Explores human spirituality, with or without religion or God. In four parts: looking, speaking, listening and leaving; covers philosophy, psychology, ethics and ending - of traditions and life. Very readable and thought-provoking, well referenced and illustrated with poetry. ( )

An extended essay about the "place of committed unknowing". Though he has become, religiously, an agnostic, Holloway writes with passion and a strong sense of the need for change and development. He reserves some of his most scathing words for those who stick to dry old texts and patterns of living. As often with Holloway, one has the feeling that he is on the edge of something important, but that he has not chosen or is not able to penetrate far enough below the surface of the theme in hand to make his writing really satisfying. ( )