Albert Schweitzer – A Biography
As far as I know, this is the first biography of Albert Schweitzer for some time. I have read most of the earlier ones, including…… Read More »
Category: Philosophy Spirituality
Lost Knowledge of the Imagination
When Goethe was a student in Strasbourg, he became fascinated by the cathedral which, for two centuries from its 'completion', had been the tallest building…… Read More »
Miracles – A Very Short Introduction
This is a very fair-minded treatment of miracles, starting with a thorough definition and then moving on to miracles reported in religious texts, belief and…… Read More »
The Prophets and the Goddess
As the title indicates, the scholarly book examines the contributions of four poets - WB Yeats, Aleister Crowley, Robert Graves and Ezra Pound - to…… Read More »
The Teachings of Mr P.
This unusual and profound channelled work originated during the author's healing process from cancer. She had no previous specific knowledge about the contents, nor of…… Read More »
Simple Explanation of Work Ideas
Dr Maurice Nicoll (1884-1953) was a leading exponent of the 'Work' of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky - I read his books The New Man, The Mark…… Read More »
The Authority of Service and Love
This is a very interesting book about the crisis of authority in the Christian Church. It begins with a discussion of the relationship between authority,…… Read More »
Stand Firm – Resisting the Self-Improvement Craze
Stoicism has become quite popular recently, and in this book Danish philosopher and psychologist uses this background to take aim at the self-help industry as…… Read More »
Get Over Yourself – Nietzsche for our Times
As the subtitle indicates, this book is not just another introduction to Nietzsche, but rather a thought experiment in how he would respond to our…… Read More »
Simone Weil and Continental Philosophy
Simone Weil (1909-1943) was an extraordinarily brilliant and original thinker who died at an early age during the Second World War, having lived life of…… Read More »