Om Baba

About the Book

OM Baba: A Mystical Odyssey is an autobiographical adventure propelling the author through a labyrinth of bizarre, frightening, magical, and mystical experiences, stretching the reader's imagination and leaving them wanting more. The naive university graduate is whisked across the Middle East in the shadow of the Viet Nam War and Beatle-mania, surviving illicit border crossings, hash baron shootouts, and near-death by dysentery. Upon arriving in India, a most unexpected mystical experience awakens extraordinary dimensions of wisdom and illumination and spirits entities began to communicate through him, instantly transforming the spiritual cynic into an insane mystic. Teetering on the razor's edge between illumination and insanity, he wanders for years throughout India as a sadhu, barefoot and begging bowl in hand, encountering an uncanny array of spiritual teachers and Castaneda-like adventures. Finally driven beyond his capacity to integrate any more parallel realities, inner worlds, blissful experiences, or etheric masters, he retreats to a cold, damp cave high in the Himalayas seeking his ultimate enlightenment. There, with mountain lions, monkeys, and scorpions for friends, the physical world slips from reality, losing all form and consistency, until the ultimate revelation awakens him to profound meaning within the world he is desperately trying to renounce.

Packed with wisdom, insight, and a bizarre array of memorable characters, OM Baba: A Mystical Odyssey is a gripping mystical odyssey, which speaks to the heart of the spiritual seeker today in the tradition of Meetings With Remarkable Men and Autobiography of a Yogi. This classic spiritual adventure presents profound wisdom in a light and humorous way, grabbing the reader's imagination and pulling them along on a memorable journey by mixing moments of deep revelation with page-turning intrigue.

About the Author

Tom Heckel is a psychic counselor, inventor, and spiritual guide living with his wife and family in the foothills of the Andes Mountains in Chile, South America. He conducts seminars and retreats in South America, Europe, and North America.