It is a thundering good read - and all the better when you have heard Redfield interviewed. I had read the book - with its so-so ending - when I heard him on the radio. His sincerity and vision shone through; he certainly believed he had a mission to get certain ideas out there to counter the simplistic materialism that is often taken for normality.

this book is not mysticism but it does celebrate the spiritual aspect and potential of human beings.