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Deepak Chopra's The Angel is Near
One of the great spiritual teachers of our time...
Deepak Chopra's books on human spirituality have been phenomenal international bestsellers. Now, the author of Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, and the Way of the Wizard , creates an extraordinary fiction series built on his insights into the divine. With gripping storytelling power, The Angel is Near plunges us into a modern, globe-spanning thriller of epic proportions. Instead of guns and bombs, the weapons in this novel are far more good and evil. And at stake is the very future of humankind.
...Unleashes a saga of courage, terror and revelation
In a burned out village in Kosovo, two soldiers are struck down by a flash of blinding light...In New York state, a doctor runs to help a stricken neighbor, only to be charged with the bloody murder of the man he came to save...In a Nevada laboratory, a cynical scientist analyzes a bizarre life form-and discovers the impossible...All the around the world the fabric of reality is unraveling. Scientists scramble to understand it. Ordinary people confront bizarre, terrifying phenomena. And an American doctor named Michael Aulden stands at ground zero in a war of the body, mind and soul-as humankind must choose between the goodness that has always been ours, or the evil that has found a home on earth...
Deepak Chopra's The Angel Is Near
Deepak Chopra's books on human spirituality have been phenomenal international bestsellers. Now, the author of Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, and the Way of the Wizard , creates an extraordinary fiction series built on his insights into the divine. With gripping storytelling power, The Angel is Near plunges us into a modern, globe-spanning thriller of epic proportions. Instead of guns and bombs, the weapons in this novel are far more good and evil. And at stake is the very future of humankind.
...Unleashes a saga of courage, terror and revelation
In a burned out village in Kosovo, two soldiers are struck down by a flash of blinding light...In New York state, a doctor runs to help a stricken neighbor, only to be charged with the bloody murder of the man he came to save...In a Nevada laboratory, a cynical scientist analyzes a bizarre life form-and discovers the impossible...All the around the world the fabric of reality is unraveling. Scientists scramble to understand it. Ordinary people confront bizarre, terrifying phenomena. And an American doctor named Michael Aulden stands at ground zero in a war of the body, mind and soul-as humankind must choose between the goodness that has always been ours, or the evil that has found a home on earth...
Deepak Chopra's The Angel Is Near
340 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2000
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Deepak Chopra
696 books19.1k followersDeepak Chopra, MD serves as the Founder and Chairman of The Chopra Foundation, and Co-Founder of the Chopra Center for Wellbeing.
As a global leader and pioneer in the field of mind-body medicine, Chopra transforms the way the world views physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social wellness. Known as a prolific author of eighty books books with twenty-two New York Times best sellers in both fiction and non-fiction, his works have been published in more than forty-three languages.
Chopra’s medical training is in internal medicine and endocrinology. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a member of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. Dr. Chopra serves as Co-Founder and Chairman of The Chopra Center for Wellbeing, Founder of The Chopra Well on YouTube, Adjunct Professor of Executive Programs at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School, Columbia University, Assistant Clinical Professor, in the Family and Preventive Medicine Department at the University of California, San Diego, Health Sciences, Faculty at Walt Disney Imagineering, and Senior Scientist with The Gallup Organization.
GlobeIn acknowledges Chopra as "one of top ten most influential spiritual leaders around the world." TIME magazine has described Dr. Chopra as "one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century and credits him as "the poet-prophet of alternative medicine."
As a global leader and pioneer in the field of mind-body medicine, Chopra transforms the way the world views physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social wellness. Known as a prolific author of eighty books books with twenty-two New York Times best sellers in both fiction and non-fiction, his works have been published in more than forty-three languages.
Chopra’s medical training is in internal medicine and endocrinology. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a member of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. Dr. Chopra serves as Co-Founder and Chairman of The Chopra Center for Wellbeing, Founder of The Chopra Well on YouTube, Adjunct Professor of Executive Programs at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School, Columbia University, Assistant Clinical Professor, in the Family and Preventive Medicine Department at the University of California, San Diego, Health Sciences, Faculty at Walt Disney Imagineering, and Senior Scientist with The Gallup Organization.
GlobeIn acknowledges Chopra as "one of top ten most influential spiritual leaders around the world." TIME magazine has described Dr. Chopra as "one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century and credits him as "the poet-prophet of alternative medicine."
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August 31, 2007
This is some sort of supernatural mash up part physics, spirituality, murder mystery....This is the second book of a set. Normally I'm incredibly weird about reading a sequal before the first book, but this was a random find in a used bookshop, and Deepak Chopra never does wrong so i lived on the edge for a minute. I totally had to get over the chunky "blockbuster paperback thriller" prose and give it a few chapters to get going, but once you get going you can't stop until it's done, and even then it's like -- whoa....So it's basically Chopra's idea (couched in the fictional tale of some highly relatable charactors) of what would happen if an angel came to earth right now, in a small war torn village in the middle east. How would people react? Well, it's pretty realistic that the US military's right there on top of it, capturing the angel and trying to keep the whole thing a secret, calling the villagers who witnessed it crazy and superstitious, and plotting to kill it once they figure out whether or not they can use it as a weapon...but then there is the rougue physicist, a doctor with two selves, and the mysterious spiritual writer...
So what would happen if angels popped up? Would the world recognize it? would it matter? what really matters in life? Ah yes, it's one of THOSE stories...
So what would happen if angels popped up? Would the world recognize it? would it matter? what really matters in life? Ah yes, it's one of THOSE stories...
December 20, 2018
If you try to read this book from a linear perspective it will not make a whole lot of sense. The principles and concepts discussed are spacial and esoteric therefore will be confounding when trying to understand from a profane perspective. I would advise to just read it and don't try to make sense of what it says. The deeper wisdom and meaning of the work will work their way in.
January 8, 2023
Dr. Michael Aulden is called to save Marvell, a man deeply into occult research. Suddenly he finds himself arrested for the man’s murder.
Reality, or is it illusion, bends, so Aulden finds himself looking on, split somehow from the Michael being led away by the police. This leaves Aulden free to investigate the cause of this split and to find a way to repair it. He and his wife find clues left by Marvell that will lead them to the truth.
Meanwhile the military has captured a strange light that appears somehow sentient. They call in two genius scientists to solve what may be an alien. Lazar, one of the scientists, takes it upon himself to name the entity and to save it from death, thus initiating a chase with the military in pursuit. I certainly anticipated with delight the meeting of our heroes and this strange entity, who turns out to be a not so helpless angel.
With each chapter episode, the angel’s message is also included. While it is apt, the angel appears to be speaking not to the characters who seem beyond its hearing but to the reader. The author has also chosen names influenced by the Bible. Such as Michael, Lazar, Simon, and the like.
The story may seem farfetched and at times disjointed, but the author has a message to impart, truth as he sees it. I like our heroes, including Lazar and other persons who seem somehow chosen by the divine to guide our protagonists, even if by hints or nudges. So here is a fascinating and entertaining read that the page turner may choose to call fantasy or reality.
Reality, or is it illusion, bends, so Aulden finds himself looking on, split somehow from the Michael being led away by the police. This leaves Aulden free to investigate the cause of this split and to find a way to repair it. He and his wife find clues left by Marvell that will lead them to the truth.
Meanwhile the military has captured a strange light that appears somehow sentient. They call in two genius scientists to solve what may be an alien. Lazar, one of the scientists, takes it upon himself to name the entity and to save it from death, thus initiating a chase with the military in pursuit. I certainly anticipated with delight the meeting of our heroes and this strange entity, who turns out to be a not so helpless angel.
With each chapter episode, the angel’s message is also included. While it is apt, the angel appears to be speaking not to the characters who seem beyond its hearing but to the reader. The author has also chosen names influenced by the Bible. Such as Michael, Lazar, Simon, and the like.
The story may seem farfetched and at times disjointed, but the author has a message to impart, truth as he sees it. I like our heroes, including Lazar and other persons who seem somehow chosen by the divine to guide our protagonists, even if by hints or nudges. So here is a fascinating and entertaining read that the page turner may choose to call fantasy or reality.
February 21, 2012
A bright light appears at a church. Two soldiers go mad after seeing it.Ted Lazar and Simon Potter are the two scientists assigned to study it, figure out what it is. Is it a alien life form or something from God? I thought was thought provoking in some ways. It can be hard to read when it goes back and forth between the life form story and a very unnecessary murder mystery. Should have stayed with the life form/angel story. How would U react if a angel came to Earth, Would U even notice....
September 19, 2022
El género de la autoayuda novelada al que pertenece Un ángel se acerca, siempre me ha resultado insulso y aburrido. Y es que, en realidad, siguen siendo los mismos mensajes motivadores de siempre envueltos en una historia pesada y poco atractiva.
Este es el primer libro que leo de Deepak Chopra, autor célebre dentro del mundillo “New Age” y la autoayuda. Desconozco como será en el ámbito de la medicina ayurvédica y derivados, pero como escritor deja bastante que desear. Su estilo (si es que puede decirse que posee eso) resulta anodino e insulso, gracias a una prosa simplona, un lenguaje puramente funcional y unas descripciones exageradamente sencillas y sin ningún atractivo.
Un ángel se acerca, narra una historia que bajo una apariencia de complejidad, esconde una trama de difícil comprensión y peor asimilación. En esencia, podemos hablar de dos historias que se intercalan a lo largo de toda la novela. En la primera, tenemos a Michael Aulden, médico de profesión, que tras atender una urgencia en casa de sus vecinos, es acusado de homicidio del hombre al que está atendiendo. La segunda historia involucra a dos científicos convocados por el ejército para investigar una misteriosa forma luminosa que ha aparecido en una iglesia en un pueblo de Kosovo, dejando fuera de combate con su luz a dos soldados estadounidenses. Entre ambas partes, aparecen párrafos titulados “la voz del ángel”, donde el autor nos introduce toda una filosofía angélica de vasta extensión. Desde como “hablar” con los ángeles, hasta consejos para atraer su presencia, pasando por diversas reflexiones sobre la vida, Dios y derivados. En conjunto, todo resulta profundamente confuso. Quizás sea porque me faltan referencias, ya que mientras lo leía me enteré de que esta historia se corresponde con el segundo tomo de una trilogía. O simplemente es que es una mala trama hilvanada de forma penosa. Sea por lo que sea, casi lloras de alivio al llegar al final. Un desenlace desconcertante como toda la novela que no terminas de encajar, ni de comprender.
Definitivamente un ángel se acerca, es una novela que pese a sus esfuerzos, acaba siendo intrascendente. Resulta muy enrevesada y difícil de entender. Y no consigue tocarte el corazón debido a lo lioso del mensaje. Desde luego si alguna vez se acerca un ángel, espero que sea mucho más claro con su discurso, porque si no….
Este es el primer libro que leo de Deepak Chopra, autor célebre dentro del mundillo “New Age” y la autoayuda. Desconozco como será en el ámbito de la medicina ayurvédica y derivados, pero como escritor deja bastante que desear. Su estilo (si es que puede decirse que posee eso) resulta anodino e insulso, gracias a una prosa simplona, un lenguaje puramente funcional y unas descripciones exageradamente sencillas y sin ningún atractivo.
Un ángel se acerca, narra una historia que bajo una apariencia de complejidad, esconde una trama de difícil comprensión y peor asimilación. En esencia, podemos hablar de dos historias que se intercalan a lo largo de toda la novela. En la primera, tenemos a Michael Aulden, médico de profesión, que tras atender una urgencia en casa de sus vecinos, es acusado de homicidio del hombre al que está atendiendo. La segunda historia involucra a dos científicos convocados por el ejército para investigar una misteriosa forma luminosa que ha aparecido en una iglesia en un pueblo de Kosovo, dejando fuera de combate con su luz a dos soldados estadounidenses. Entre ambas partes, aparecen párrafos titulados “la voz del ángel”, donde el autor nos introduce toda una filosofía angélica de vasta extensión. Desde como “hablar” con los ángeles, hasta consejos para atraer su presencia, pasando por diversas reflexiones sobre la vida, Dios y derivados. En conjunto, todo resulta profundamente confuso. Quizás sea porque me faltan referencias, ya que mientras lo leía me enteré de que esta historia se corresponde con el segundo tomo de una trilogía. O simplemente es que es una mala trama hilvanada de forma penosa. Sea por lo que sea, casi lloras de alivio al llegar al final. Un desenlace desconcertante como toda la novela que no terminas de encajar, ni de comprender.
Definitivamente un ángel se acerca, es una novela que pese a sus esfuerzos, acaba siendo intrascendente. Resulta muy enrevesada y difícil de entender. Y no consigue tocarte el corazón debido a lo lioso del mensaje. Desde luego si alguna vez se acerca un ángel, espero que sea mucho más claro con su discurso, porque si no….
December 31, 2023
Dr. Michael Aulden is called to save Marvell, a man deeply into occult research. Suddenly he finds himself arrested for the man’s murder.
Reality, or is it illusion, bends, so Aulden finds himself looking on, split somehow from the Michael being led away by the police. This leaves Aulden free to investigate the cause of this split and to find a way to repair it. He and his wife find clues left by Marvell that will lead them to the truth.
Meanwhile the military has captured a strange light that appears somehow sentient. They call in two genius scientists to solve what may be an alien. Lazar, one of the scientists, takes it upon himself to name the entity and to save it from death, thus initiating a chase with the military in pursuit. I certainly anticipated with delight the meeting of our heroes and this strange entity, who turns out to be a not so helpless angel.
With each chapter episode, the angel’s message is also included. While it is apt, the angel appears to be speaking not to the characters who seem beyond its hearing but to the reader. The author has also chosen names influenced by the Bible. Such as Michael, Lazar, Simon, and the like.
The story may seem farfetched and at times disjointed, but the author has a message to impart, truth as he sees it. I like our heroes, including Lazar and other persons who seem somehow chosen by the divine to guide our protagonists, even if by hints or nudges. So here is a fascinating and entertaining read that the page turner may choose to call fantasy or reality.
Reality, or is it illusion, bends, so Aulden finds himself looking on, split somehow from the Michael being led away by the police. This leaves Aulden free to investigate the cause of this split and to find a way to repair it. He and his wife find clues left by Marvell that will lead them to the truth.
Meanwhile the military has captured a strange light that appears somehow sentient. They call in two genius scientists to solve what may be an alien. Lazar, one of the scientists, takes it upon himself to name the entity and to save it from death, thus initiating a chase with the military in pursuit. I certainly anticipated with delight the meeting of our heroes and this strange entity, who turns out to be a not so helpless angel.
With each chapter episode, the angel’s message is also included. While it is apt, the angel appears to be speaking not to the characters who seem beyond its hearing but to the reader. The author has also chosen names influenced by the Bible. Such as Michael, Lazar, Simon, and the like.
The story may seem farfetched and at times disjointed, but the author has a message to impart, truth as he sees it. I like our heroes, including Lazar and other persons who seem somehow chosen by the divine to guide our protagonists, even if by hints or nudges. So here is a fascinating and entertaining read that the page turner may choose to call fantasy or reality.
March 2, 2019
One paragraph came home to me, made me sit back and think. I am alone most times because I have no true friends, I absolutely absorbed my mother’s comment that I did not deserve friends. This was her way of controlling me as a child. I took it to heart but as an adult I have learned to step beyond her preaching. I joined meetups found groups of people that share my interest. Child learn what they hear.m
July 4, 2013
O.k. so did you read Merlin? Don't. Read this one instead. It's just as tricky w/ it's bends in reality and the way the plot bends back and forth on itself - but this one at least is edifying. Like much of his work Chopra take the opportunity to show us ourselves and how far we've allowed ourselves to get from peace.
July 7, 2011
Got thru about 3 chapters and quit. Didn't hold me.
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June 19, 2009
It's an interesting read.
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