Teilhard de Chardin - Seven Stages of Suffering
This profound book is based on an essay by Teilhard on the meaning and constructive value of suffering, where he sees suffering as containing a…… Read More »
Category: Philosophy Spirituality
Spirit of Fire – The Life and Vision of Teilhard de Chardin
I reviewed this book when it first came out, and now a further 20 years have passed since the death of Teilhard de Chardin in…… Read More »
Radical Awakening
Much is currently being published on awakening and non-duality with the concomitant deconstruction of the ego and sense of separation. I agree with the author…… Read More »
Paradise and Promises
This powerful narrative about being a student of Andrew Cohen for 15 years takes the reader on a poignant, sometimes ecstatic and often painful journey…… Read More »
The Upside Down Mountain
Mags Mackean is a former BBC journalist turned intrepid explorer of both outer and inner realms as she sets off on shamanic journeys to the…… Read More »
Kindling the Native Spirit
There is a good deal of general interest in indigenous spirituality, which is reflected in this book of sacred practices from a number of traditions…… Read More »
In the Absence of Human Beauty
Subtitled 'philosophical fragments' – an apt description of the episodic and at times gnomic content - this book sounds rather like Wittgenstein in opening with…… Read More »
The Book of Becoming
The author took up the study of philosophy and shamanism later in life and has been retired from the construction industry since 2010. This books…… Read More »
Conversations on the Enneagram
Some readers will no doubt be familiar with the Enneagram as a nine-fold psychological typology based on the idea that at a very young age…… Read More »
The Spiritual Laws
I met the author at a recent conference on death and dying in Spain – he is a biochemist researching the genetic predisposition of cancer…… Read More »