To say Christopher S Hyatt, Ph.D. will not ever have mass appeal is an understatement. If anything, the masses detest him en masse. And rightfully so. His radical approach to self-transformation doesn’t come sugarcoated or gift wrapped. Rather, Dr Hyatt exposes every hypocrisy and forces his readers to face themselves as they are – not as they wish to be. In the world of Dr Hyatt we formulate our ideas of ourselves and the world around us based on accumulated lies (aka traditions ) taught to us since childhood. As a result, each person comes to believe in a fictitious I solely based on the liars in our lives regurgitating their lies onto us. We are all handicapped by our traditions and conclusions , according to Dr Hyatt. Heroically, and luckily for many of us, he does offer a way out. Though he passed away in 2008, his take-no-prisoners approach to self-actualisation lives on. The articles contained in this book – some selected by Dr Hyatt himself – are written by authors who carry the torch of the Doctor’s great work, including Chic and Tabatha Cicero, Peter Conte, Jack S Willis, Daniel Pineda, Nicole Laliberte, and Dr Hyatt’s son. Some of the articles are written by his friends and colleagues: Israel Regardie, James Wasserman, Lon Milo Duquette, David Cherubim, S Jason Black, Robert Brazil, Wayne Saalman, Robert Anton Wilson and Timothy Leary. This book is a treasure trove of sanity wrapped in the garment of madness.