What does a life of meaning look like today? Religion has little traction when most people prefer to think for themselves, and materialism surely isn't enough on its own. As Ludlow says, we are caught between the emptiness of logic and the irrelevance of blind faith.

Building on post-formal thinking, Jungian archetypes, and current research on brain function, Ludlow explains what meaning is for a human being, and how we may go about living a life of meaning. He writes for the intelligent layperson, not the academic, and his words flow easily across a range of interesting topics.

Complex ideas are presented in ways that readers will be able to understand, and the chapters are lightened by touches of humour. In the last section of the book, the author describes a common core of understanding that drives both psychotherapy and meditation, and presents a number of ways that lead to a living spirituality.