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    OUSPENSKY'S FOURTH WAY

    OUSPENSKY'S FOURTH WAY

    Author: Gerald de Symons Beckwith
    Reviewer: Chris Allen
    Category: Mind, Body & Spirit
    No man is without fault but, that said, anyone who has studied the canon of literature concerning the lives of two of the greatest truth…… Read More »
    THE O MANUSCRIPT

    THE O MANUSCRIPT

    Author: Lars Muhl
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality / Mind, Body & Spirit
    While describing various paths of initiation, this extraordinary book is an initiation in itself as it plumbs the depths of the essential spiritual agenda of…… Read More »
    CHILDBIRTH AND THE EVOLUTION OF HOMO SAPIENS

    CHILDBIRTH AND THE EVOLUTION OF HOMO SAPIENS

    Author: Michel Odent
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Medicine/Health/Science
    Michel Odent is one of the world's foremost obstetricians who is also the founder of the Primal Health Research Centre (www.primalhealthresearch.com and www.wombecology.com). His work…… Read More »
    ANCESTRAL LANDSCAPES IN HUMAN EVOLUTION

    ANCESTRAL LANDSCAPES IN HUMAN EVOLUTION

    Authors: Agustin Fuentes, Darcia Narvaes, James J. McKenna, Kristin Valentino, Peter Gray
    Reviewer: Gunnel Minett
    Category: Psychology
    In most parts of the world the social structure has come along way from that of our earliest hunter-gatherer ancestors. From living in small groups…… Read More »
    Humanising Healthcare

    Humanising Healthcare

    Author: Margaret Hannah
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Health & Medicine
    Talk of crisis in our health systems has become a political commonplace, with expenditures nearly doubling in the first decade of the 21st century. In…… Read More »
    THE EPIGENETICS REVOLUTION: How Modern Biology is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease and Inheritance

    THE EPIGENETICS REVOLUTION: How Modern Biology is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease and Inheritance

    Author: Nessa Carey
    Reviewer: Gunnel Minett
    Category: Science / Biology / Genetics
    When their children go to school, many parents discover that the teaching of certain subjects has changed dramatically since their own school days. Biology is…… Read More »
    NEUROBIOLOGY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN MORALITY

    NEUROBIOLOGY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN MORALITY

    Author: Darcia Narvaez
    Reviewer: Gunnel Minett
    Category: Psychology / Neuroscience / Ethics
    Throughout human history morality has been something that has had to be taught, ideally by people with knowledge or wisdom of what morality means, such…… Read More »
    THE HYPERSPACE OF CONSCIOUSNESS

    THE HYPERSPACE OF CONSCIOUSNESS

    Author: Massimo Teodorani
    Reviewer: Robert A Charman
    Category: Science & Consciousness
    Dr Teodorani is an Italian astrophysicist, lecturer and science writer who obtained his PhD from the University of Bologna on the physics of binary stars.…… Read More »
    Orbs and Beyond

    Orbs and Beyond

    Authors: John Pickering, Katie Hall
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Paranormal
    Many readers will have seen images of orbs on various photographs over the last few years, and will no doubt have heard various theories to…… Read More »
    Once Upon a Time

    Once Upon a Time

    Author: Marina Warner
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Folklore / Literary History
    This fascinating book, as the title might suggest, is a short history of the fairy tale. The author begins by defining its various characteristics before…… Read More »
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