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    The Meditation Lifestyle

    The Meditation Lifestyle

    Author: Colum Hayward
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Meditation / Spirituality
    Many readers will have a practice of meditation, and this book will help you go beyond that practice to enrich your experience of living. Based…… Read More »
    The Golden Laws

    The Golden Laws

    Author: Ryuho Okawa
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality / Esoteric Philosophy
    This book is the second in a trilogy including The Laws of Eternity and The Laws of the Sun, which I reviewed in the mid-1990s.…… Read More »
    The Waning of Materialism

    The Waning of Materialism

    Authors: George Bealer, Robert C. Koons
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy Of Mind
    Given the pervasive influence of materialism in the Academy, the title of this book might initially come as something of a surprise. It is written…… Read More »
    Rationality + Consciousness = Free Will

    Rationality + Consciousness = Free Will

    Author: David Hodgson
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy / Free Will
    David Hodgson, who died recently, was a Supreme Court judge who also made important contributions to philosophy. It is a tribute to his power of…… Read More »
    Wisdom Seekers

    Wisdom Seekers

    Author: Nevill Drury
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality / New Age
    Subtitled 'the rise of the new spirituality', this is a remarkably comprehensive overview of the field, which also serves as a general introduction to many…… Read More »
    All is Well

    All is Well

    Authors: Louise L. Hay, Mona Lisa Schulz
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Mind, Body & Spirit
    This book is about healing the body with medicine, affirmations and intuition. Many readers will be familiar with the work of Louise Hay, and in…… Read More »
    Practical Miracles

    Practical Miracles

    Author: Arielle Essex
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Health & Healing / Mind Body
    This book had its origins in the crisis faced by the author when she discovered that she had a brain tumour and decided to opt…… Read More »
    Spoon River Revisited

    Spoon River Revisited

    Author: Daniel J. Benor
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Medicine / Holistic Health
    Few readers will be acquainted with the inspiration of this intriguing book, The Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters, published nearly 100 years ago.…… Read More »
    The Natural Medicine Guide to Autism

    The Natural Medicine Guide to Autism

    Author: Stephanie Marohn
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Health & Medicine
    An important and authoritative book on this controversial subject. Most readers will be familiar with the hounding of Dr Andrew Wakefield by the medical establishment.…… Read More »
    Spiritual Medicine

    Spiritual Medicine

    Author: Cissi Williams
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality
    A book from the soul level of the author that starts from the premise that the ego has become too separate from the soul, and…… Read More »
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