Dylan Morrison speaks out of his traumatic inundation within a charismatic community and his rehabilitation thanks to a counselor who was aware of René Girard's insights into mimetic desire. We are only now starting to get a groundswell of accessible books introducing Girard's understanding of human desire & its relationships with the desires of others & this book is a welcome addition to them. The style is colloquial, rough and ready, and often flippant in an Irish way (well he IS Irish). Most important, his explanations of mimetic desire are grounded in everyday reality that any reader should be able to readily understand. Towards the end of the book, he encourages meditation and prayer as important practices to help us live with mimetic desire by grounding us in God. He gives us here a good basic and practical sense of direction for this practice. As far as living with mimetic desire socially, Morrison recommends gathering with two or three. I think that it is important to renew the churches with Girard's insights although I realize that it looks to be a steeply uphill battle right now & it makes sense to me that, being in recovery from a toxic congregation, Morrison would be gun shy about trying it again. This should be a helpful introduction to many as well as helpful for others of us working with Girard's thought to get down to earth with it.