{"product_id":"9780670882960","title":"AN American Mystic: A Novel of Spiritual Adventure","description":"A beautiful new novel that seamlessly melds spiritual awakening with intriguing adventure\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHermann Hesse's \u003ci\u003eSiddhartha\u003c\/i\u003e, James Redfield's \u003ci\u003eThe Celestine Prophecy\u003c\/i\u003e, Michael Murphy's \u003ci\u003eGolf in the Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e, Dan Millman's \u003ci\u003eThe Way of the Peaceful Warrior\u003c\/i\u003e all have breathed exciting, novelistic life into metaphysical concepts. Now, \u003ci\u003eAn American Mystic\u003c\/i\u003e joins their company.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn American Mystic\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the quest of a charismatic young hero  who--under the tutelage of an aging Sufi master--discovers the ten elements of enlightenment. Ben Brickman, an American graduate student in psychology whose thesis on divine hallucinations has stalled in writer's block, is haunted by bizarre dreams as he makes ends meet in Paris. Meanwhile, on the Aegean coast of Turkey, nearly a hundred people have experienced a powerful phenomenon--an apparently divine figure, calling himself \"the Magician,\" who exudes a feeling of peace and  who promises, in the near future, to reveal a vital message for the twenty-first century. Is this \"Magician\" merely a hallucination or is he a divine messenger? Not until Ben has completed the ten tasks of enlightenment will the full truth be revealed and the reader gifted with a new transformative vision.  ","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47013750669552,"sku":"9780670882960","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780670882960_p0.gif?v=1763604531","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780670882960","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}