The Bhagavad Gita
The Bhagavad Gita, according to Ravi, is perhaps the single most important text to emerge from India. I have a number of editions, including those…… Read More »
Category: Philosophy Spirituality
LIGHT UPON THE PATH
As President of Wrekin Trust, founded by Sir George Trevelyan in 1971, I attended a closing celebration of its work at Hawkwood College last month.…… Read More »
THE HUMAN SITUATION
Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), brother of Sir Julian Huxley and grandson of TH Huxley, was one of the most brilliant intellectuals of his generation and author…… Read More »
Mirror, Mirror – The Uses and Abuses of Self-love
This subtle and erudite study explores the history and nature of self-love, showing that narcissism, vanity, pride and self-esteem are more complex than they seem,…… Read More »
Ultimate Questions
Bryan Magee has had a long and distinguished career as a philosopher, music and theatre critic and BBC broadcaster, where he hosted a series on…… Read More »
The Happiness Philosophers
The last 20 years have seen the rise of positive psychology and virtue ethics as well as the development of a scholarly industry around happiness,…… Read More »
Stress and Freedom
I reviewed Peter Sloterdijk's book on self-formation in the last issue, and here he takes a historical view of the concept of freedom from ancient…… Read More »
The Magdalene
This is volume 2 of the Grail trilogy reviewed as The O Manuscript in the summer issue of 2015. While I would urge you to…… Read More »
The Buddhist Voyage beyond Death
I imagine that few readers will have heard of the work and teaching of the Chinese Buddhist monk Hsin Tao, but this book is a…… Read More »
Instant Presence
The author of this illuminating and very direct book is an Italian living in Australia, who publishes the InnerSelf newspaper and website. She understands spiritual…… Read More »