Do you believe that you were meant to meet certain individuals, that you can enrich the world with the quality of your awareness, and that energy is the throttle of the universe and it responds to how we think? If you can answer yes to these questions, then you are ready to join James Redfield on the spiritual adventure described in his The Celestine Prophecy. As the author notes in the introduction, this tale will appeal to seekers who know that "life is really about spiritual unfolding that is personal and enchanting — an unfolding that no science or philosophy or religion has yet fully charted."
The narrator of The Celestine Prophecy meets a friend in America and learns about the discovery of a 600 B.C. manuscript in the Peruvian rainforest. It predicts a global spiritual renaissance in the last two decades of the twentieth century. Wanting to discover more about the nine key insights in the manuscript, the narrator leaves for Peru.
There he meets others who are interested in the new synthesis suggested by the Mayan author of the Celestine prophecy. Of course, there are those who want to suppress this information. They fear it will undermine religious authority and upset the status quo.
Redfield challenges readers to put themselves in the story and to ponder the manuscript's insights about beauty, power, mystical experiences, clearing the path, engaging the flow, and establishing an interpersonal ethic that emphasizes sharing.