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    Book Reviews

    Letting Go of Nothing

    Letting Go of Nothing

    Authors: Eckhart Tolle, Peter Russell
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Psychology Consciousness Studies
    Who Am I?
    My first encounter with Peter Russell was at the Quaker meeting house in Cambridge in the autumn of 1978 when I was studying for my…… Read More »
    Jung in the 21st Century Volume One

    Jung in the 21st Century Volume One

    Author: John Ryan Haule
    Reviewer: Damian Spendel
    Category: Psychology Consciousness Studies
    Reframing
    For those curious about how one could consider the work of Jung today, a great start is John Haule’s “Jung in the 21st Century Volume…… Read More »
    Bliss Brain

    Bliss Brain

    Authors: Dave Asprey, Dawson Church
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Psychology Consciousness Studies
    The Neuroscience of Neuroplasticity
    I reviewed the author’s previous book on the science of peak mental states – Mind to Matter – about three years ago, and here he…… Read More »
    Psyche Unbound

    Psyche Unbound

    Authors: Richard Tarnas, Rick Doblin, Sean M. Kelly
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Psychology Consciousness Studies
    Transpersonal Frontiers
    This volume is a series of essays honouring the 90th birthday and life work of Stanislav Grof. They make a good case for including Stan…… Read More »
    Varieties of Atheism in Science

    Varieties of Atheism in Science

    Authors: Elaine Howard Ecklund, Johnson, David R.
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy Spirituality
    A More Nuanced View
    Elaine Howard Ecklund is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Religion and Public Life Program at Rice University. She has been the principal investigator…… Read More »
    Braintrust

    Braintrust

    Author: Patricia S Churchland
    Reviewer: Gunnel Minett
    Category: Philosophy Spirituality
    What is Morality - a Question More Important Than Ever
    To live by a moral code has always been a cornerstone of human interaction and socialisation. In order for people to live together in some…… Read More »
    Conversations with Socrates and Plato

    Conversations with Socrates and Plato

    Author: Neal K. Grossman
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy Spirituality
    Towards a Post-Materialist Social Order
    When I was studying education in Cambridge, I was lucky enough to be taught by Sir Desmond Lee, who was the editor of the Penguin…… Read More »
    Dark Matters

    Dark Matters

    Author: Mara van der Lugt
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy Spirituality
    Pessimism and the Problem of Suffering
    This is a brilliant, profound and subtle contribution to the history of ideas, and more especially to questions relating to theodicy, suffering and evil. I…… Read More »
    Breath

    Breath

    Author: James Nestor
    Reviewer: Gunnel Minett
    Category: Medicine Health
    Is Breathing the New Frontier In Medicine?
    Breathing is essential for all human life. We count a lifetime from a person’s first to their last breath. Still we don’t seem to know…… Read More »
    Heartfullness: The Way of Contemplation

    Heartfullness: The Way of Contemplation

    Author: Wright, Stephen
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Medicine Health
    Thy Will Be Done
    This extraordinary book is the ripe fruit of a lifetime of study, spiritual practice and profound reflection on the timeless, vertical Way that we can…… Read More »
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