Rethinking Existentialism
I studied existentialism at St Andrews in the 1970s, both in the context French literature and philosophy. It is unusual for British philosophers to engage…… Read More »
Category: Philosophy Spirituality
Without Reservation
Writing as an urban member of Potawatomi Nation, the author recounts his process of spiritual awakening after the death of his mother and resuming connections…… Read More »
Swami Vivekananda's History of Universal Religion and its Potential for Global Conciliation
Authors: Jean MacPhail, Pravrajika Gayatriprana
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Philosophy Spirituality
Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) brought Vedanta to the US and played a key role in the initial Parliament of World Religions in Chicago in 1893. He…… Read More »
The Spiritual Roots of the Tarot
As this book is subtitled 'The Cathar Code hidden in the cards' and I live in this area, it was of immediate appeal. I looked…… Read More »
Classical Indian Philosophy
Like the other volumes in this series of the history of philosophy without any gaps, this is an astonishing intellectual tour de force written in…… Read More »
Scottish Philosophy
When I studied at St Andrews in the 1970s, a year of general philosophy was still a compulsory subject for arts degrees, as it had…… Read More »
Beyond the Cave
Aptly subtitled 'a philosopher's quest for Truth', this is a definitive and forthright philosophical statement from a former vice-principal of Heythrop College in the University…… Read More »
Tao Te Ching
Some readers will have attended the I Ching seminar in October run by Shantena and his wife Cruz and based on his magisterial Eranos edition.…… Read More »
PHILOSOPHY AS A WAY OF LIFE
A former Collège de France Professor of the History of Hellenist and Roman Thought, Pierre Hadot (1922-2010) fully reappraises what it means to engage in…… Read More »
THE STORY OF YOGA: From Ancient India to the Modern World
When I learned Transcendental Meditation in my early teens in the 1970s, I kept it quiet from my peers for fear of appearing weird. A…… Read More »