This book is the spiritual autobiography of an ardent disciplined devotee, Michael Graham. He has a fascinating and compelling journey to share that straddles four continents, spanning over thirty years. Through his eyes you will be taken into the charismatic, intoxicating worlds of Hinduism and the human potential branch of New Age style spirituality.

This is no ho-hum, so what, who cares, take it or leave it story. Michael is distinguished as one who has rubbed shoulders with the leading gurus and teachers of our time. As he discloses, Michael was among the first three western devotees of Swami Muktananda's Siddha Yoga. Michael's spiritual induction became a legendary illustration to others in the movement. He helped to organize one leg on Muktananda's first world tour in 1970. He would spend sixteen years in the movement, working in or managing the ashrams in Ganeshpuri, Miami, Los Angeles, New York and Melbourne.

However, Michael was not just involved in Siddha Yoga. He spent time with other leading gurus such as Bhagawan Sri Rajneesh (Osho), Swami Rudrananda, Da Free John, U.G. Krishnamurti and H.W.L. Poonja. He also explored mind powers in Silva mind control, the Forum and Avatar. Michael met New Age luminaries like Marilyn Ferguson and Ingo Swann, and was friends with the esoteric writer Israel Regardie. He went on to become a successful mind powers teacher in his own right, combing the best insights that he had found in both Hindu and human potential thought.

Michael's story winds it's way across the decades and continents and brings us to a startling and amazing mystical experience that has transformed and empowered his entire being. His thirst for authentic spirituality was slaked in a dramatic and powerful encounter with the divine being who made our world. From that explosive moment, Michael has walked in a new direction, a spiritual discipline filled with grace and thanksgiving. He has some deep thoughts to share on what this means to him. He believes what he has discovered also has implications for those of us who are willing to listen.

You are in for a reader's feast, with many courses on the menu to digest and meditate on. As you read you may laugh a little, be dazzled at times, and even feel your feathers ruffled by some of the things Michael shares. You would expect nothing less than this from one who has trekked through so many spiritual disciplines. This is not just a spiritual travelogue of a lone pilgrim. There is an invitation to a banquet with the God who beckons us in love to taste and see.

Philip Johnson
Founder, New Age Mission
Lecturer, Alternative Spiritual Movements,
PTC & Morling Colleges, Sydney.