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    Book Reviews

    Self-Realization and Inner Necessity

    Self-Realization and Inner Necessity

    Author: Paul Crichton
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy
    Subtitled 'thinking about how to live' this reflective and detailed philosophical treatment examines important themes of self-determination, choice and authenticity. Interestingly, one learns nothing about…… Read More »
    Supersoul

    Supersoul

    Author: Ian Lawton
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Consciousness & Spirituality
    In a series of books, Ian Lawton has been working out what he calls a rational spirituality on the business of great deal of reading…… Read More »
    Harmonic Power Book 2 (Parts II-VI)

    Harmonic Power Book 2 (Parts II-VI)

    Author: Keith Foster
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Health & Wellbeing / Esoteric
    Keith Foster is a polymath concerned with well-being and its enhancement. The first part of the book deals with various aspects of health including water…… Read More »
    The Wisdom Way Book 1 (Part 1) of Harmonic Power

    The Wisdom Way Book 1 (Part 1) of Harmonic Power

    Author: Keith Foster
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Health & Lifestyle
    This is the first part and a summary of what follows in the larger book reviewed below. It is billed as a 141-day guide to…… Read More »
    Crimes Against Humanity

    Crimes Against Humanity

    Author: Joyce A. Kovelman
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Fiction
    This is a novel about the very real possibility of a pandemic, in this case infecting the Earth's oceans and thereby threatening planetary life in…… Read More »
    The Practical Well-being Programme

    The Practical Well-being Programme

    Author: Penny Moon
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Education / Well Being
    This very useful book is the result of 30 years of development of a holistic approach to well-being in educational and social contexts. It was…… Read More »
    Dancing with Cancer

    Dancing with Cancer

    Author: Diana Brueton
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Health & Spirituality
    This is the moving story of a journey through the rollercoaster of cancer diagnosis and treatment by someone who was also involved in the Bristol…… Read More »
    The Transhumanist Reader

    The Transhumanist Reader

    Authors: Max More, Natasha Vita-More
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Science, Technology & Philosophy
    Subtitled 'classical and contemporary essays on the science, technology and philosophy of the human future', this is surely the most comprehensive available resource on the…… Read More »
    La Conscience Quantique et l'Au-Delà

    La Conscience Quantique et l'Au-Delà

    Author: Emmanuel Ransford
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Consciousness / Parapsychology
    This original and stimulating book is the update and sequel to the author's earlier La Nouvelle Physique de l'Esprit. Since he introduces a number of…… Read More »
    Big Bang Big God

    Big Bang Big God

    Author: Rodney Holder
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Science & Religion / Cosmology
    This highly accessible book asks if the universe is designed for life, and, if so, whether the theistic hypothesis arguably makes more sense. It begins…… Read More »
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