In this beautifully written and almost compulsively readable book - in turn vindictive and joyful, painful and amusing - Mark Matousek writes of his struggle to live an enlightened life in a desacralised and brutal age ‘where God is dead and Madonna rules in crotchless leather panties'.

"Mark Matousek was a nonbeliever when he met Mother Meera in 1985. Yet, in her presence, he experienced inexplicable occurrences that forced him to challenge his worldview. Mother Meera, born Kamala Reddy is believed by her thousands of devotees to be an embodiment of the Divine Mother. But who is Mother Meera, really? Now, in this deeply moving and wise book, Matousek brings us as close as possible to this extraordinary woman. He takes us on a mysterious quest into the "unseen world" where the divine and human intersect"--

"This is a beautiful book, full of ideas that could help restore America’s genius for freedom and promise.” — Thomas Moore, New York Times bestselling author of Care of the Soul A lifelong Emerson lover, teacher, and spiritual seeker reveals how American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson’s twelve essential teachings hold the answer to living an authentic and fulfilling life, one that is in har[Bokinfo]