"According to The Celestine Prophecy, in the future humankind will evolve into a spiritually enlightened culture of peace and harmony... Einstein is on the side of The Celestine Prophecy, we're told. Most scientists are not sufficiently evolved to carry on his work. After all, they would not take seriously the assertion that in the future human beings will be raised "to higher and higher vibrations." Its message is that there is no such thing as a coincidence; there are no chance encounters, no arbitrary events, no reasons for existential angst. There is only cosmic synchronicity, to which we become attuned as we evolve spiritually... According to The Celestine Prophecy, in the future humankind will evolve into a spiritually enlightened culture of peace and harmony. All these insights into the meaning of everything are delivered in what the flap copy for The Celestine Prophecy calls "a parable filled with vital truths"--a description bound to lead an unsophisticated reader to believe that this book is fact, not fiction... For people who believe in angels, to be sure, believing in The Celestine Prophecy isn't much of a leap--angel books tell similar truths... In The Celestine Prophecy the primary villains are not scientists but priests. In near-death-experience accounts God, or the "Being of Light" who greets us when we die, is nonjudgmental. Like a wise but indulgent parent, He, She, or It smiles ruefully upon us when we review our sins, knowing that we will do better next time."