READING LIFE BACKWARD 2026: The 12 Steps of the Mystical Hero's Journey

by Christopher Graham Phd Ccht

Overview

The Mystical Hero's Journey: 12 Steps to Remember Who You Are is a soul-level guide for those feeling the quiet ache that life is meant to be more than survival. With wisdom, clarity, and fierce compassion, it reframes the classic hero's arc into a deeply personal, mystical path of awakening—not through conquest, but through conscious transformation.

This isn't about slaying dragons. It's about meeting yourself.

Each step offers a powerful shift—from fear to trust, from fragmentation to wholeness, from seeking to embodying. You'll walk through resistance, receive guidance, face your shadow, and come home to a self you didn't know you'd forgotten.

For spiritual seekers, edge-walkers, and anyone in the midst of profound inner change, The Mystical Hero's Journey is both map and mirror—a reminder that your path is sacred, your pain is part of the process, and your becoming is already underway.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940184422954
Publisher:	OWHMS PUBLISHING
Publication date:	08/10/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Christopher Graham is a Canadian author, certified hypnotherapist, and metaphysical educator whose work explores the meeting point of ancient wisdom, psychological insight, and conscious transformation. Trained through the University of Sedona and the University of Metaphysics, his practice is both intellectually grounded and spiritually expansive.

His central focus is the uniquely human capacity for self-reflection — the ability to question, evolve, and reshape one’s own narrative. Transformation, for Graham, is not a product to be sold but an ongoing reclamation of awareness in a world driven by distraction and inherited belief. With decades of experience guiding individuals through change, his writing and private work awaken the deeper intelligence within — the part capable of asking difficult questions, making conscious choices, and stepping beyond automatic living. He challenges readers and clients alike to stop sleepwalking through their own story and begin participating with clarity and intention.

At the core of his work is the Reading Life Backward series — a layered exploration of time, meaning, and memory:
In the Beginning — on the birth of perception and identity.
2024: Calling Everything into Question — confronting uncertainty and re-evaluation.
2025: Connecting the Dots — revealing patterns behind lived experience.
Full Circle: 2012–2025 — a metaphysical synthesis of personal and collective transformation.
12 Steps: Hero’s Mystical Journey — bridging mythic structure with therapeutic insight.
Synchronicities Searching for Me and A View from the Rearview Mirror — reflections on coincidence and hindsight.

Beyond the series, his additional works provide tools for navigating complexity with honesty and depth:
The Art of Transformation — a practical and philosophical guide to growth.
TOP 100 Things Teenagers (Everyone) Should Know — lessons in awareness and resilience.
Guardrails of the Soul — a framework for ethical and spiritual alignment.
Forsake Me Not — integrating the rejected or forgotten self.
Falling Down and Growing Up — adversity as the crucible for maturity.
Don’t Look Too Close — a psychological novel probing the unconscious.
HERMETICISM: Ancient Wisdom for the WTF Generation — applying timeless principles to modern life.