Title: Going Deeper
Author: Jean-Claude Koven
Publisher: Prism House Press
Genre: Self-Help/Spirituality/New Age/Metaphysical
Publication date: 2004
ISBN: 0-9723954-5-8
Pages: 430
Edition: Hardcover

Going Deeper: How to make sense of your life, when your life makes no sense ~Jean-Claude Koven.

Expand your mind, escape your confines and discover your true kind! Poetic, but prophetic!

Going Deeper will unlock the shocking secrets of a hidden human race called the Wanderers. Some of who are yet to realise that their human awareness has been distorted as they passed through the Veil of Forgetting and entered the illusion of Earth. Are you one of these beings? This book will help you expand your mind and decide.

This book is based around a successful Los Angeles attorney, Larry Randers, who having been through a painful divorce and witnessed the atrocious events of 9/11 2001, starts to question his own existence. Needing space to think, Larry decides to travel to Joshua Tree land with his faithful dog, Zeus, where, through a series of Shamanic style teachings Larry is opened up to a world much bigger than he ever imagined, a matrix beyond the normal realm of reality as he knew it.

Are you a loner rather than a joiner? Do you rebel against religion or gravitate toward Eastern philosophies, like Buddhism and Taosim or the less orthodox beliefs or religions into which you were born? Do you wonder what your purpose in life is, or if there is more to life than what can be seen? If so, perhaps you are a `Wanderer'. Described by Jean-Claude Koven as beings that have returned to earth on a mission to assist with the impending shift in planetary consciousness. How can we break free from the illusion human beings call `reality' and remember whom we are? What exactly have we been forced to forget? These are typical questions our star pupil, Larry, ponders throughout the course of this book.

Our solar system has moved into a "different area" of space; the size of the sun's heliosphere has increased and so has its plasmic energy field. If that wasn't worrying enough, the atmospheres of five planets (including Earth) have recently undergone shifts in their magnetic pole positions so significantly that the aeronautical maps used by pilots have been revised.

The evidence of the shift is unmistakable and, quite frankly, disturbing. But what about the mystic plane you don't see? The part your distorted human awareness blocks out.

Jean-Claude Koven is an incredible writer whose parables are full of cleverly designed analogies and metaphors that make perfect, thought provoking sense. Going Deeper is a fascinating, humorous account of one enlightened man's experience and knowledge, which kept my interest throughout. In short it's a self-help book with a difference - an Interplanetary Manual. His teachings are fun, exciting and written from the heart.

On the surface this book reads like a cross between a sci-fi fantasy, history and science lesson. There's a talking dog, Zeus, a rapping racoon and numerous other of Larry's sub personalities and strange, but wonderful characters such as Junie the talking tree. However, Going Deeper these characters are key players acting out author Jean-Claudes's profound metaphysical teachings as told with such spiritual enthusiasm I could feel his passion burst from the pages as I read. This spiritual journey should be seen as a parable of the author's real life self-discovery and your personal guide to making sense of our mixed-up world. An insightful book for Wanderers who feel the need to find out more about their purpose in life and escape the boundaries of today's realism we are encased within.

Mr Koven concludes this insightful book with a chapter of acknowledgements, followed by suggested explorations, a helpful glossary and finally an index. The result is an extraordinary look into the mind of a man who can help you discover the answers you seek, delivered with a notable style worthy of our attention. This book is definitely a `keeper' I shall refer to and to cap it all, the cover is gorgeous.

The only thing I found quite alarming was the discovery that Zeus the wonderful talking dog is actually real, but stuffed! I shall be asking the author more about this during our future planned interview, alongside some more meaningful questions, of course!

Tracy-Jane
Alternative-Read.Com

I finished this book in September and feel a sense of anew-ness in all aspects of my being. I even copied the lessons in the book for my daily spiritual practice. Jean-Claude Koven did a dynamic job on writing this joyous and enlightening story. Before this book, I didn't know anything about wanderers, yet I had many questions and experiences such as Larry. I feel a sense of revelation.

Jean-Claude's storytelling techniques really captured my interest and attention. Each time I bean to read, a surge of energy swept through me. My entire body/mind/spirit became activated. I give thanks and gratitude to the author for bringing this wonderful experience to the world. I learned much from Larry's journey, and Zeus and the other "selves" teachings. So much of me began to reveal or unveil itself to me. And... for that I am forever changed.