A Taste of Tagore
This year is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Rabindranath Tagore, the great Indian poet and mystic who was the first Asian to receive…… Read More »
Book Reviews
The World as Spirit
An impressive and erudite study covering many themes explored by Network Members over the years. The first two chapters explore the development of science and…… Read More »
Speciesism, Painism and Happiness
This book puts forward a morality for the 21st century, based on the author's previous work. He invented the term speciesism several decades ago and…… Read More »
Wicked Company
I noticed a review of this book in the Saturday FT. Subtitled 'freethinkers and friendship in pre-revolutionary Paris', it is a brilliant portrait of the…… Read More »
Discovering Camphill
The Camphill communities were founded by Karl König and inspired by the anthroposophy of Rudolf Steiner. They seek to enhance the lives of people with…… Read More »
Avatar-Philosophy (and Religion) or FAITHEISM
Faitheism is a new word coined by the author, an atheist who rejects the approach of the best-known proponents in dismissing not only the historical…… Read More »
Shinto: a Celebration of Life
This is a clear and comprehensive introduction to Shinto, with which I imagine that few readers are familiar. The overall argument is that Shinto has…… Read More »
The Quest for Hermes Trismegistus
Beginning with Ficino's work on the Corpus Hermeticum in 15th century Florence, this book is a tour de force in the search for a deeper…… Read More »
Cycling - Philosophy for Everyone
The expression 'tour de force' takes on a new meaning with this volume devoted to the relationship between cycling and philosophy as both a sport…… Read More »
Wine & Philosophy
Part of the same series, subtitled a symposium on thinking and drinking. The association between wine and philosophy goes right back to its Greek origins…… Read More »