The Return Of Merlin by Deepak Chopra

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“...if one has courage, the whole enormous load of fear, the dead weight of the past, can be shed.”

"...behind the door to freedom, past the demons of fear, there is nothing but love."

The Return of Merlin is a fantasy tale. In his first foray into fiction Deepak Chopra takes the legend of Camelot and continues the story into current times. The implements, the sword and the cup, reappear and the characters, Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Mordred and Merlin are reincarnated. Their task is to rediscover their purpose before Mordred dooms the future. The novel is an allegory in which Deepak Chopra illustrates his spiritual ideas through the trials and adventures of the characters. It is a surprisingly good first novel with engaging three dimensional characters. Both adults and young people will find it engaging. And he gets across fairly advanced, complex metaphysical ideas in clear, easily understandable prose and dialog. The writing is a little bit clunky in it's word choice and going from chapter to chapter is a bit jolting because each chapter is illustrating a different lesson and is very different from the ones before and after. But I liked it very much. The book made clear in new ways some important ideas; seeing ourselves in everything around us, seeing everything as connected and as light, being able to create ones own life, seeing clues and importance in everything, knowing this earthly life is temporary and an illusion. Very much recommended.



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