Alexander Dunlop

When I was 17 years old, I went on a retreat offered by my Catholic high school. On the last night of the retreat, a priest spoke to us about walls around our hearts. It affected me deeply. Afterwards, I sat with him in a face-to-face Confession. I don't remember what I said. But when I finished, he stood to offer the traditional prayer of Absolution, one I had heard countless times in my youth.

As he prayed, he touched his hands to my forehead. The moment he did, something went woooshh right through my body from head to toe. It felt like a split-second flash of electricity and water, all at once. The experience left me feeling washed clean. And in that moment, I realized there was something real behind all the religious dogma.

It launched me on a quest to know whatever THAT was that had flashed right through me...

My quest led me deep into Christianity, where I became a Born-Again Evangelical Minister. I led prayer groups and Bible studies on the Harvard campus as an undergrad. After studying philosophy at Harvard, I wanted to be a Roman Catholic priest. So, I enrolled in Weston Jesuit Theological Seminary, but after two years I realized I did not want to be a priest.

Then, after working on Wall Street as a consultant, I travelled to India where I meditated 8-hours a day and was initiated as a Swami. I returned to the US and helped launch a successful holistic health center. I became raw vegan for a while, and I apprenticed to Shamans in the Lakota and Shipibo traditions. I also studied every book of knowledge I could find and tried every psychedelic drug I could find.

But despite all my searching, I did not find what I was looking for until I found the real meaning of the playing cards. You see, the deck of cards is actually the ancient Book of Life. It was hidden in plain sight. Once I found what's written for me in the Book of Life, I resolved my quest. And I decided to share what I had found to help others who are searching...

So I wrote this book: Play Your Cards Right: A Sacred Guide To Life On Earth.