The Book of Mastery

Selig (The Book of Knowing and Worth)—who claims to receive clairaudient messages from what he calls the Guides—compiles channeled teachings in this first book of his second trilogy. Selig’s professed aim is to “teach the teachers” of humanity, leading the reader away from the self that is connected to fear and attachment to the physical world to become aligned with unity, “seeing through the eyes of the Christ” and acting in alignment with the higher vibrations of the Divine Self. The Guides that the author says he channels do this through a mix of philosophical explanations and responses to questions posed by the open but often dubious Selig and his seminar students. Further affirmations, which Selig calls claims of truth, state expansions of the concepts such as “I am what I am, I know what I am, I know how I serve. I am here.” The long, repetitive text can sometimes be hard to follow but is sequential and well-planned. Selig’s occasional use of mundane-feeling metaphor gives this more personality than some channeled wisdom. Though part of a larger grouping of teachings, this volume is complete enough in itself to give value to the reader with whom it resonates. (Jan.)