The Celestine Prophecy
By James Redfield. This book made me change my outlook on how the world and the nature around you can be perceived and give you energy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Celestine_Prophecy
(quagarr, Thu 15 May 2008, 15:44, 12 replies)

NOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooo
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(jmaxi returned again on, Thu 15 May 2008, 16:34, closed)

And
What might I ask is wrong with it?
(quagarr, Thu 15 May 2008, 16:37, closed)

^
pretty much everything. New Age pseudo-academic psychobabble twaddle. Are you a Castaneda fan too, perchance??
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 15 May 2008, 18:10, closed)

CHCB
Can't say that I am. I don’t believe the book I just found it interesting the possibility of the earth giving energy back and that people can have a better perception of the nature around them.
(quagarr, Thu 15 May 2008, 18:19, closed)

can't hippies come up..
...with a better word than 'energy'.

They get ever so annoyed when you ask what sort of energy it actually is, or how it fits in with physics.

The Celestine Prophecy is wanky new-age bollocks though - some wanky new-age bollocks can be quite entertaining, but that book is awful.
(inflateable, Thu 15 May 2008, 20:49, closed)

not read
but i think the point is that the "energy" isn't meant to be part of physics, it's something immeasurable
(ewe, Thu 15 May 2008, 22:20, closed)

hippies unite!
When I read this as a teenager I also got a lot from this book. The plot is terribly put together and the ending is ridiculous but the lessons being taught are as valid as any religious book. It was intended by the author to be more of a parable. In modern society we're moving away from spirituality, this book is trying to reconnect but without the misinformation and contradiction of holy books. As an adolescent, the insights give me a new outlook on some aspects of life, some things I hadn't considered before. And the question is asking about life-changing books, not book reviews. If someone has had a life-changing experience who are you to knock it?
Plus I got laid after reading it by the gorgeous dreadlocked hippy who introduced me to it so it has special fond memories for me!
(antigen is running away from something, Fri 16 May 2008, 5:13, closed)

@antigen
Thank you. My views excatly, it's hard to explain a 'life changing book' that hasn't had the same effect on anyone else as they just see it as wanky new-age bollocks. I'm not a hippy by any means it was just this book changed my views.
(quagarr, Fri 16 May 2008, 9:09, closed)

^^
"the lessons being taught are as valid as any religious book"

er, not valid at all then?

I know, I know - each to their own. And I'm getting laid by a gorgeous hippy who likes this book so I should probably pretend to appreciate it more instead of screaming "science fucking WORKS!" at him on a regular basis.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 16 May 2008, 10:10, closed)

^
I can see why screaming science works in the middle of getting laid by hippy might put him off a bit.
(quagarr, Fri 16 May 2008, 10:50, closed)

Antigen
I also got laid by a gorgeous dreadlocked hippy who introduced me to it (Annie - aah), but I still think it is badly written tosh!
(jmaxi returned again on, Fri 16 May 2008, 11:05, closed)

@quagarr
nope, that's not what I'm usually screaming at that particular time.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 16 May 2008, 11:43, closed)