{"product_id":"the-key-a-true-encounter-9781585428694","title":"The Key: A True Encounter","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCommunion\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At two-thirty in the morning of June 6, 1998, Whitley Streiber was awakened by somebody knocking on his hotel room door. A man came in, and everything he said was life-altering. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In its breadth and intimacy, \u003ci\u003eThe Key\u003c\/i\u003e is on par with contemporary metaphysical traditions, such as \u003ci\u003eA Course in Miracles\u003c\/i\u003e, or even with the dialogues of modern wisdom teachers, such as D.T. Suzuki and Carl Jung.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhitley Strieber\u003c\/b\u003e is the internationally bestselling author of more than 20 novels and works of nonfiction, among them the landmark work \u003ci\u003eCommunion\u003c\/i\u003e, his account of a close encounter of the third kind that took place in December 1985. He is also author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wolfen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Hunger\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Coming Global Superstorm\u003c\/i\u003e, all of which were made into feature films, most recently \u003ci\u003eSuperstorm\u003c\/i\u003e as \u003ci\u003eThe Day After Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tarcherperigee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50556985966866,"sku":"9781585428694","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7fd6913f-7f00-4559-af3f-06d71b46dc63.jpg?v=1731768411","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-key-a-true-encounter-9781585428694","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}