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    SPEECHES AND ARTICLES 1968-2012

    SPEECHES AND ARTICLES 1968-2012

    Authors: David Cadman, HRH The Prince of Wales, Suheil Bushrui
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Politics & Society
    Members of the Royal family are brought up in a tradition of public service and duty perhaps most directly expressed in their patronage for many…… Read More »
    SPIRITUALLY INCORRECT ENLIGHTENMENT

    SPIRITUALLY INCORRECT ENLIGHTENMENT

    Author: Jed McKenna
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality
    This rather striking image conveys something of the tone of what the author calls the unadorned reality of the awakening process, in contrast to the…… Read More »
    Reason and Reenchantment

    Reason and Reenchantment

    Authors: Catherine Keller, John B. Cobb Jr., Richard Falk
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy / Religion
    David Ray Griffin is Professor of Philosophy of Religion and Theology, Emeritus, at Claremont School of Theology and Claremont Graduate University where he is still…… Read More »
    SCIENCE, MYSTICISM AND PSYCHICAL RESEARCH

    SCIENCE, MYSTICISM AND PSYCHICAL RESEARCH

    Author: John Poynton
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Science & Spirituality
    Michael Whiteman (1906-2007) was a physicist, mathematician, musician and mystic who was an early member of the Network. Elsewhere in this issue, readers will find…… Read More »
    The Presence of the Infinite

    The Presence of the Infinite

    Author: Steve McIntosh
    Reviewer: Martin Lockley
    Category: Philosophy Religion Spirituality
    It's coming to America first, the cradle of the best of the worst. It's here they got the range and the machinery for change. It's…… Read More »
    Der Weg zur Quelle der eigenen Kraft

    Der Weg zur Quelle der eigenen Kraft

    Author: Alexander Vonlanthen
    Reviewer: Reinhold Ritter
    Category: Spirituality
    Alexander Vonlanthen is the Swiss Joao de Deus. Joao de Deus, the Brazilian full-trance medium, is known all over the world, having treated millions of…… Read More »
    SODA POLITICS

    SODA POLITICS

    Author: Marion Nestle
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Medicine Health
    Marion Nestlé is Professor of Sociology at New York University and author of many books on the food industry, including Food Politics. Here she turns…… Read More »
    ACOUSTIC TECHNICS

    ACOUSTIC TECHNICS

    Author: Don Ihde
    Reviewer: Nicola Miller
    Category: Philosophy Of Technology
    "For every change in a 'world' there is a corresponding change in the experiencer—the embodied human perceiver" From simple tools used by our ancient ancestors…… Read More »
    THE RUNES OF EVOLUTION: HOW THE UNIVERSE BECAME SELF AWARE

    THE RUNES OF EVOLUTION: HOW THE UNIVERSE BECAME SELF AWARE

    Author: Simon Conway Morris
    Reviewer: Martin Lockley
    Category: Science Philosophy of Science
    Do we need another book on evolution? Although phrased somewhat differently, this is the question Simon Conway Morris asks, and answers positively by promising something…… Read More »
    Manifestations of Mind in Matter

    Manifestations of Mind in Matter

    Author: Iebele Abel
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Consciousness / Parapsychology
    Iebele Abel is a Dutch artist whose visual art and music is in dialogue with developments in consciousness research. This book presents a number of…… Read More »
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