The Key, Whitley Strieber
The Key, Whitley Strieber
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The Key
A True Encounter

Author: Whitley Strieber

Narrator: Gregory Itzin

Unabridged: 5 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 05/12/2011


Synopsis

From the bestselling author of Communion comes the mysterious true story of how an unknown visitor barged into Streiber's hotel room late one night--and imparted extraordinary lessons in personal development and man's fate that challenge us to rethink every assumption about the meaning of life.At two-thirty in the morning of June 6, 1998, Whitley Streiber was awakened by somebody knocking on his hotel room door. A man came in, and everything he said was life-altering.This is the unsettling and ultimately enlightening narrative of what happened that night. Strieber was never really sure who this strange and knowing visitor was--a "Master of Wisdom"? A figure from a different realm of consciousness? A preternaturally intelligent being? He called him the Master of the Key. The one thing of which Strieber was certain is that both the man and the encounter were real.The main concern of the Master of the Key is to save each of us from self-imprisonment. "Mankind is trapped," the stranger tells Strieber. "I want to help you spring the trap." In a sweeping exchange between Strieber and the stranger--which takes the form of a classical student- teacher dialogue in pursuit of inner understanding--the unknown man presents a lesson in human potential, esoteric psychology, and man's fate. He illuminates why man has been caught in a cycle of repeat violence and self-destruction--and the slender, but very real, possibility for release.In its breadth and intimacy, The Key is on par with contemporary metaphysical traditions, such as A Course in Miracles, or even with the dialogues of modern wisdom teachers, such as D.T. Suzuki and Carl Jung.

About The Author

Whitley Strieber is the internationally bestselling author of more than 20 novels and works of nonfiction, among them the landmark work Communion, his account of a close encounter of the third kind that took place in December 1985. He is also author of The Wolfen, The Hunger, and The Coming Global Superstorm, all of which were made into feature films, most recently Superstorm as The Day After Tomorrow. He lives in California.Gregory Itzin is an American actor best known for playing President Charles Logan on 24. Born in 1948 in Washington, DC, Itzin has had a long and prolific career, appearing in many television series, movies, and stage productions. Some of these include Law Abiding Citizen, Lincoln, The Ides of March, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Friends, NCIS, The Mentalist, and Mob City.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Carol

True Story. Whitley Strieber, a writer of horror novels and alien abductee, gets a visitor at 2:30 am at his hotel. The visitor gives no name. Failing to know his name, the writer calls him, “The Master of the Key” because he was so blown away by this late night life altering conversation. The visit......more

Goodreads review by William

I can easily see this book as a polarizing one. You will either love it or hate it. Did someone really enter into author Whitley Strieber’s hotel room and divulge secrets of the universe back in 1998? Who knows? Perhaps Strieber is not sure himself. But if you put aside whether it is real or not, on......more

Goodreads review by Joshua

This book by Whitley Streiber offers one of the most compelling and novel views on human spirituality and the challenges we face as a species that I have ever read. For those familiar with Whitley's UFO related works of non-fiction, this is a must read, primarily because he describes his experience......more

Goodreads review by Jerome

Profound. An extremely interesting read. I had to stop and contemplate most of the things that the Master of the Key said. I think I'll read it again.......more