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Summary: Simply a wonderful stroy of myth and magic.
Review: Becoming a Wizard isn't a process it's a journey. An awakening. I have expereinced a letting go and a change that I can only describe as magical. The words and thoughts that are on these pages are both mystical and transdescent. When the student is ready the teacher will appear, and when the teacher is ready the Master will appear, and when the Master is complete he will look no further because he will have arrived at the beginning and realized that he was a Wizard all along.This will happen to some of us sooner than others. There is no race, and no reward for the one who gets here first. There is plenty of room for all, and when we realize this truth, Ego leaves us and what we are left with is our spirit.This book will help you discover these insights.....
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Summary: Pretty Good
Review: Bing a LoTR/Arthurian fan, I thought this book might be interesting. Basically, the author's theory is that humans can become like Q from Star Trek through sheer willpower. That's not possible. I know when I was a kid and saw ST: TNG for the first time, I wished I was a Q. I'm not one. That may eventually be possible through evolution, but that'll take thousands of years. He also says that wizards are beyond good & evil. That's misleading at best, cultlike at worst. No one on Earth is beyond good & evil, no matter how much we would like to be. While I don't agree with all of the author's ideas, there is wisdom to be found here. Also, if you want to read this as pure fiction, the prose is decently written.
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Summary: Very thought-provoking
Review: Deepak Chopra has been on Oprah many times. He is Indian and this book is one of many he has written with a metaphysical or New Age philosophy. Each chapter contains one lesson and begins with a story involving a young boy, Arthur, and a wise old wizard, Merlin. The rest of the chapter explains the lesson learned by the young wizard. For instance, talking about transformation, or making changes in one's life: "You cannot bring your same stale self to the world and expect the world to be new for you."
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Summary: The new frontier is within ... A mystical journey!
Review: Deepak Chopra is a fascinating speaker. His knowledge base as a physician somehow enhances his mystical and philosophical message. This work, however, is anything but medical; it is profound. The Way of the Wizard is a keeper, the type of book one re-reads often. The text is soothing and attempts to stimulate and transform the reader to a state of enhanced consciousness. Each mystical lesson is imparted in the form of short stories, using the main characters, a young King Arthur and Merlin, the Medieval Wizard. These mini plots are then analyzed and explained by the author
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Summary: It's Way of Wizard Deepak - Invoking Spirituality?
Review: Following my fav The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, came by this Book The Way of Wizard, the twenty spiritual lessons that help readers go beyond ordinary reality by opening insights to attain values of spiritual transformation in everyday life Each lesson awakens the mind and turns us towards a more rewarding journey and this all presented in the form of classic teacher-student stories, Merlin's instructions to a young Arthur revealing the master of the Way of Wizard. Modern Life is full of pressures this way and out and lot of chaos n disorders that make one feel stressed out at times. One stumble but take care not to fail, says Merlin and has a logic on every Lesson quotes that follows with Understanding of Lesson & Living with the Lesson. Deepak conjures up the voice of Merlin as the personification of our wisest self. Some Quotes that stirs to trigger thoughts in our mind in the book that I like most are: Lesson 1 : "A wizard exists in all of us. This wizard sees and knows everything and nature reflects the mood of this wizard."
Lesson 2: "The essence of the wizard is transformation" Shrug the seeds of 'ego' and transform - See innocently and you will give life!
Lesson 4: "Who am I?" The only question worth asking and the only one never answered"
Lesson 8: "Power is a double edged sword. Ego power seeks to control and dominate. The wizard's power is the power of Love."
Lesson 10: "When the Shadow is embraced, it can be healed. When it is healed, it turns into love."
Lesson 12: "The Uncertainty you feel inside is a doorway to wisdom"
Lesson 14: "Lose everything, and the real will still remain"
Lesson 15: "The purest love lies where it is least expected - in un-attachment
Lesson 19: "Every desire is created by some past desire. The chain of desire never ends. It is life itself." Cherishing dreams and living in realities; Creating Awareness within and leading to transformation; Living in innocence and shrugging off the ego; Being an achiever and giver at the other end; seeking fulfillment in life is all about the Way of Wizard from Deepak to achieve love, fulfillment and spiritual minds to lead life to live in happiness. Is this Possible, I wonder? Anyways, a good read that keeps your Thought process on the move.
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Summary: Perfect ... for those who are ready ...
Review: I have been reading and studying works of theology, spirituality, philosophy and mysticism for over twenty years, following my own path and doing my best to discern truth from the writings of Christian, Hindu, Buddhist and other backgrounds. I have a library of treasured works that have helped me along a journey that has taken me from a time of profound confusion, doubt, dread, depression, anxiety and pain to a life of pervasive peace, consistent joy and ever growing love. In that vast library of works, many of the books I've read I considered great ... exceptionally well suited to guide me through the particular phase of life through which I was going ... but NO book I've EVER read was MORE PERFECTLY written for where I am now in my life than The Way of the Wizard. Having been on this journey as long as I have, I can see how this work would seem fluffy and insubstantial to many and perhaps even most people who would read it. Had it been around for me to pick up 20 or even 10 years ago, I'm quite certain I wouldn't have understood it much or considered it profound. But when I finished reading this book for the first time (which I did in one sitting), it was as if the book had been written specifically for me. It rang so true to the precise experience of life I've had for the past several decades that at points I laughed out loud from the pure joy of recognition. Others have written about the contents of this book ... I've chosen to address the way it left me feeling. There are those of you out there for whom that will be the more telling review. You know who you are.
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Summary: Similar to Castaneda.....
Review: I liked the book, it contains interesting insigths and comes very well structured so that you stay tuned on the central idea. However, the book's 'strategy' is very similar to Castaneda. chopra introduces Arthur (equivalent to Castaneda) and Merlin (equivalent to Don Juan) in the same fashion as Castaneda's books. In fact, some ideas are exactly the same. Anyway the reading is excellent as a complement to wonderful CC's books. Hasta la vista !!
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Summary: All is Bliss
Review: I started reading this book because my mother read it and told me I'd find it interesting. I thought it would be cheesy or boring. Was I wrong. This book changed my life, my perceptions, my way of looking at the world. Everything in my life is brighter than it was before. At first I was wary, but the way Deepak eases you into his timeless knowledge is wonderful. He doesn't force his ideas on you, but builds one idea on top of the other through the book, and you can really see the truth in his words. I am forever thankful that I stumbles on this work by Mr. Chopra.
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Summary: Amazing
Review: I started reading this book because my mother read it and told me I'd find it interesting. I thought it would be cheesy or boring. Was I wrong. This book changed my life, my perceptions, my way of looking at the world. Everything in my life is brighter than it was before. At first I was wary, but the way Deepak eases you into his timeless knowledge is wonderful. He doesn't force his ideas on you, but builds one idea on top of the other through the book, and you can really see the truth in his words. I am forever thankful that I stumbles on this work by Mr. Chopra.
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Summary: New-Agey, but good
Review: The Way of The Wizard takes the reader through a 20 step program to induce a relaxed, aware state of being from which true magic can arise. The practices are equal to any sytem of meditation or yoga, and followed through to the end "without lust of result" (Crowley, not Chopra) will bring about the sate of being described. That being said, the book has the obvious flaw of New Age oversimplifation. THe natural paralells with the occult are watered down for the bourgoise audience. The use of Merlin is mythologically absurd. This is acceptable in the context of this work, however, since it is not intended as a tretis on Merlin. Rather, Merlin is used as an archetype of fulfillment and mastery of life. Recommended with reservations.
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