The Path of Transformation: How Healing Ourselves Can Change the World [Paperback]

Shakti Gawain (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 22, 2000

Most people face challenging personal issues - in jobs, relationships, finances, and health. Traditional ways of living, working, and relating to one another and the environment often don't seem to work well, yet there are few effective models for change. Shakti Gawain shares the ideas and perspectives that have been the most helpful to her; guides readers in healing physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual wounds; provides tools for dealing with difficult situations; and proposes that the solutions to personal and planetary crises are within each human being.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Gawain, who has been on the cutting edge of New Age writing with such best-selling inspirational books as Creative Visualization (1978), now takes her healing philosophy from the personal to the international level. Moving beyond putting the individual life right, she takes on the world's problems and shows how an opportunity to transform oneself is also an opportunity to transform the planet. There is nothing very far out here, just good solid advice (at least as solid as New Age material gets) advising meditation, self-healing techniques, and ways to become more fully committed to your life and world. This easy-to-read-and-digest volume should circulate actively wherever inspirational self-help literature is popular. Ilene Cooper --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review

"The Path of Transformation is Shakti Gawain's most illumined contribution yet — a major book." — Wayne Dyer --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: New World Library; 2nd edition (March 22, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 157731154X
• ISBN-13: 978-1577311546
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #571,308 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Get earlier works instead, January 20, 2008

By 

Judith (Santa Cruz, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Path of Transformation: How Healing Ourselves Can Change the World (Paperback)

Doesn't say much at all, really, except that she doesn't like the way the New Age movement is focused on the unrealistic goal of "trascendence" rather than transformation. She earns points for saying that, at least. Her other key point is that we all need to work together to change the sorry and scary state of our world today. That's pretty obvious, but a good point, too. If you're new to her books or this topic, get one of the earlier ones, such as Creative Visualization or Into the Light. If you've already read either of those, skip this one. Like many authors, she has mostly written several versions of what should have remained and, in effect is, only one book.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good, January 3, 2008

By 

kaioatey (Awatovi, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Path of Transformation: How Healing Ourselves Can Change the World (Paperback)

Gawain is one of the most prolific writes on the New Age scene. I can't judge her more esoteric texts, but this (probably slightly outdated) book I was struck by the sincerity and straightforwardness.

Unlike many of her 'competitors', Gawain never hypes her own experience or writes about stuff she has not experienced herself. This alone is very cool. The chapters on trusting your intuition (inner guidance), learning to deal with the subpersonalities of the psyche, or syncing with Nature are right on target and elaborated in a simple, clearheaded way. Gawain emphasizes inner work in a way that does not compromise the outer but rather enhances it.

I liked the advice given in this book.

5.0 out of 5 stars Healing ourselves, October 5, 2009

By 

Patrice A. Flaune (Tucson, Arizona) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: The Path of Transformation: How Healing Ourselves Can Change the World (Paperback)

This is another great book by Shakti Gawain. She continues to shed light on ways to improve your life. This is the 4th book of hers I have and would recommend reading any one of her books if you are looking for alternative ways to improve your life.