What is the Present?
Common sense readers may be surprised to discover what a conundrum is posed by the title of this book and how many eminent thinkers have…… Read More »
Book Reviews
The Hidden Power
I was looking back on earlier issues of this journal/newsletter and found my original review of this book after it first came out in 1986.…… Read More »
Otherworlds
Subtitled 'psychedelics and exceptional human experience', this book combines fieldwork and experimentation with academic papers and reviews covering the interface between psychedelics and ESP and…… Read More »
Aging Thoughtfully
Martha Nussbaum is a well-known philosopher while Saul Levmore is a former Dean of University of Chicago Law School. In this book of paired essays…… Read More »
Life, Death and Meaning
Subtitled 'key philosophical readings on the big questions', this anthology is characterised by the editor as 'analytic existentialism', a new phrase for me. This is…… Read More »
Spiritual Beings or Economic Tools
This book, as the title suggests, addresses the question of identity and its levels and hence the way we live. The author argues strongly for…… Read More »
SoulWorks
This is a profound and practical book by an author who has applied her studies of psychology and anthropology to myths and stories. It addresses…… Read More »
Idleness – A Philosophical Essay
Many years ago I read Bertrand Russell's essay In Praise of Idleness, and in the first paragraph (you can Google the PDF) he sets out…… Read More »
The Gate of Light
Some readers may remember reviews of previous books by to Danish musician and Mystic Lars Muhl, notably The O Manuscript relating his initiation with The…… Read More »
The Heartfulness Way
The heartfulness way is one of meditation, cleaning and prayer – this book explains its principles in an informal conversational manner with the current guru…… Read More »