The Way Begins, The Torch is Passed

This prequel to "Way of the Peaceful Warrior" is an enthralling, historically-inspired novel that answers many questions about how Socrates became a warrior and poses many more about how he became a peaceful warrior. His journeys tell the tale of the stark realities within and around him amidst the deeply personal and archetypal cycles of birth, death, and a higher birth once again; tragedies, trials, triumphs, and transformations that shaped his life as a young man, an accomplished warrior, and an emerging sage.

The revelations at the end do not complete the story as much as they offer the key to unlocking a previously well-kept yet heartwarming mystery about the deep connections between Millman and his peaceful warrior mentor. Socrates' pivotal yet thinly recounted trip to the "rooftop of the world," as well as his return trip on an "urgent mission" years later certainly bode well for one or two sequels to this tale, filling in even more of the tapestry that binds together Socrates, Millman, and his readers.

Capitvating reading

An excellent moving story, well told. I found this book very difficult to put down and after I finished my feeling is that it is not a book I will soon forget. This is a no brainer for anyone who enjoyed the Peaceful Warrior books.

White-haired sage in a gasoline station in Berkley

Wow, I remember when I first laid my hands on "Way of the Peaceful Warrior". I remembered totally becoming engrossed in it and reading in one and a half days; I read "Journey of Socrates" in one evening.

It is a much darker novel than I imagined. My heart was being torn by some of the circumstances that Socrates had to experience and the thoughts that were going through his head. But I painfully continued knowing that he would triumph and become the white-haired sage in a gasoline station in Berkley.

Razin, the first master he met, and his "teaching" was the only light-hearted moment in the book that was memorable. There were certainly warm moments in "The Journeys of Socrates" but it's the ending couple chapters and twists that just blew me away.

Read the "Way of the Peaceful Warrior" and then this immediately afterwards.


Razin, the first master he met, and his "teaching" was the only light-hearted moment in the book that was memorable. There were certainly warm moments in "The Journeys of Socrates" but it's the ending couple chapters and twists that just blew me away.

Read the "Way of the Peaceful Warrior" and then this immediately afterwards.