Ultimate Questions
Bryan Magee has had a long and distinguished career as a philosopher, music and theatre critic and BBC broadcaster, where he hosted a series on…… Read More »
Book Reviews
The Happiness Philosophers
The last 20 years have seen the rise of positive psychology and virtue ethics as well as the development of a scholarly industry around happiness,…… Read More »
Stress and Freedom
I reviewed Peter Sloterdijk's book on self-formation in the last issue, and here he takes a historical view of the concept of freedom from ancient…… Read More »
The Magdalene
This is volume 2 of the Grail trilogy reviewed as The O Manuscript in the summer issue of 2015. While I would urge you to…… Read More »
The Buddhist Voyage beyond Death
I imagine that few readers will have heard of the work and teaching of the Chinese Buddhist monk Hsin Tao, but this book is a…… Read More »
Instant Presence
The author of this illuminating and very direct book is an Italian living in Australia, who publishes the InnerSelf newspaper and website. She understands spiritual…… Read More »
Spiritualise your Life
With the publication of so much eclectic work in the field of spirituality, it is refreshing to have a clear statement of the essential disciplines…… Read More »
The Unbearable Wholeness of Being
This book takes up the themes of the previous one using the thought of Teilhard de Chardin as a springboard. The author is a Senior…… Read More »
Teilhard de Chardin on Love
This is an extensive book explaining Teilhard's philosophy and practice of love, which he prophesied would eventually be harnessed as an energy. In the foreword,…… Read More »
Sabarthez – Berceau de l’Humanite
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Philosophy Spirituality
A historic event took place recently at St Felix en Lauragais near Toulouse. In this small town a congress was arranged in 1167, presided over…… Read More »