A Treasury of Mystic Terms, Part II, Volumes 7-10
Although originally from a scientific background and the author of a number of books on biology and consciousness during the 1990s, John Davidson has dedicated…… Read More »
Category: Philosophy Spirituality
Calling Philosophers Names
This fascinating scholarly book is a breakthrough study about the origins of the term philosopher in Ancient Greece. The title reflects the fact that it…… Read More »
Quiet Courage of the Inner Light
In this moving and profound series of reflections, Philip distils the wisdom gleaned from his lifelong spiritual odyssey that took him to Ramana Maharshi's Arunachala…… Read More »
On Being Me
The author is professor of philosophy and bioethics at New York University. In this personal book, he gives an account of what it means to…… Read More »
Small Guide, Big Journey
Synchronistically, the number of pages in the small book corresponds to the age of the author, who has worked for decades in transpersonal psychology and…… Read More »
The God Formula
I have reviewed a number of Lars's previous books including his magisterial O Manuscript and subsequent shorter works on the laws of light. For those…… Read More »
The Tao of Thomas Aquinas
This is the shorter of two books by Matthew Fox on Thomas Aquinas that will appear in this year. The longer one is entitled Sheer…… Read More »
Formations of Belief
Authors: Katja Guenther, Max Weiss, Philip Nord
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Philosophy Spirituality
Subtitled 'historical approaches to religion and the secular', this volume offers a multifaceted and nuanced approach to the origins of secularist thought, and the recent…… Read More »
Christ Power and Earth Wisdom
The author is best known for his carved 'cosmograms' and his work on sacred landscape. Here he describes his intuitive and scholarly search for what…… Read More »
The Passion, Resurrection, and Ascension of Jesus Christ According to the Four Gospels
Endorsed by both Rowan Williams and my old friend David Conner, Dean of Windsor, this is a poetic meditation on the events of Easter week,…… Read More »