As a student of transformation... most religous works leave me cold. They are simply out of touch with anything but religous dogma. This work however... cut out all the nonsense and gave me a real, straight to the point understanding of the process of transformation as Francis encountered life. He was human just like us and he struggled just like we do... and overcame and didn't stop. Read this book if you are serious... this is a must own and study. Haule lends his expertise from the theriputic process in analizing process... a GREAT BOOK !!!