HOPE AND GRACE
This book follows on from the one I reviewed this time last year – Death - a Transition. It is a study of spiritual experiences…… Read More »
Book Reviews
Dying to Wake Up
Authors: Paul Perry, Rajiv Parti
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Near Death Experience / Spirituality
This extraordinary story joins the likes of Proof of Heaven by Dr Eben Alexander and Dying to be Me by Anita Moorjani as a classic…… Read More »
The Self Does Not Die
True open-minded skepticism is our greatest ally in trying to better understand the mind-brain connection as it is revealed through the extraordinary lens of near-death…… Read More »
THE WORM AT THE CORE - On the Role of Death in Life
The title comes from William James, the worm is death, and the central theme and claim of this extraordinary book is the terror of death…… Read More »
After Lives
It is unlikely that there will be agreement about the nature of life in relation to a possible afterlife any time soon, as views on…… Read More »
A NEW PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMAN WELL-BEING
Much contemporary discussion of well-being has focused on happiness, although the work of Martin Seligman in positive psychology has extended to meaning, an interesting comparison…… Read More »
The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Mindfulness
Authors: A. Ie, C.T. Ngnoumen, E.J. Langer
Reviewer: Dr Alison Armstrong
Category: Psychology / Mindfulness
This edited two volume handbook is written by academics, for academics. It is probably not very accessible to the lay reader, and it is presenting…… Read More »
THE ROOT OF WAR IS FEAR – Thomas Merton's advice to peacemakers
In the final chapter of this powerful and inspiring book, Jim Forest, himself a lifelong peacemaker who met Thomas Merton as a young man, comments…… Read More »
BELIEF WITHOUT BORDERS
There is a demographic revolution going on in the Western world. Several decades back, the label of 'spiritual but not religious' (SBNR) did not exist.…… Read More »
BEYOND THE ROBOT
What if the world 'as it really is' is the one you see when in your most joyous state of mind? When your perception reaches…… Read More »