Synopses & Reviews
A Spiritual Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe is the perfect book for readers who feel that their religious tradition no longer satisfies their spiritual needs. An elegantly written memoir and meditation, the book explores the many paths of enlightenment available to readers looking beyond today's churches, temples, and synagogues.
Author Paul Rademacher, a former minister, found that too often church focused too much on eternity--what happens when we die. With this book, he shows that the rightful focus of any true spiritual path is on infinity--how to experience eternity, the fullness of our divinity, in the here and now. Rademacher has written a deeply personal book that often uses biblical texts as a jumping-off point to explore enlightenment outside of any traditional religious institution. His quest for enlightenment ultimately led him to discover the work of the Monroe Institute, where he is now executive director.
A Spiritual Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe is a beautiful book for any spiritual seeker who wants a deeper spiritual life than traditional religious life can provide.
Review
"A delightful and lucid account of opening to the mystical in everyday life . . . a very valuable contribution to the growing awareness that spirituality is not just for the religious." --Peter Russell, author of The Global Brain and From Science to God
"A marvelous journey. Witty, eminently readable and absorbing, . . . a delight to read." --Joseph Chilton Pearce, author of The Crack in the Cosmic Egg and Magical Child
Synopsis
This is an elegantly written memoir and meditation on the paths to enlightenment available to each of us. The author was a fairly conventional minister who felt that his religious tradition was only satisfying a modicum of his spiritual needs, that the focus of his church was on eternity (what happens when we die) rather than infinity (experiencing eternity the fullness of our divinity in the here and now). What you get here is a spiritual enlightenment. Often using biblical tests as the jumping off place, Rademacher's quest ultimately takes him outside the church to discover the work of The Monroe Institute, where he is now the executive director. Rademacher uses the Bible in a way that resonates with non-fundamentalist seekers who respect that sacred text and are looking for new ways of using it as a source of wisdom.
About the Author
Paul Rademacher is a former Presbyterian minister, a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary, and current executive director of the Monroe Institute in Virginia.