The book an answer from tai to zen and back again

Been along the road less travelled but still feel lost?

Ever had a conversation with God, but he wasn't listening?

Been from the Tao to Zen and back again, but still looking for answers?

LOOK NO FURTHER - ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW IS RIGHT HERE!

Provocative and challenging, this is the ultimate guide to finding one's way in the enlightenment supermarket.

Ptolemy Tompkins acknowledges himself to be 'a pure product of New Age culture' A child of the seventies, from birth he has absorbed books of wisdom - the Tao Te Ching, Bhagavad-Gita, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, to name but a few.

Now he has written his own. In this refreshing and thoughtful new book, Tompkins offers a perceptive and original look at our failure to find spiritual wisdom and enlightenment, and tells the funny, touching tale of his own misguided pursuits. Part memoir, part compassionate critique, part prescription, The Book of Answers moves from the Tao to Zen to The Celestine Prophecy and beyond, offering the ultimate guide to the uncertain quest for enlightenment. As he explains why such 'wisdom manuals' as Conversations with God and Life's Little Instruction Book have failed fully to enlighten us, Tompkins shares his own thoughts on how anyone can find a meaningful life beyond the covers of a book.

Ptolemy Tompkins is the author of several books on subjects ranging from natural history to mythology, and of Paradise Fever, his widely acclaimed memoir of growing up in the seventies with his father, New Age guru Peter Tompkins, author of The Secret Life of Plants. His essays have also been included in the Best Spiritual Writing, edited by Philip Zaleski. He lives in New York City.