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    Ghostology

    Ghostology

    Author: Steven T. Parsons
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Parapsychology
    Ghostology is simply defined here as the study of ghosts, distinguishing it from ghost hunting and parapsychology. It is a study that implicitly goes back…… Read More »
    The Psychology of the Internet

    The Psychology of the Internet

    Author: Patricia Wallace
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Psychology
    It is a giddy thought to think how much as happened with the Internet since the first edition of this comprehensive book in 1999. The…… Read More »
    Mindfulness

    Mindfulness

    Author: Tessa Wyatt
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Health & Wellbeing
    It is symptomatic that publishers are bring out their own guides to mindfulness so that I am reviewing two in a single issue. Tessa Watt…… Read More »
    The Mindfulness Key

    The Mindfulness Key

    Authors: Eluned Gold, Sarah Silverton, Vanessa Hope
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Mind, Body & Spirit / Mindfulness
    This authoritative book, with a foreword by the pioneer of mindfulness, Professor Jon Kabat-Zinn, is also endorsed by the Centre for Mindfulness Research at Bangor…… Read More »
    Positive Psychology

    Positive Psychology

    Author: Bridget Grenville-Cleave
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Psychology
    Many readers will be familiar with the term positive psychology, pioneered by Martin Seligman and his colleagues. Oddly enough, positive psychologists make very little reference…… Read More »
    Essays in Truth

    Essays in Truth

    Authors: Nick Roach, Sally Powell
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality
    Nick Roach began his spiritual quest at an early age and underwent a prolonged process before he came to the experience that 'I am this'.…… Read More »
    Consciousness from Zombies to Angels

    Consciousness from Zombies to Angels

    Author: Christian de Quincey
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Consciousness Studies
    This wide-ranging book takes the reader through philosophy, science and mysticism in a study of the nature of consciousness in the form of an owners…… Read More »
    Enso Morning: Daily Meditation Gifts

    Enso Morning: Daily Meditation Gifts

    Author: Jacob Watson
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality / Meditation
    This collection of morning blessing letters was written over a six-month period as part of a thesis at Matthew Fox's University of Creation Spirituality. Each…… Read More »
    You are History

    You are History

    Author: Gordon Phinn
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality
    This is the third volume in the eternal life trilogy and subtitled 'the soul, the higher self and our state of divinity'. The content shifts…… Read More »
    The 22 Laws of Inner Peace

    The 22 Laws of Inner Peace

    Author: Eliphas Levi
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality
    Eliphas Levi (1810-1875) was a well-known mystic and sage in his day and in this short book, translated from French, he sets out a number…… Read More »
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