Comparison between More's Utopia and Redfield's The Celestine Prophecy Throughout history many visionaries had glimpsed a world of new human culture, but no way to create such a world had been achieved. Communism had become a tragedy. Sir Thomas More, author of Utopia, and James Redfield, author of The Celestine Prophecy, share many of the same ideas describing a new way of life. Written in 1516, More's Utopia is about visions of a humanistic way of life. Redfield's prophecy of Celestine, written nearly five centuries later in 1993, reinforces Renaissance ideas. Can this spiritual common sense become the model of the next century? Utopia achieves great universality by demonstrating great understanding and sympathy with all men (Surtz, vii). It presents hope for far better things, supported by the vision that man can shape and mold himself into any chosen form, (viii) thus creating the best earthly state possible. Redfield's text focuses on nine insights for spiritual transformation. When all nine insights are understood, we will gain an exciting new picture of human life and a positive vision of how we can save this planet, its creatures and its beauty (Redfield). According to Redfield, once we reach the new millennium, human culture will change as we move towards a fully spiritual culture on earth. To understand where we are today we must go back to the year 1000 and go through the millennium as we have experienced it. Imagine living in the year 1000, in the Middle Ages. The first thing you need to understand is that the reality of this time is defined by the powerful churchmen of the Christian church (22). Because of their position, these men have great influence over... middle of the paper... it seems that humans are in control. It's up to us to decide whether this is true or not. The process by which to accept the teachings and obtain salvation is shown in both texts. They show the exact process of becoming more spiritual and connected. We have always characterized this connection as something abstract, something an individual must do to prevent something bad from happening. Whenever we doubt our path or lose sight of the process, we must remember what we are evolving towards and what the process of life is all about (Redfield 243). Reaching Heaven on Earth is why we are here. Now we know how to do it. Works Cited Other, Sir Thomas. Utopia: a new translation, background, criticism. Ed. and trans. Robert M. Adams. Toronto: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1988. Redfield, James. Celestine's prophecy. New York: Warner Books Inc., 1993.