A Second Coming

A terrifying descent into madness the first fearful steps on the path to recovery this uncompromising memoir captures all the urgent and hypnotic tension of a commercial thriller. <I>A Second Coming</I>-the companion volume to Swartz's great long-poem 'The Will to Christ-is a probing investigation of the unconscious and metaphysical wellsprings of a singular poetic gift. </P><P>And yet it is more. This story is without question the most accurate portrayal to date of the largely uncharted regions of schizophrenia a compelling and solitary journey into yogic meditation and a massive abuse of cannabis non-indica. </P><P>Swartz's manic delusion was the very overthrow of God and cleansing of the evolutionary process. After a twelve-day descent into terror strapped to a hospital gurney he emerges to an uncertain future and the realization that his whole experience was neither reality nor even more strangely anything approaching fantasy. </P>