Rating: 
Summary: Magical Reading for Adults
Review: I've read this book every year since its debut ten years ago. I've just read it again and I still believe it's one of the must-reads for anyone on a spiritual/mystical path. And aren't we all? Dr. Chopra continues to teach me to find my magical self, to walk backward in time and call my ageless, timeless soul forward. I'm a big fan of all his books but this one, and the Way of the Wizard inspire me to really think beyond my normal boundaries. I've always dreamed that Merlin was my mentor. I certainly think Deepak Chopra is. Return of Merlin encourages my magical thinking and that's the best evolutationary step for me. Maybe it is for you too.
Elaine Maginn Sonne, PhD, author of Legends of the Stones
Rating: 
Summary: Imaginative & Mystical
Review: Imaginative, mystical and very original, though somehow it bogs down near the end. A book not out of a mold, but very creative, unique and thought provoking.
Rating:
Summary: Imaginative & Mystical
Review: Imaginative, mystical and very original, though somehow it bogs down near the end. A book not out of a mold, but very creative, unique and thought provoking.
Rating: 
Summary: sound and fury
Review: The strength of the book is the clear distinct characters. There are dozens of them. They seem caught in an Alice In Wonderland universe bent on sadistically tormenting them. You care about them. It is a depressing book, despite the sudden happy ending on the last page. It comes across a bit like the Victorious Messenger in Mack the Knife -- not really believable after all that mayhem.
The book drives you mad leading you up to something momentous then pulling back with nothing happening over and over like some tantric sex exercise.It reads as like a set of notes for a book typeset in random order -- all kinds of intriguing ideas that lead nowhere and have no ultimate significance. At times it purports to be a detective novel with 1,000 clues. You wonder how the author will ever be able to stitch it together. He never does. The "clues", it turns out, are just madness -- red herrings.
Rating:
Summary: sound and fury
Review: The strength of the book is the clear distinct characters. There are dozens of them. They seem caught in an Alice In Wonderland universe bent on sadistically tormenting them. You care about them. It is a depressing book, despite the sudden happy ending on the last page. It comes across a bit like the Victorious Messenger in Mack the Knife -- not really believable after all that mayhem.
The book drives you mad leading you up to something momentous then pulling back with nothing happening over and over like some tantric sex exercise. It reads as like a set of notes for a book typeset in random order -- all kinds of intriguing ideas that lead nowhere and have no ultimate significance. At times it purports to be a detective novel with 1,000 clues. You wonder how the author will ever be able to stitch it together. He never does. The "clues", it turns out, are just madness -- red herrings.
Rating: 
Summary: Don't Give up your DAY job, just yet!
Review: There was too much attention paid to the periferals of the surrounding environment(s). It is as if to make the book longer he just used filler words. He took too long to get to the point. I cannot recommend this book. The adventure is dull and lacks the excitement of the Celestine Prophecy.
Rating:
Summary: One for Fantasy Lovers and Spiritual seekers alike!
Review: This is an incredible book. I haven't been much into reading fantasy in years, although I have always been a fan of Merlin, King Arthur, and Camelot, Fantasy books failed to hold my attention for every story has been told and retold in one way or another. I have to be honest, it was Deepak Chopra's name that drew me to this book, and then seeing Merlins name on the same cover, I had to check it out. And I am so glad I did. What a truly wonderful book for fantasy lovers, and spiritual seekers alike. Don't miss out on this great read, books like this come far and few between!! This book and the characters in it will stay with you for a long, long time.
Rating:
Summary: Chopra transcends the legend!
Review: When Deepak Chopra publishes, readers take note. And when he writes about the
Arthurian Tales, what can one say? Intertwining his sense of mysticism, his intellectual scope, and a
fast-paced, very moving, novel in one is a bit much to hope for! But in “The Return of Merlin,”
Chopra has accomplished this feat. Not an “easy read” generally, Chopra’s magical touch with the
printed word maintains his reputation in this tale from Arthur. In his introduction, Chopra writes that “The Return of Merlin” is about waking up the
wizard that sleeps within all of us, so that we can reclaim the field of pure knowledge and dream
anew world into reality, from the purity of our hearts.” “Merlin” is another odyssey of life, a story of the traditional good vs. evil and the struggles
therein. It is a story that erases the confines of time. “To be alive now,” he writes, “is to be dead to
the past. To be alive now is to have life-centered, present-moment awareness...(and) you will discover the dance of the divine in every leaf, in every petal...in every rainbow...in every breath of every living being.” A momumental undertaking, to be sure. Taking the Arthurian characters, from Merlin to Arthur to Mordred with a cast of many
others, and mixing in a complete disregard for any logical historical time frame, Chopra explores
this struggle, this “to be or not to be” of Camelot. Despite its frenzy, its whirlwind of action and
activity, “The Return of Merlin” is at once captivating, suspenseful, mesmerizing, combining
elements of spectacular hope and goodness and the depravitiy--nay, the power-- of penultimate
evil, Chopra shatters the pastoral hillsides of our psyche with this very-readable narrative.
Scholarly--yet quite readable!, the book is a page-turner. Chopra’s magic comes alive in a work
that is satisfactory and fulfilling.
Rating:
Summary: Chopra transcends the legend!
Review: When Deepak Chopra publishes, readers take note. And when he writes about the
Arthurian Tales, what can one say? Intertwining his sense of mysticism, his intellectual scope, and a
fast-paced, very moving, novel in one is a bit much to hope for! But in “The Return of Merlin,”
Chopra has accomplished this feat. Not an “easy read” generally, Chopra’s magical touch with the
printed word maintains his reputation in this tale from Arthur. In his introduction, Chopra writes that “The Return of Merlin” is about waking up the
wizard that sleeps within all of us, so that we can reclaim the field of pure knowledge and dream
anew world into reality, from the purity of our hearts.” “Merlin” is another odyssey of life, a story of the traditional good vs. evil and the struggles
therein. It is a story that erases the confines of time. “To be alive now,” he writes, “is to be dead to
the past. To be alive now is to have life-centered, present-moment awareness...(and) you will discover the dance of the divine in every leaf, in every petal...in every rainbow...in every breath of every living being.” A momumental undertaking, to be sure. Taking the Arthurian characters, from Merlin to Arthur to Mordred with a cast of many
others, and mixing in a complete disregard for any logical historical time frame, Chopra explores
this struggle, this “to be or not to be” of Camelot. Despite its frenzy, its whirlwind of action and
activity, “The Return of Merlin” is at once captivating, suspenseful, mesmerizing, combining
elements of spectacular hope and goodness and the depravitiy--nay, the power-- of penultimate
evil, Chopra shatters the pastoral hillsides of our psyche with this very-readable narrative.
Scholarly--yet quite readable!, the book is a page-turner. Chopra’s magic comes alive in a work
that is satisfactory and fulfilling.
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