This is an autobiographical novel, published in 1965, based on the life of Elizabeth Haich who was a well-known European yoga teacher. This is an account of her life in this century interspersed with her recollections of her life as a young priestess in Egypt.

In this sequel to his novel, The Celestine Prophecy in which he presents 9 insights, Redfield suggests that we need to visualize the future we want; then we can know what to pray for, what to expect. We have the choice to see the world crumbling, or we can see the future of us progressing.

Why revisit a novel published in 1993? Because the message only gets stronger in time. I'm amazed as I reread this book how much I have forgotten that was so influential. Part of the message is that we are always running in search of new material when, in fact, we have most of what we need already in our minds, and/or in our libraries to help remind us.

Gladwell states that ideas products, messages and behavior spread like viruses do - as epidemics. He poses three agents of change.

We know we are body, mind and spirit. Part of accepting balance in our lives is accepting all three without negating any one part. We strive for improvement. We work out to get our bodies in shape. We read self-help and inspirational books to develop emotionally and mentally. The same caution applies to our quest for spirituality.

On the physical level, sex attraction refers to the sexual activity of a male and female. On the mental level, however, this refers to the activity of the masculine and feminine within in order to create. Sex attraction is the coming together of the male and female.

There is polarity in our lives, the world and the universe. Everything has an opposite. This is the rule of existence. The two opposites are an aspect of the same thing; they are not separate or distinct. We have control in our lives and in the world. That power is in our balance.

Are we currently experiencing the beginning of our next evolutionary step? Is there something further for us to do?

One of the things I was reminded when I reread this book, published in 1984, is that we continue to have so much fear about beings from other dimensions, other planes and/or other planets. While there are some negative entities out there, why is it so hard for us to believe that we are being helped? Why is it so hard for us to believe in a kindly God but not one who supplies others to assist our growth? Why is it so hard for us to let go of the feeling that this is the only reality?

One of the significant concepts in this book is that we have two main choices in life. We are here to choose service to self or service to others. This is the Law of One that is discussed throughout the work. As humans, we have free will, leaving us the decision. All options are honored, without judgment. The positive alternative, however, is service to others.

This novel was popular in the 60 and 70s. I loved it then and I love it just as much now. Funny, but what we knew in our 20s was a surprising wisdom. Sure, we tend to be smarter as the years go on, but when it comes to knowing who we are and what is really important, we knew much in our 20s. Maybe it is time to remember.

An eye-catching title with a message, Bageant's book claims that many liberals, especially those on the east and west coasts, do not understand "beer-loving, Nascar-loving, church-going, gun-owning" Americans. Urban America: meet your working-class heartland neighbors.

Bartlett teaches Matrix Energetics, showing people how to heal by reading the energies of others. His book, however, discusses the larger issue of understanding that we can have anything we want in life as soon as we stop controlling. If we let go and allow the right things to happen, they will. The heart, not head, should be in charge. He discusses the need for "knowing," not "thinking" to be the main activity. Ask, and the answers will appear.

This book describes divining, which is asking for and receiving guidance. There are three practical and easy tools that can be used by anyone: kinesiology, the pendulum, and the chits. Each of these is a way to tap into the universal knowledge or databank.

This is not the only reality. This world and death are not the only options.

Now is the time to define ourselves. Now is the time to figure out our purpose and what we want our future to look like. Now is the time to ask: What is right with our lives? What must we change?

This book is a collection of articles on a variety of topics such as resurrection, astrological implications of the Star of Bethlehem, the Templars, and Newton and the Bible. Many of the articles discuss extreme views, but others reinforce current research.