How to be a Leader
Plutarch (46-119 CE) was famous in his time for his work on parallel Greek and Roman lives and his essays entitled Moralia, from which the…… Read More »
Category: Philosophy Spirituality
How to Think about God
Authors: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Philip Freeman
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Philosophy Spirituality
This and the next book are the latest issues in the excellent classical series by Princeton, with the original language on the left and translation…… Read More »
The Silent Messenger
This must be the definitive book on Meher Baba, about whom I previously knew comparatively little. The book is divided into two parts, the first…… Read More »
The Wisdom of a Broken Heart
This profound book continues Lars' work on the esoteric message of Christianity and especially on the relationship between Yeshua and Mariam in his books The…… Read More »
The Thirteenth Disciple
I met the author again after many years at our Cascadia conference in British Columbia at the end of September. There, he told the gripping…… Read More »
Twelve Ways of Seeing the World
Subtitled 'philosophies and archetypal worldviews for understanding human consciousness', this significant book makes an important contribution to the debate around the topic. It stems from…… Read More »
Are We Bodies or Souls?
In this rigorous and carefully argued book, Richard Swinburne defends the unfashionable position of substance dualism against physicalism, asking what makes us who we are…… Read More »
Our Great Purpose
Adam Smith is better known for his book Wealth of Nations, but here the author reminds us of the importance of his other key work,…… Read More »
A SECRET HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY: Jesus, the Last Inkling, and the Evolution of Consciousness
Does consciousness evolve and, if so, in what way and with what implications for our understanding of, say, a religious tradition's development over time? A…… Read More »
VIE DE L'ESPRIT ET RELIGIONS
I found this book in a hotel in Montsegur frequented by my friend Lars Muhl, author of The O Manuscript, reviewed in these pages three…… Read More »