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The Key

By: Whitley Strieber
Narrated by: Gregory Itzin
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From the best-selling author of Communion comes the mysterious true story of how an unknown visitor barged into Streiber's hotel room late one night and imparted extraordinary lessons in personal development and man's fate that challenge us to rethink every assumption about the meaning of life.

At 2:30 in the morning of June 6, 1998, Whitley Streiber was awakened by someone knocking on his hotel-room door. A man came in, and everything he said was life-altering. This is the unsettling and ultimately enlightening narrative of what happened that night. Strieber was never really sure who this strange and knowing visitor was - a "Master of Wisdom"? A figure from a different realm of consciousness? A preternaturally intelligent being? He called him the Master of the Key. The one thing of which Strieber was certain is that both the man and the encounter were real.

The main concern of the Master of the Key is to save each of us from self-imprisonment. "Mankind is trapped," the stranger tells Strieber. "I want to help you spring the trap." In a sweeping exchange between Strieber and the stranger - which takes the form of a classical student-teacher dialogue in pursuit of inner understanding - the unknown man presents a lesson in human potential, esoteric psychology, and man's fate. He illuminates why man has been caught in a cycle of repeat violence and self-destruction - and the slender, but very real, possibility for release.

In its breadth and intimacy, The Key is on par with contemporary metaphysical traditions, such as A Course in Miracles, or even with the dialogues of modern wisdom teachers, such as D. T. Suzuki and Carl Jung.

©2011 Whitley Strieber (P)2011 Penguin

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Brilliant book

This is a brilliant book which has completely changed my world view. I find Whitley to be a very believable and extraordinary character, but his honesty shines through. Everyone should read this book multiple times in anticipation of what is to come.

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Open your heart.

Open your heart and allow yourself to feel the movement that is all around you.

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This book makes you think!

This book was very informative. Profound. WOW! I am going to listen this book again.

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The Key is within

An enlightening blend of Divine intuition, infinite consciousness and human interpretation brings forth a compelling narrative which should inspire deep thought and contemplation into the glories and beauties of the Oneness which exists between humanity and Source.

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OBSESSED WITH TOTING THE NARRATIVE

OBSESSED WITH TOTING THE NARRATIVE ...AUGH!!!!!! :-(

From start to finish there is nothing new here you can't get flung at you from a hyper radical tree-hugging new-ager.

Honestly, this is the worst of Whitley

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Transcendence

The truth, the way, the light, the marriage of true love with the hell we have created by ignoring GOD!

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Left Me Yearning for More

This book left me wanting more. It had profound messages. I was left changed and hoping I won't forget. Its easy to forget when you live your life by societies rules. Go to work, pay for a mortgage, raise a family, pay your taxes and save for your retirement. I've been yearning to know more and I could feel there's more. We are being distracted of the truth. I'll keep seeking and maybe one day we all will wake up...

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Well crap

I started this book with great enthusiasm. He had the predictions about gas memory (which I now doubt would withstand scrutiny) that gave credibility to his story. However, early in the first chapter I *sniff* *sniff* hmmm that last paragraph smelled like an agenda. Oh well keep listening.

About an hour later this 'holder of the key' guy begins talking about the now discredited big bang. It has been discredited for years now but that isn't discussed mainstream. Since the JWST the absurdity of the big bang is undeniable even in the mainstream. I guess the author didn't see that coming when he brewed this story up.

It would be a 4 star work of fiction but as a true story it looses its believablitlity before chapter 2 even starts.

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Amazing

I loved this books and experience. May we all have ears to hear and eyes to see the truth imparted to us.

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I wish I would have found this sooner

I happened to come across this book while listening to Whitley give an interview. What great information. I’ve stopped and listened to the chapters several times to really hear the information being shared. Thank you Whitley, Michael (The Master) and Gregory. 🙏🏼

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