The Celestine Prophecy

James Redfield classic.. can it be called a classic I dont know, but yes it is a masterpiece as far as handling the subject goes. A new style Anyone who has read any spiritual treatise would find those books boring drab and harping on the same point over and over again.

This book is refreshing it is an adventure story in the amazon rain forest a total adventure trail but introduces the teachings in form of nine insights.

What i liked about the book is its handling and creating a plot out of this simple teachings, there is nothing unbelievable in the theme or the teachings, a very light read.
I guess this is a good way to introduce youngsters into spiritual teachings.

The follow up book "The experiental guide" is more like a manual to achieve those insights.

The next book "The tenth Insight" is actually quite slow and boring compared to the original classic .

There is another book by teh same author "The secret of Shambala" supposedly talking about the eleventh insight . Interesting read , but very very unbelievable and teh writing style is exactly same as the celestine prophecy . So if you have heard about shangrila or shambala and want to know more then read thsi book else nothing much different from the celestine prophecy.
I primarily picked up the book because of the shangrila thing and the curiosity of what could be teh eleventh insight.
I was pretty unhappy with the tenth insight so was not hoping much from this book but it was better than the tenth insight , but yes it does not make the same impact as celestine prophecy does.