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    The Failure of Success

    The Failure of Success

    Author: Jennifer Kavanagh
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Personal Development / Philosophy
    This provocatively titled and stimulating and book is about redefining what matters beyond a superficial understanding of success as material, which means that many people…… Read More »
    The Feeling of What Happens/Smile or Die

    The Feeling of What Happens/Smile or Die

    Author: David Lister
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Science & Medicine
    This book presents two illustrated lectures by Dr David Lister to the Swedenborg Society and both connected with Swedenborg's work on the brain. The first…… Read More »
    God Speaking

    God Speaking

    Author: Judith O'Grady
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Paganism / Spirituality / Ecology
    This is an unusual book by an author who is a biologist, trance seer and prominent druid. This gives her a multi-dimensional understanding of reality…… Read More »
    Should We Live Forever?

    Should We Live Forever?

    Author: Gilbert Meilaender
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy/Ethics
    Just this morning, I heard a reference to the idea that death might be optional in 100 years time. This book asks if it would…… Read More »
    God's Favourite Colour is Tartan

    God's Favourite Colour is Tartan

    Author: Tim Firth
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Interfaith / Religion & Spirituality
    Based on a lifetime of reading and reflection, this thoughtful and erudite book draws on the author's experience as a Catholic priest and human resources…… Read More »
    The Magdalen Manuscript

    The Magdalen Manuscript

    Authors: Judi Sion, Tom Kenyon
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality / Esoteric
    A friend recommended this book as having shed light on her own alchemical and transformational process. Recent books and films have recast our understanding of…… Read More »
    The Lotus and the Lily

    The Lotus and the Lily

    Author: Janet Conner
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality / Personal Development
    This is a 30-day programme of 'soul writing' designed to deepen one's connection with the Source and derived from the author's own deep experience. The…… Read More »
    Bio Ethics

    Bio Ethics

    Author: Gilbert Meilaender
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Religion & Ethics
    This is the third edition of a book designed to give a Christian perspective on many complex modern bioethical questions, many of which have arisen…… Read More »
    The Art of Living out Loud

    The Art of Living out Loud

    Author: Meg Blackburn Losey
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Self Help / Personal Development / Spirituality
    As the title might suggest, this is an energetic book about dealing with the pitfalls and patterns of everyday life. The author provides some signposts…… Read More »
    Buddha's Book of Sleep

    Buddha's Book of Sleep

    Author: Joseph Emet
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Mindfulness & Meditation
    Considering that most Buddhist philosophy deals with how to awaken, this is perhaps an unusual title. It is the first time that techniques from mindfulness…… Read More »
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