The story reads more as a sex-drugs-and-philosophy parable than psychologically compelling drama with a recognisable story arc or a satisfying conclusion, but it was engagingly written and accessible.

The story itself seemed to me in the tradition of the 1990s bestseller The Celestine Prophecy, where fiction is used as a vehicle for delivering teaching about a philosophical viewpoint, and I know there are lots of readers for this genre. Is this ground breaking, or something else? Why does a writer of fiction need to include two separate commentaries on the nature of being before he commences his story? Are the claims and philosophical discussions presented in them either logical or coherent? I will leave that to other reviewers to determine, but it seemed to me that at times in this section of Without Opposite Eschauzier indulges in a kind of non-peer-reviewed one-sided unsupported academic grandstanding.

I began reading Without Opposite, which from the outset discusses the nature of reality vs people’s experiences of reality, with one very clear fact in my mind (whether the author agrees that is possible is another matter): I have never before encountered a work of fiction that includes a Preface, an Introduction and a Prologue, before it moves on to a series of chapters which are numbered in reverse order. Marcel Eschauzier Without Opposite: A Philosophical Adventure (Unlock Tao) Paperback Maby Marcel Eschauzier (Author) 9 ratings Part of: Unlock Tao (3 books) Kindle 0.00 Read with Kindle Unlimited to also enjoy access to over 1 million more titles 5.99 to buy Hardcover 17.99 1 New from 17.99 Paperback 11.99 2 New from 11. I’m sure that readers and lovers of esoterica will enjoy the somewhat psychedelic, is it a dream or is it real nature of Marcel Eschauzier’s Without Opposite.

Without Opposite by Marcel Eschauzier