**The author explores manifestations of the divine in his daily life in this blend of spiritual meditation and memoir.** Tapping spiritual sources that range from the silence of the Buddha to the words of Robert Forst, James Carse uncovers the rich paradoxes of everyday experience and emerges as a genuine American mystic. *Breakfast at the Victory* , Carse writes, is “an invitation to see how extraordinary the ordinary is.” After reading it, life may never appear the same. **Praise for *Breakfast at the Victory*** **“Carse has the wondrous gift of seeing the whole universe in a grain of sand. Starting from deceptively small beginnings, he opens up a whole world of daily miracles.” —Pico Iyer, author of *Video Night in Kathmandu*** **“Succeed[s] in teaching a kind of vision and appreciation for the otherwise regular and humdrum.” — *Los Angeles Times Book Review*** **“Plainspoken yet brilliant.” — *Booklist*** **“This thought-provoking book turns ordinary experiences on their heads, almost forcing readers to find the mystical in their own subjective engagement of daily events. . . . [Carse] brings the profound within the grasp of everyone.” — *Publishers Weekly***