My Journey Through the Plant World: a novel of sexual initiation is a deeply touching, erotic, and ultimately transcendental work of fiction. Written in the form of a first-person journal, this story chronicles the sexual and cultural evolution of Randall Kendricks, a young Southern stamp collector who awkwardly matures into the financially successful but unhappy owner of a West Coast game store. In the midst of his mid-thirties malaise, an increasingly authoritative “inner voice” begins to lead Randall toward a harrowing and hilarious journey into a metaphysical otherworld, where he will come to a new understanding of his responsibilities and possibilities. With sustained and unusually sensitive portrayals of sexual intimacy from a masculine point of view, My Journey Through the Plant World is a “California coming-of-age” story that breaks new ground in erotic fiction while marrying themes of psychological reflection and spiritual growth. This novel also touches on the contemporary subjects of domestic violence, pornography, gay and bisexual relationships, AIDS, Jungian depth psychology, and “deep ecology” in a social context stretching from the American South to the West Coast. This is the second novel by a successful nonfiction author, journalist, poet, and independent publisher in the field of contemporary spirituality.