There are books that are a little ahead of their time and others that are far ahead of their time. The former are easier to assess because while they push the envelope of conventional wisdom, they usually leave enough of that wisdom intact to allow us to evaluate the success or failure of their innovations. Books that are far ahead of their time are considerably harder to assess because they often challenge the very foundations on which we stand. For that reason they tend to make us profoundly uncomfortable, even angry. They don’t continue the conversation we were having but begin a new conversation in new territory, importing new assumptions that
challenge conventional wisdom. Soul-Centered Healing by Thomas Zinser is such a book. It is an important book that is far ahead of its time.