Lords of Light

by Deepak Chopra

Book Overview

American doctor Michael Aulden is one of thirty-six pure souls who can keep the world from a descent into evil, but he and the woman he love will have to join forces against a destructive young man... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312968922
• ISBN13: 9780312968922
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 343 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

-a satisfying read-

This is a good book to read. I bought my copy when it first came out a few years ago and found it hard to put down. I am neither a outspoken critic or a "follower" of Deepak and I found this novel worthy of merit on its own , without making general reference to the authors past work in non-fiction and in fiction.It sort of cleverly grabs you from the first few pages and beckons you with bare hints that an unfolding mystery is sure to follow should you continue reading. I found myself easily identifying with the religious and idealogical morass the protagonist experiences, and it seems revelant to the day and age in which we live. Thick, compact and easily readable (to be fair, I did find some parts overly-breezy) without being overly simplistic or pollyannish, it provides an engaging reading experience. The author takes care to not produce something overly dense, causing the reader to become bored and lose interest; choosing not to bog and mire the reader down with sidebar note fuzzy pseudo religio-philisophical concepts. This book could be just what the Dr. ordered to ease the mind and achieve a serene calm from the ripple effects of an increasingly troubled and chaotic world as we search to seek out and re-adjust our position in it.

Lords of Light

Let it take you on a journey of the fantastic! I do not typically enjoy reading, but I found Lords of Light to be a very intriguing and very enticing book that includes fantasy and wonder! It also includes historical facts that have been blended into the writing, but you don't realize that you are learning while you are following the fantastic story of good and evil, dark and light...determining what is good and what is evil is the true creative twist Deepak Chopra creates in this fantiastic novel. Try it, you'll love it!

Deepak Chops Deeper

Chopra and Greenberg have "created" an epic parable for the closing scene of the one act play called The 2nd Millennium. If you can flow past the occasional factual "error," this is a book that takes up where the Torah-Bible-Koran leave off. For ages descriptions of Utopia, Heaven and Paradise have lacked vitality, meaning and excitement. Recently theology, science and psychology have crossed to spawn a vigorous new spiritual awareness that is reflected in many nonfiction books, some by Dr. Chopra. Lords of Light is an entertaining, action packed, thoughtful and humorous story of a modern day Saul of Tarsus. It is a great read, and it feeds the soul.

Wow

The first three reviewers of this book are in the state that is being talked about in the book..that is, the meaning and lessions of the book are invisible to them. This book jumps and jurks you around and into and out of different times zones and places. That is one of its purposes and by so doing, gives you the feeling that the author wanted to convey about Michael. The "editing with a meat cleaver" is very effective. The minor error about Ash Wednday (if it is really is an error) may have been done like a trap for the reader and some of the reviewers walked right into the trap and they don't even know it. The harping bad of the book by one reviewer based upon this "possible minor error" is like not being able to sleep at night because there might be a weed growing in your lawn overnight. People!! open yourself up to something different. Stop living in the world of "The Prophet" and see the multi-levels taking place. Go beyond the book. Become "the observer" of yourself while you review the book. Start seeing with your imagination and your heart..not always with your mind. Tom Gietzen

He's done it again....

Lords of Light, is a "can't put down kinda book". It is written with flavor and contemporary style, but carries the seeds of wisdom. Thank you Deepak, once again for sharing with us that... yes we all are, in essence the lords, and the light. We have before us the abundant gift of Gods, and whether we choose to use them in love or fear is ultimtely our decision. Love ya...Deepak