aBOUT THE AUTHOR

Phil Shankland is a writer, YouTube creator, and lifelong spiritual seeker whose journey has taken him from the notorious Nine O’Clock Service (NOS) in Sheffield to the volcanic landscapes of Lanzarote, to Ramana Maharshi’s ashram in India and finally to the Derbyshire town of Bakewell, where he became a close long term collaborator with mystic John Butler. Together they launched the Spiritual Unfoldment YouTube channel, now with over 230,000 subscribers and 25 million views. Phil’s first book, Future Perfect (1997), explored how to create a meaningful life. His new memoir, Diary of a Mystic Apprentice, is a field report on what he created himself: wry, candid, and deeply personal, it chronicles the trials and illuminations of a modern seeker on the path of enlightenment – and the pitfalls on the way. He is currently completing his next book, Mistaken Identity – why you are not who you think you are.

This is his raw, human, and humorous spiritual memoir.