Enlightenment by Trial and Error

<p>The “spiritual but not religious” are the fastest-growing denomination on America today.  Yet what are the roadmaps?  What does the spiritual search look like for a seeker in 21st century America fully plugged-in online cynical and sincere?</p><p>Enlightenment by Trial and Error is a unique book by bestselling author and Daily Beast columnist Jay Michaelson. Today Michaelson is a rabbi with a PhD in Jewish Thought a teacher on the Ten Percent Happier meditation app and a political columnist read by a quarter million readers per month.</p><p>But not long ago Jay was a young spiritual seeker pursuing mystical experiences (and even enlightenment) with an open heart and restless intellectual curiosity.  Drawn from essays written over a ten-year period of questioning and exploration this book is a unique record of the spiritual search from the perspective of someone who made plenty of mistakes along the way.<br /> </p>