Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior
After a period of training with the man he calls Socrates, Dan Milman is sent away by his old mentor to apply what he has learned to everyday life. Struggling with personal failure and growing disillusion, he sets out on a worldwide quest to rediscover the sense of clarity, meaning, and purpose he found with Socrates. Then a long-forgotten memory drives Dan to seek a mysterious woman shaman in Hawaii. She is the gateway to all his hopes and fears -- and the only one who can prepare him for...
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Four years after training with the old warrior he calls Socrates, and in spite of all he has learned, Dan Millman confronts personal failure and growing frustrations. Disillusioned with his life, unable to bridge the gap between knowing and doing, he sets out on a worldwide quest to rediscover his sense of purpose and source of inspiration. A buried memory sends him on a search for a woman shaman deep in a Hawaiian rain forest. She is the gateway to all his hopes and his fears — and only she can prepare him for what is to come. In worlds of shadow and light, he encounters inner tests, mortal challenges, disturbing revelations, and memorable characters in the most crucial quest of his life. This is the sacred journey we all share, says Millman, the journey to the light that shines at the heart of all our lives. Library Journal This is the story of a sacred journey begun when Socrates, an old gas station attendant/philosopher, leaves author Millman restless with the idea of conformity. Millman's journey is interrupted for eight years (``the lost years,'' he calls them), when he leaves the path of the sacred warrior for university politics, family responsibilities, and professional aspirations. Then, a faculty travel grant motivates him to forsake his miserable life of conformity and resume the sacred journey begun so long ago. He finds a nameless woman in Hawaii, spoken of by Socrates, and she agrees to serve as his shaman. Millman meets other unforgettable characters while facing shocking revelations and mortal challenges as he ascends the warrior's mountain to wisdom and peace. Recommended for libraries with large philosophy or religion collections.-- Ravonne Green, Emmanuel Coll Lib., Franklin Springs, Ga.
PrefaceixPrologue: A Suggestion from SocratesxiBook 1Where Spirit Leads1Out of the Frying Pan32The Journey83Fool's Gold184A Fire at Sea285New Beginnings356Barefoot on a Forest Path49Book 2Illuminations7The Three Selves598Eyes of the Shaman689A Well-Rounded Woman8410The Razor's Edge9411Tower of Life10012The Jaws of Fear10613Realm of the Senses11814Flying on Wings of Stone12815In the Service of Spirit13916Dark Clouds on a Sunny Day14817Courage of the Outcast16018Illuminations in the Dead of Night17219Revelation and the Warrior's Way179Book 3The Great Leap20Odyssey19321Sunlight Under the Sea20922Living Until We Die21923Lessons of Solitude229Epilogue: There Are No Good-byes240Afterword243Acknowledgments246About the Author248
\ Library JournalThis is the story of a sacred journey begun when Socrates, an old gas station attendant/philosopher, leaves author Millman restless with the idea of conformity. Millman's journey is interrupted for eight years (``the lost years,'' he calls them), when he leaves the path of the sacred warrior for university politics, family responsibilities, and professional aspirations. Then, a faculty travel grant motivates him to forsake his miserable life of conformity and resume the sacred journey begun so long ago. He finds a nameless woman in Hawaii, spoken of by Socrates, and she agrees to serve as his shaman. Millman meets other unforgettable characters while facing shocking revelations and mortal challenges as he ascends the warrior's mountain to wisdom and peace. Recommended for libraries with large philosophy or religion collections.-- Ravonne Green, Emmanuel Coll Lib., Franklin Springs, Ga.\ \
