The Structure of Magic I: A Book About Language and Therapy v. 1 (Structure of Magic): A Book About Language and Therapy

Great book and most definitely worth the read.

This book is, I believe, essential to anybody who is going through or has been through NLP courses. I have given it 5 stars because the information inside which is about the Meta-Model is indepth, insightful and plentiful. The bad part of the book is that it is written in a style which makes it very difficult to make the information sink in and understand how everything fits together. This is NOT a book that your read from cover to cover and think "I get it!". You will be reading chapters and sub sections within those chapters anywhere between 4 and 10 times before you feel that you can move on. Once you do get it and it makes sense, this book will become an essential part of your toolkit.I think the book may have purposefully been written in such a hard way to convey the stature and gain the respect of the established therapists at the time it was written.

Although this book is thin, it is a very heavy read and packed.The information in it is solid and if you want to learn more about the meta model and linguistics its one of the best I have come across.

It's early days for me to be competant enough to overview a book like this, I can only really attempt to describe a process of understanding that I am going through; reading a book of this nature, at least at the moment, feels complex, but that's down to my current level of understanding of this subject. The book is 'work' it requires reflection, the stretching of oneself and then finding a place to apply any gleaned knowledge in a context. It is not a book to merely read, though it needs to be re-read a number of times to be more and more fully understood.

As an overview I found this helpful but would need a better understanding of grammar to be able to use it effectively. Will revisit it at another time

These books are incredible expositions of the mechanisms of communication that facilitate personal remedial and generative change. An indespensible guide to the operation of the human mind.Do not buy anything from Wonderbooks USA. They will simply take your money and lie to you for 4 months.

This is a great book for anyone who wants to get to grips with how to make the best use of language in a therapy situation. Some of the chapters may not to totally relevant, but many are a real gem.

I bought this as I'm studying NLP and I'm very pleased with the price, delivery speed and quality of the book itself. As far as the content goes , it's technical but it explains NLP in its purest form