It is rare for a new book and its author to create such excitement among philosophers and spiritual thinkers, but Michael Wombacher’s 11 Days at the Edge is doing just that. Heralded by Barbara Marx Hubbard as “epic in scope and purpose”, Michael Wombacher’s chronicle of his encounter with one of the great spiritual masters of our time takes the reader to the edge and beyond, to the understanding of consciousness, to the threshold of “evolutionary enlightenment”.

Wombacher spent 11 days in retreat in Montserrat, Spain, chanting, meditating and attending lectures with spiritual teacher Andrew Cohen. He has written an authentic retelling of his experiences, using his journal, notes and tapes made during the retreat. 11 Days at the Edge conveys what it is really like to be in the presence of Andrew Cohen and why he is revered as such a uniquely transformative teacher. Wombacher takes us through each day, describing how Andrew Cohen leads him and his fellow students to an awakening – a realization of a universal consciousness that exists free of ego and desires. As each day unfolds, so too do Cohen’s revolutionary ideas about the true purpose of Self and its relationship to the universe.

Michael Wombacher spent 11 days of the summer of 2005 on retreat with Andrew Cohen in Montserrat, Spain. He teaches courses in the Bay Area on evolutionary enlightenment and contributes to What Is Enlightenment? magazine. He lives in San Francisco.