Dobson gives the narrator a broad tour of the last millennium of Western history. He explains the Second Insight to the narrator: A new sense of historical perspective is being achieved. Dobson went to Peru a few weeks ago and saw copies of the first two insights. On the plane, he meets a historian named Dobson who is headed to Peru for the same reason. Even though he is skeptical, he decides to go to Peru to find the truth. The nine chapters of the novel sequentially unfold these teachings.Ĭharlene tells the narrator about the First Insight, which relates to the idea of synchronicity: All humans are connected by a greater consciousness that will become apparent through a series of meaningful coincidences. She met a priest who told her that the manuscript presents numbered “insights” and predicts a great change that is about to happen in society. They meet up for dinner, and Charlene talks excitedly about an ancient manuscript she learned about during a recent business trip to Peru. The hero is an unnamed narrator who is contacted by Charlene, an old friend he has not heard from in years. The story follows the plot of the hero’s journey, in which the hero (traditionally a man) journeys out from his home, passes through a threshold into a different dimension, encounters mentors and obstacles, eventually achieves his goal, and returns home transformed.
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