Close Connections, a ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year finalist, will appeal to anyone interested in spirituality and its link to everyday life. For more than twenty-five years, scholar and poet John Hatcher has studied the nature and purpose of physical reality by exploring the theological and philosophical implications of the authoritative Baha"i texts. His latest book explains how the gap between physical and spiritual reality is routinely crossed, and describes the profound implications that result from the interplay of both worlds. Close Connections is part of a John Hatcher trilogy that presently includes The Purpose of Physical Reality (Baha"i Publishing, 2005).