: A Catholic opinion
Review: I'm a catholic italian student and I've just read "La profezia di Celestino" wondering nearly till the end who this Celestino was... Well, I think it's quite unaccettable the Redfield's vision of the catholic church and authority, also many things doesn't convince me... Despite of that I must realize that this book improved a deeper vision of the reality, a vision always claimed by the catholic faith: the presence of a greater plain above every one of us is at its basis. When Jesus met Simon-Peter, John, James etch.. it was certainly not a mere coincidence. The experience the twelve had with Jesus is something even deeper than the one descirbed by Redfield. They experienced an illimitate love for their lives, a love beyond their sins, their capacities. Redfield recovered this lesson in a more laic way (the energy is something not well described), he just noted, looking on its experience, that what we need is something that makes us feel important, selfish, pursuing a precise aim in life, having in every instant the smell of eternity... Nowadays the world doesn't see a real answer to that, the catholic church seems to have lost its original wonder, the wonder of the one who MEETS the meaning of his life in a real PERSON. This book can do a lot for those too much busy to take a look on what is around, the beaty, the truth, the unicity still present in the world. But even going insight after insight one will see that the real answer doesn't come... I experienced a lot of what in the book was told before reading it, but the way of achieving a mean of life is another, what is told in the book can be seen as a way to live better but nothing much more.
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Summary: DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY
Review: Here's the thing: TCP is no more harmful nor brilliant than any other "self discovery" type of pop lit. Can Redfield write? Of course not. Are the ideas decent? Sure. Even a hardened cynic such as myself thought quite seriously about the 'control dramas,' if only for a few minutes. I"ve read all these reviews declaring the popularity of TCP as evidence of the fall of Western Civilization and all I can say is: Come on, people! It's a harmless new age philosophy! Why ruin the fun for people who might actually dig up some kind of self-improvement from this thing? Remember, not every American is extremely literate(if at all), and not every American is intelligent enough to enjoy deeper works by the likes of Plato, or even Hermann Hesse, et al. It's okay!
Would I recommend this book? Well, for someone who's never read philosophy, I'd probably give them a copy, along with "The Tao of Pooh," and other such junk. We all have to start somewhere.
Would I recommend it for anyone else? Other than for making caustic remarks about the writing, probably not. But then again, it would be a good practical joke....
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Summary: Truly awful
Review: It was fascinating to read some of the other reader reviews, because ever since I read this book I have been trying to gain insight into how it could have been on the bestseller list for so long. To enjoy this book, you must bring absolutely no critical judgement to your reading of it. You must be in search of belief, not knowledge--as others have pointed out, you must be very unhappy with life as it is, you must be starved for something to believe in. The book's long tenure on the bestseller list attests to the large population of such people out there, which is scary. It's the same group that keeps cults of various kinds going. People must love it for the message, because the writing is so bad. This is definitely the worst book I have ever read, and I read a lot. Actually, the first time I browsed through it I was so upset by how awful it was that I impulsively tossed it in the garbage. Later I had a hard time believing that it had been as bad as I remembered and I had to get it out of the library and read more of it to assure myself that, yes, it had in fact been that bad.
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Summary: It wouldn't be so hard to take if it were better written
Review: The plot doesn't necessarily need to be plausible in a book about spiritual mystery. It amazes me every time that people who can't write can get published. I think that the books popularity speaks volumes to how spiritually starved we are as a culture. There has to be a better way to present this message.
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Summary: It helped me on the path back to God.
Review: I cant understand why some people hate this book.I truly think this book got my life back on track.One does not have to take this book as real events, but rather ideas you can apply to your own life.It truly changed me.
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Summary: Changed the vision of my life
Review: It is incredible to see, how our mother Earth breaths, gives us signs, speaks with us, feels with us, but we are very closed persons, because we don't believe in this. I've started to watch and understand our Earth, but... Oh my God... we destroy our Earth, we destroy somebody who love us. The Earth, one day, won't stand us anymore and then... then the things will change. Read this book, your eyes will be opened. Don't forget, the Earth needs our care! Markus
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Summary: Another hoax
Review: The popularity of The Celestine Prophecy is another example of the gullibility of people who fail to accept the grim realities of life in general. The book is poorly written with a plotline so bizarre that it is a stretch of the imagination to believe that the Peruvian government, not to mention the catholic church, would use all their collective energies to suppress and ultimately destroy these sophomoric "insights," which in the final analysis would not so much as bend a spoon. The book is shallow, hardly insightful, and downright tedious. James Redfield should be tested for messianic mania and promptly committed.
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