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Publication Date: 7 Mar 2011

In Out of the Darkness, bestselling author Steve Taylor tells the stories of more than 30 people who have undergone permanent spiritual awakening after intense trauma and turmoil in their lives.

Read about the young woman who was reborn after suffering terrible injuries in the 7/7 bombings in London, the man who found enlightenment after becoming paralysed in a fall, the man who underwent transformation after attempting suicide, and the recovering alcoholic who shifted to a permanent state of enlightenment after hitting 'rock bottom' and losing everything.

Steve has also interviewed several spiritual teachers whose awakening occurred after intense psychological turmoil, including Eckhart Tolle. In addition to telling these people's stories, Out of the Darkness explains why turmoil has this transformational effect and illustrates the almost infinite capacity of human beings to overcome suffering. It shows how close - and how natural - spiritual awakening is to all of us.

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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Hay House UK (7 Mar 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1848502540
  • ISBN-13: 978-1848502543
  • Product Dimensions: 13.5 x 2.1 x 21.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 88,296 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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An important contribution to the shift in consciousness that is happening on our planet at this time. (Eckhart Tolle )

A fascinating and illuminating journey through the landscape of spiritual transformation. (Sharon Salzberg, Author Of Lovingkindness )

Out of the Darkness is filled with amazing stories of enlightenment brought about by life's most difficult circumstances. It helps us to realise that we can always choose to make something good out of the worst that life can offer us, thereby greatly reducing our fears and inviting happiness to embrace us. A truly inspiring book! (Susan Jeffers Phd, Author Of Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway® )

Some of the best research, stories, and answers to the perennial question, Why (and how) do some people emerge from difficult times stronger, wiser, and more grateful, while others sink into depression, bitterness, or resignation? The stories are fascinating and inspiring. They are like breadcrumbs in the fairytale; follow their trails so that your own turmoil can be spun into transformation. (Elizabeth Lesser, author of the New York Times bestseller, Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow )

Steve Taylor's suggestions for encouraging awakening...could transform human civilization. We could move from a culture of domination, violence and destruction, to one of partnership, peace and respect for nature. Out of the Darkness is an important contribution to achieving this dream. (Network Review 20110501)

A thoughtful, thought-provoking and inspirational account. (Psychology Today )

Fascinating...illustrates the almost infinite capacity of humans beings to overcome suffering. (Natural Health & Beauty magazine )

In his new book, Steve Taylor reminds readers of the resilience of our human spirit and our capacity to find light in the darkness as we pass through that dark night of the soul to find a brighter dawn. (Dan Millman - Author Of Way Of The Peaceful Warrior And The Four Purposes Of Life )

A wonderfully clear and inspiring book about the way great suffering and ordeal can lead to sudden awakening. Its importance for our menacing times and for the transformation being birthed by them cannot be exaggerated. (Andrew Harvey author of The Hope: a Guide to Sacred Activism )

This is a most compelling book. Even after reading it through several times I can still get absorbed in re-reading it... I can thoroughly recommend it for both personal reading and study - it will enrich on both counts. (De Numine The Journal of the Alister Hardy Society )

About the Author

Steve Taylor is a lecturer at Leeds Metropolitan University and a researcher in transpersonal psychology at Liverpool John Moores University. He has written articles for many magazines, newspapers and academic journals, including Psychologies, the Daily Express, Kindred Spirit and the Journal of Transpersonal Psychology. Steve lives in Manchester with his wife and three young children. www.stevenmtaylor.com
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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow - Wonderful 12 Mar 2011
By peggy53
Format:Paperback
Wow- I cant really find the words to say how much I liked this book.
He explains the workings of the Transformation that people undergo, sometimes known as
awakening or enlightenment.

I felt I knew all the lovely people he interviewed, he treats them with Respect, admiration and affection.
The final chapter offering the tools of Transformation through , Detachment, Spiritual Practice and Awareness of Death is Inspired.

I loved New Earth by Eckhart Tolle but dare I say it to me this book is even better ( no disrespect to the Marvellous Eckhart).
Hopefully with this book everyone will in time find the Peace and Happiness Steves " Shifters" found without the need of the great suffering they all so courageously endured.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Out of the Darkness and into the Light! 5 Sep 2011
By Mr. D. Laws
Format:Paperback
Steve shows us by his case studies that when we are at our lowest ebb we can awaken to our divine nature.
Luckily for most of us he suggests three ways to make contact with our true self without putting ourself through the same intense suffering. ( Conscious detachment, Spiritual practice, ie meditation and developing death awareness practice.. )
I found the section on the experiences of former alchoholics and the section on astronauts who have had awakenings, particulary interesting as well as a chapter on the experiences of some well known spiritual teachers.
A great joy to read and it just goes to show that there is something divine in us which is not touched by our mortal human suffering.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Into the light 8 Oct 2011
By P. Strand
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Out of the darkness is Steve Taylor's best book so far. In one sense, it can be seen as a continuation and companion to his previous book Waking From Sleep: Why Awakening Experiences Occur and How to Make them Permanent but Out of the darkness is in most respects a much more far-reaching and complete work. It's a book about the transformative power of trauma, turmoil and suffering, and includes case studies and stories of people who have faced incredible hardship and difficulty in their lives, but have gone through powerful and profound spiritual transformations in spite of that. Some of the people we meet in this book are quite well-known, like J. Krishnamurti and Eckhart Tolle, but most of them are just ordinary people who went through a spiritual awakening as a result of some very challenging circumstances. The many examples in this book suggest that spiritual transformation can happen to anyone, regardless of life situation, age, gender and spiritual background. Lack of spiritual practice and knowledge doesn't seem to be an issue in other words; Spiritual transformation can happen to anyone

Steve Taylor is an excellent writer and this book is a joy to read. Out of the darkness covers some fairly profound and advanced issues, but it's done in such a way that it's all very easy to read and understand. This is also a very inspiring and uplifting book. Anyone who has been through some kind of spiritual awakening will recognise a lot of what the people in this book have experienced and for others who might not have had any such experiences, Steve Taylor's book serves as a useful guide to understanding what spiritual awakening really means and what the implications of it are. This book is a true gem and is highly recommended for anyone who is interested in spiritual transformation and the full flowering of human potential.

Pathik Strand, author of All This is That
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3.0 out of 5 stars not bad
I lost interest in this book half way through, "its ok" sums it up really,books are a bit like films in that it depends on your frame of mind whilst watching/reading on how... Read more
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This is the second book I have read by Steve Taylor. The first book I read was titled `Waking from
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This book takes some getting into, but i am now over half way through and it has some really good stories of other
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Maybe I missed the point - I started reading this book and I failed to take on board anything apart from people having transformations. Read more
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Out of the Darkness - subtitled "from turmoil to transformation" is basically a series of interviews with about 35 people, mostly ordinary people but also some quite well-known... Read more
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