"The Alchemy of Prayer" offers an eminently readable, step-by-step spiritual guide that puts the complex metaphysics of prayer taught in "A Course in Miracles" into everyday terms. If you're skeptical about the power of prayer or have little faith in the traditional Christian approach to prayer, this book is for you.

Its central thesis is that prayer is not an act of communication that begins with us and ends with God, but rather that it is an act of communication that begins with God and ends with us; were it not for this fact, we'd be oblivious to prayer. Indeed, "The Alchemy of Prayer"...