As she writes in her introduction, 'This book is about our loss of the Tao and the path to its rediscovery'. Essentially the experience which we may call mystical is the experience of our interconnectedness. The vision that transforms becomes indeed transformative. Because we are the world, to put the matter simply, the vision that transforms us transforms the world. In our interconnectedness, the consciousness of each must reflect itself in the consciousness of all.
Human transformation arises out of the transformation of individuals.
One cannot help but think how Annie Besant would have rejoiced with the developments in scientific and religious thought today that are expressing the same idea, even if in different language. The 'response of consciousness', to which Dr Besant referred, is determined by the level at which consciousness is functioning. One of the problems that inevitably arises is that of differentiating authentic mystical experiences from subjective and imaginary fantasies. Such a problem is due, at least in part, in the confusion of visionary content with mystical awareness. Visionary experiences may and often do point toward the mystical experience, but they do not necessarily do so.