Ormerod has written one of the best and most original books of those published to mark a decade since Bowie's death from cancer in January 2016... The Bowie you thought you knew is recast completely.

Helen Barrett, The Spectator

Ormerod deals with Bowie as text; as the occasion for close reading, which I think is what his work, like all good art, deserves. By the end Ormerod had me singing in the choir with him.

Simon Critchley, the Guardian

A fresh and revealing look at a much celebrated artist.

Publishers Weekly

Peter Ormerod's book is a monumental, compelling, and profoundly original study of David Bowie's spiritual and religious ideas, inspirations and meditations. Bowie always had a search for meaning at the centre of his music. There was a spiritual muse which both grounded his ideas and guided the way to a transcendent realm, more real than the mundane suburbia of his younger days. For anyone whose life was transformed by Bowie's music, or who wishes to gain an understanding of the deeper ramifications of Bowie's ideas, then this wonderful book is essential reading.

Dr Paul Fuller, Lecturer in Buddhist Studies, School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh

Who knew we needed another Bowie book? This thoughtful deep dive into the artist's spiritual curiosity traces how faith, mysticism and doubt shapes his music.

the I Paper

What Ormerod provides here is a welcome addition to the heaving Bowie library. This search for enlightenment is patently what gives [Bowie's] music that otherworldly power.

Martin Robinson, The Standard