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Author:	M. Scott Peck	Format:	Hardback
Publisher:	Hyperion Books	1723687:	0786862041
ISBN-13:	9780786862047	Category:	Religious
Publication Year:	1996	Sub-Category:	--
Special Attributes:	--	Language:	English
Condition:	Very Good

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Length:	224 pages
Height:	9.0 in.
Width:	6.0 in.
Thickness:	1.0 in.
Weight:	13.6 oz.

Publisher's Note
A visionary imagining of the soul's fate after leaving the body, a brilliant illumination of the afterlife. As the novel opens, the soul of the narrator, Daniel, an author and psychiatrist, awakens in the afterlife infused with fear and excitement. Guided by two spiritual "greeters," he begins to negotiate the "corridors" of the afterlife, encountering welcome and unwelcome spirits. Ultimately only his own spiritual convictions and discoveries will lead him past seductive enchantment to the achievement of his destiny and an understanding of the fundamental moral principles that transcend mortality.
Industry reviews
Combining the hollow spirituality of Betty Eadie's Embraced by the Light with the shallow mysticism of Deepak Chopra's The Way of the Wizard, Peck's novel follows narrator Daniel Turpin as he journeys from death into the afterlife. Turpin soon discovers that, like a Wal-Mart store, the afterlife has Greeters who welcome him into this new realm and who act as his guides through his initial period of adjustment. Throughout his journey, Daniel moves from one stage of the afterlife to another as his understanding of the spiritual realm gradually increases. More psychotherapy and philosophy than fiction, Peck's novel depends upon tired humor and overworked clich?s like "metaphorically speaking" to plod through a dull plot. Not one of Peck's better works, but fans will crave his latest, so most libraries will want at least one copy. Breitman True to its title, Peck's second novel for adults (after A Bed by the Window) imagines an afterlife which, through a number of set pieces, dramatizes some of the earthly concerns of his other books, including the perpetual bestseller, The Road Less Traveled. Daniel, a psychiatrist and successful author much like Peck himself, awakens in a small green room to discover that he has survived his physical death. Hovering about, disembodied but alert, he meets a pair of "greeters" who inform him that heaven, hell and purgatory Judeo-Christian ideas pervade the narrative are governed by a "Principle of Freedom." Each soul projects what it wishes to experience though sometimes, as with Daniel's green refuge, projections are created by committees in order to ease the "Adjustment" from life to the formlessness of heaven. Peck's hell is a garbage can in which about 140,000 souls hide under rocks, too terrified to accept their freedom to choose a greater reality. In time, Daniel learns that purgatory has to do with clinging to mental and emotional attachments; to help the souls there, the most attentive and loving psychotherapy imaginable is provided. Several further encounters with his deceased wife, a son, a seductive woman help Daniel let go of his own attachments until he is ready to join a committee. Though talky and lacking dramatic momentum, this story, more a consoling philosophical vision than a full-bodied novel, should appeal to Peck's readership. Major ad/promo. (May) Lopate

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Product Category : Books
ISBN : 0786862041
Title : In Heaven As on Earth: A Vision of the Afterlife
EAN : 9780786862047
Authors : M. Scott Peck
Binding : Hardcover
Publisher : Hyperion Books
Publication Date : 1996-05
Pages : 224
List Price (MSRP) : 19.95
Height : 0.9000 inches
Width : 5.6000 inches
Length : 8.3000 inches
Weight : 0.8500 pounds
Keywords : General, General AAS, Contemporary, Peck, M. Scott, Hardcover, Printed Books
Condition : Very Good

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