In Search Of Stones [Audio Cassette]

M. Scott Peck (Author), M. Scott Peck (Author)

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Publication Date: March 18, 1997

The author of The Road Less Traveled journeys back in time through Britain and explores human happiness and wisdom. Uplifting & rewarding

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• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Books on Tape, Inc.; Unabridged edition (March 18, 1997)
• ISBN-10: 0913369632
• ISBN-13: 978-0913369630
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,156,215 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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M. Scott Peck's publishing history reflects his own evolution as a serious and widely acclaimed writer, thinker, psychiatrist, and spiritual guide. Since his groundbreaking bestseller, The Road Less Traveled, was first published in 1978, his insatiable intellectual curiosity has taken him in various new directions with virtually each new book: the subject of healing human evil in People of the Lie (1982), where he first briefly discussed exorcism and possession; the creative experience of community in The Different Drum (1987); the role of civility in personal relationships and society in A World Waiting to Be Born (1993); an examination of the complexities of life and the paradoxical nature of belief in Further Along the Road Less Traveled (1993); and an exploration of the medical, ethical, and spiritual issues of euthanasia in Denial of the Soul (1999); as well as a novel, a children's book, and other works. A graduate of both Harvard University and Case Western Reserve, Dr. Peck served in the Army Medical Corps before maintaining a private practice in psychiatry. For the last twenty years, he has devoted much of his time and financial resources to the work of the Foundation for Community Encouragement, a nonprofit organization that he helped found in 1984. Dr. Peck lives in Connecticut.

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too full of himself, March 30, 2002

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Eric Gudorf (Minneapolis, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In Search of Stones: A Pilgrimage of Faith, Reason & Discovery (Hardcover)

Scott Peck had both the fortune and misfortune to write a hugely influential best seller as a young man with his "The Road Less Travelled". His good fortune is that book made him a star. His bad fortune is that nothing he's written since has measured up. As a result, he became a guru to millions, yet he seems not up to the task of leading his flock of sheep to the Promised Land of mental and spiritual enlightenment.

In this book, Peck and his long suffering wife tour Britain in search of ancient rock formations. Along the way, Peck offers his observations on all sorts of existential subjects, from aging to holiness. Some of it is interesting, but Peck is just too full of his own "insights" while maintaining a gross ignorance of many aspects of his own life. For instance, he analyzes his wife's struggles with depression, yet it never occurs to him that there might be a link to his numerous acts of infidelity. Also, he moans constantly about his poor health, yet he smokes like a chimney and drinks like a fish. I mean, how sympathetic are we supposed to be? Also, for a man who supposedly has such a keen grasp of human nature, how is it he became estranged from his own children?

In sum, Peck has a few worthwhile insights, but mostly this book is a sad complilation of a man out of touch with himself. He should ditch the psychobabble and tend to that which is most important in life, namely, getting his health back and mending fences with his kids.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars In Search Of Stones, December 28, 2001

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Hallie W. Olson (Camano Island, Washington United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In Search Of Stones (Audio Cassette)

In Search Of Stones, in my opinion, does not measure up to previous books by Dr. M. Scott Peck. His choice of using megaliths as metaphors for revealing his human frailty is clever but not prophetic. He concludes that civilization has removed the mystery from some megalithic sites and casually brushes off stone formations that leave him feeling empty. One wonders if the man or the megalith is at fault. If a site, such as Clava Cairns, does not cause an epiphany, or at least a sense of spritual feeling, he theorizes that the orginal constructors lacked creativity. Perhaps it is he who lacks the understanding of a deeper spirituality that withdraws when he approaches. When Dr. Peck explains away the sin of adultry as being his need to connect with God, I do not wonder that some sacred places cause him to feel empty.

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4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good follow up to road less travelled, June 8, 2001

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Dave B. "dabouras" (melrose park, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In Search of Stones: A Pilgrimage of Faith, Reason & Discovery (Hardcover)

This book takes an entirely different tack from Peck's well known "Road Less Travelled". It is a mix of a travel-log, semi-autobiography and view on ones travels thru life. The prose is enthralling, the welsh landscape alien and familiar at the same time. There is some disconcerting personal characterization with a lot left out, I think Peck did this on purpose to let us know he is human also. I wish he had gone farther. Otherwise its a great book for Peck fans.