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    THE 8 LAWS OF CHANGE

    THE 8 LAWS OF CHANGE

    Author: Stephan Schwartz
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Social Sciences
    I heard Stephan speak about this book at a conference in Italy recently, and immediately asked him to have a review copy sent since his…… Read More »
    A Future Beyond Growth

    A Future Beyond Growth

    Authors: Haydn Washington, Paul Twomey
    Reviewer:
    Category: Environment / Economics
    This book is both radical and fundamental, and is essential reading for those who want to consider in more depth the potential evolution of the…… Read More »
    Designing Regenerative Cultures

    Designing Regenerative Cultures

    Author: Daniel Christian Wahl
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Ecology & Sustainability
    I am not surprised that this seminal book has been so enthusiastically endorsed by the likes of Fritjof Capra, Hazel Henderson, Joanna Macy and David…… Read More »
    The Science of Spirit Possession (2nd Edition)

    The Science of Spirit Possession (2nd Edition)

    Author: Terence Palmer
    Reviewer: David Furlong
    Category: Consciousness & Psychical Research
    This book, based on Palmer's Ph.D. thesis, is a scholarly and authoritative exploration into a little understood area of human experience. Palmer sets out his…… Read More »
    THE MAP OF HEAVEN

    THE MAP OF HEAVEN

    Authors: Eben Alexander, Ptolemy Tompkins
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Consciousness & Spirituality
    It was a real pleasure to meet and share a platform with Eben Alexander at a conference on Infinite Consciousness in Italy last week. Many…… Read More »
    THE MAN WHO COULD FLY

    THE MAN WHO COULD FLY

    Author: Michael Grosso
    Reviewer: Nicholas Colloff
    Category: Religion & Spirituality / Parapsychology
    A miracle, to quote St. Augustine, "does not occur contrary to nature, but contrary to what we know of nature." So what happens when a…… Read More »
    WHAT IS CONSCIOUSNESS?

    WHAT IS CONSCIOUSNESS?

    Authors: Ervin Laszlo, Jean Houston, Kingsley L Dennis, Larry Dossey
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Consciousness Studies
    Last year, Ervin wrote to Jean and Larry asking them to send a summary of their interpretation of consciousness. The result was much longer than…… Read More »
    PSYCHIC PHENOMENA AND THE BRAIN: EXPLORING THE NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF PSI

    PSYCHIC PHENOMENA AND THE BRAIN: EXPLORING THE NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF PSI

    Author: Bryan J Williams
    Reviewer: Robert Charman
    Category: Parapsychology
    Bryan William is a Research Affiliate, Psychical Research Foundation, Texas, and has written many articles on psi and has contributed the chapters on Revisiting the…… Read More »
    In Search of the Common Good

    In Search of the Common Good

    Author: Jack E. Brush
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy/Ethics
    This stimulating book is a sequel to Citizens of the Broken Compass, which I reviewed in Network 118, and is subtitled 'guideposts for concerned citizens.'…… Read More »
    COLLECTED ESSAYS ON PHILOSOPHERS

    COLLECTED ESSAYS ON PHILOSOPHERS

    Authors: Colin Stanley, Colin Wilson
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy
    I still remember my sense of intellectual excitement when I first read The Outsider in my last year at St Andrews (my daughter Charlotte is…… Read More »
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