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When author and therapist James Redfield self published his first

Summary: When author and therapist James Redfield self published his first novel in 1993 the immediate ground swell of enthusiasm from booksellers and readers made The Celestine Prophecy one of the most successful self published books of all time Since 1994 when Warner Books published The Celestine Prophecy in hard cover this adventure parable about a spiritual journey to Peru became one of modern publishing s greatest success stories According to Publishing Trends The Celestine Prophecy was the 1 international bestseller of 1996 2 in 1995 In 1995 and 1996 it was the 1 American book in the world This phenomenal novel spent over 3 years on the New York Times bestsellers list and appeared on lists around the world In 1996 an eagerly awaited sequel The Tenth Insight Holding The Vision which also became an instant bestseller joined The Celestine Prophecy The two books spent a combined 74 weeks on the New York Times list making James Redfield the best selling hard cover author in the world in 1996 as cited in BP Report January 1997 James Redfield was 43 when he published The Celestine Prophecy which chronicles Nine Insights into a greater spirituality He has been keenly interested in human spirituality all of his life Born on March 19 1950 he grew up in a rural area near Birmingham Alabama From an early age he was motivated by a need for clarity about spiritual matters Brought up in a Methodist Church that was loving and community oriented he was nevertheless frustrated by a lack of answers to his questions about the true nature of spiritual experience As a young man he studied Eastern philosophies including Taoism and Zen while majoring in sociology at Auburn University He later received a Master s degree in counseling and spent more than 15 years as a therapist to abused adolescents During this time he was drawn into the human potential movement and turned to it for theories about intuitions and psychic phenomena that would help his troubled clients All along Redfield was forming ideas that would eventually find their way into The Celestine Prophecy In 1989 he quit his job as a therapist to write full time synthesizing his interest in interactive psychology Eastern and Western philosophies science futurism ecology history and mysticism The Celestine Prophecy   When author and therapist James Redfield self published his first novel in 1993 the immediate ground swell of enthusiasm from booksellers and readers made The Celestine Prophecy one of the most successful self published books of all time Since 1994 when Warner Books published The Celestine Prophecy in hard cover this adventure parable about a spiritual journey to Peru became one of modern publishing s greatest success stories According to Publishing Trends The Celestine Prophecy was the 1 international bestseller of 1996 2 in 1995 In 1995 and 1996 it was the 1 American book in the world This phenomenal novel spent over 3 years on the New York Times bestsellers list and appeared on lists around the world In 1996 an eagerly awaited sequel The Tenth Insight Holding The Vision which also became an instant bestseller joined The Celestine Prophecy The two books spent a combined 74 weeks on the New York Times list making James Redfield the best selling hard cover author in the world in 1996 as cited in BP Report January 1997 James Redfield was 43 when he published The Celestine Prophecy which chronicles Nine Insights into a greater spirituality He has been keenly interested in human spirituality all of his life Born on March 19 1950 he grew up in a rural area near Birmingham Alabama From an early age he was motivated by a need for clarity about spiritual matters Brought up in a Methodist Church that was loving and community oriented he was nevertheless frustrated by a lack of answers to his questions about the true nature of spiritual experience As a young man he studied Eastern philosophies including Taoism and Zen while majoring in sociology at Auburn University He later received a Master s degree in counseling and spent more than 15 years as a therapist to abused adolescents During this time he was drawn into the human potential movement and turned to it for theories about intuitions and psychic phenomena that would help his troubled clients All along Redfield was forming ideas that would eventually find their way into The Celestine Prophecy In 1989 he quit his job as a therapist to write full time synthesizing his interest in interactive psychology Eastern and Western philosophies science futurism ecology history and mysticism The Celestine Prophecy  

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