This book will help you. - Rated 
The most valuable thing about this book is the inspiring passion with which it is written. But if you want a more structured and hence more helpful advice on positive changes in your life, I'd recommend a book by Dr. Robert Anthony "The Ultimate Secrets of Total Self-Confidence". There are many authors writing about basically same thing - the ways of making your wishes come true. The amazing fact of life is - it is all possible. However, I think there are many people out there, who'd be put off by the mere mention of "magic", "cosmic", etc. If you are one of them, bear this in mind: YOU will have to do all the work, not a fairy, not a pixy, not an angel. The magic these authors are reffering to is simply a common sence. Only in which case do you think you'll make a better job out of your life - when you are nugged into doing well under the threat of not getting a prize in the afterlife, being at the same time constantly reminded that you are so bad, you haven't got a chance to get it anyway; or will you do better being inspired to do the best you can because it is great fun.
Explains More Fully The Ideas Behind The CD - Rated 
I have just written a review on the CD, so apologies for repeating myself here a little, but I felt that I'd like to leave a review on both the CD and the book...
I had never read about Cosmic Ordering, as such, but have always been fascinated by the power of the mind, our thoughts and our intentions, especially having studied Sports Psychology as part of my Sports Science course at university. Also as an ex long-distance runner, I know only too well the power of mind over matter! So many great people throughout history have told us what can be achieved with our thoughts and our minds. Interestingly, I have Romani ancestry on one side of my family and from what I have read they had a great interest in the pineal gland. A lot of people may scoff at this kind of stuff but quantum physics and other subjects are showing us how much more there is to this universe and beyond.
The book is a good accompaniment to the CD in explaining his ideas more fully and also gives you a very good insight into Stephen and his life.
A strange but valuable book - Rated
No-one picks up a book on cosmic ordering with an unbiased mind. Many people believe implictly in the principles of cosmic ordering; others are profoundly sceptical, though those in the latter category are unlikely to read a book like this in the first place, and would probably dismiss it out of hand. I've read other books on cosmic ordering, and have to say that some of them were pretty unimpressive. This one is different; here's why.
Stephen Richards has a rather unusual style of writing. Initially, this struck me as being simply an extremely conversational tone. The book reads as though it had been dictated to tape and then transcribed. Initially, it seems like one half of a conversation, in which the speaker ranges off into some seemingly-unconnected areas ranging from pyramid theory to the pineal gland to Mayan seers, not forgetting von Daniken. At first, I could not really grasp the point of this eclectic (indeed, at times, seemingly eccentric) approach.
But then the penny dropped. The languid, conversational tone is AN EXTREMELY SUBTLE AND EFFECTIVE FORM OF MILD HYPNOSIS. As you read this book, you are being mildly hypnotised, and thereby prepared. This makes you ready for the acceptance of the action plan set out here. The action ideas are dropped like pebbles into the relaxed mind of the reader, sending out positive thoughts like ripples in a pond. When Richards 'cuts to the chase', the style changes from the languid and conversational to the precise. It's a remarkable piece of writing.
The excellent CD by the same author - even better than the book, in many ways - confirmed to me that the aim is the acceptance of positive thinking through mild hypnosis, following the premise that positive thoughts, however created, will give positive results.
Does it work? My tentative view is 'yes', though cosmic ordering is not capable of scientific proof or disproof. I'm witholding one star here, simply because I don't think 'cosmic ordering' really connects quite as effectively as the more spiritual school epitomised by Troward, Curtis and Fox. Fox's "Golden Key" is the true miracle tool, utterly brilliant and effective.
This said, Richards' book is a very long way ahead of others in the cosmic ordering field. I'm sure it can change lives for the better. It is to be hoped that it will also lead readers to enquire more deeply and to read Troward et al.
All in all, then, it's a remarkable piece of work. If you buy just one book on 'cosmic ordering', it should be this one.
The most advanced book there is on this subject - Rated
Good on you for having written such a brilliant book as this. I would class this book as being stratospheric in what it did for me, and yes my life did change after having read this. I put it into use and now I use the principles of this every day. Now even the toughest of chores has been beaten down by use of this. You have to have a fundamental belief in yourself in order to make it happen, without this belief then I guess it will be difficult to make it work for you. Having a positive mind-set at the outset is something the author advocates very strongly, and I agree.
Diary of my cosmic success - Rated
Nov 2007: sitting at home without a job, wondering how I can make ends meet, let alone meet the next red letter bill.
Dec 2007: one of the gifts given to me is a book called Cosmic Ordering Guide by Stephen Richards. I am told that it will change my life. Yeah I've heard that before!
Jan 2008: festivities over and nothing but empty booze bottles for company. Not having anything else to do I get into the book. I find I am magnetised to it like a magnet to fridge, I cannot let go of it as it is so gripping in what it is doing for me. I find my blood rushing with thoughts of how I must give this a try and to place my first order to the cosmos.
I place an order to help me get a job where I can use my degree in economics, as all what the certificate is doing in its frame is gathering dust. The next day I scour the newspapers for a job, nothing! Ahh, but I am still enthusiastic and never give up hope.
The next day I am on the bus (couldn't afford a car, although I had passed my driving test) and someone had placed business cards on the empty seats. I picked one up and there it read: `Have you given up hope of every making it rich? Give me a ring and I will show you how to make lots of money. Phone me on XXXXXXXX'
I tentatively ring the number that evening from a friend's and expect it to be some sort of hard sell scam, but it isn't. The man on the other end is setting up a franchising business and he wants people to come in on the base level, and he wants me! Admittedly, he can only offer a basic wage of £18K PA, but it is a job.
Feb 2008: I am now head of UK accounts, have my own office and name on the door. Oh, and it's good business acumen to have the letters MEcon after my name, my masters in economics! I'm now on £28k PA plus bonuses and I travel to work in my first car I have ever owned!! Now tell me that is not equal to finding the proverbial croak of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Feb 4, 2008: I have just got back from a party weekend in Dublin. On the way home I promised I would place a review for this book and here it is. A fantastic book that changed my life for real, and I am still placing orders with the cosmos that frequently materialise.
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