Talk:The Celestine Prophecy
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When an adjective and noun form a noun phrase (such as "He's a Christian anarchist") there's no hyphen; when it forms an adjectival phrase (such as "He's a Christian-anarchist writer") it takes a hyphen. Standard English grammar, designed in part to avoid ambiguity (there's a difference between being an anarchist and a Christian and being a Christian anarchist; in the former case there wouldn't be a hyphen). --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 15:38, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Did it bother anyone...
that the prophecy scrolls were supposedly written 600 B.C., but they made predictions about what would happen in the "second millennium," which the protagonists took to mean the present day. I guess the scrolls also foresaw the birth of Christ.
- The manuscript and story is fiction, but the insights are true. I too have experienced them. 189.162.49.108 17:27, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Needs to be revised
This is only a rather bland view of the book and of the Insights, perhaps a more in depth discussion of each Insight could be done as well as a reference to the Experimental Guide which offers a lot to help people underdtand the book. --Katana Geldar 21:58, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Title
Why is this book called The Celestine Prophecy? Hanfresco 09:25, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
- The title " The Celestine Prophecy " in code for the ideas Noosphere to Omega" Noosphere being Celestine and Omega being Prophecy .The whole book The Celestine Prophecy is a plagurized copy of Pierre Teilhard with the coinicidence-synchronicity stolen from the ideas of Carl Jung whereas Dan Brown has been exposed for stealing James Redfield has managed to escape the net as of yet.Dan Brown "Da Vinci Code" The Celestine Prophecy is a story of a priest (Pierre Teilhard) who finds ancient manuscripts i.e the actual writings of Teilhard These spiritual-philosophical ideas get the Catholic Church angry at Father Teilhard and his "manuscripts" are forbidden to be published.In the book Celestine Prophecy and movie its the Peruvian Catholic Church who's against the "manuscripts" James Redfield even has a character say," Its the idea of evolution the church against." Just as the Catholic Church was against Teilhard's ideas on evolution —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 12.215.219.88 (talk • contribs) 18:02, March 15, 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Criticism, Etc.?
A section on criticism would be especially helpful: Was the book well-received by critics, poorly received? What has been written about the book in other sources, such as popular magazines, film magazines, etc.
Also, a section on the movie and it's reception by critics and the public would be helpful.
Furthemore, I would like to know if the author really believes in the metaphysical aspects of the book, or is this, too, fiction, in his opinion?
Finally, has the book created a following of persons who believe/practice the metaphysical aspects of the book (i.e., who did not do so beforehand) -- in other words, is the book considered by some to be a proselytizing tool of sorts, used by the author to convert people to his beliefs (if he does indeed believe them)?
The criticism for this has come from both the Catholic Church as well as skeptics of spirituality
Skeptics of spirtituality? What does that mean? Skepticisim of The Celestine Prophecy does not imply a skepticism of spirituality. This could use a citation. It seems also that the notes section has been deleted, making the footnotes in this article useless.
--76.90.140.101 (talk) 06:27, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
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