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    The Little Book of Charisma

    The Little Book of Charisma

    Author: David Hodgson
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Personal Development / Communication
    We normally connect charisma with people like Barack Obama, but this small book shows ordinary people how they can develop their own charismatic style of…… Read More »
    Meditations and Devotions

    Meditations and Devotions

    Author: John Henry Newman
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Religion & Spirituality
    This is a selection from a collection of meditations published after Newman's death by William Neville. Most of the book is devoted to reflections on…… Read More »
    Powerful Mind through Self-Hypnosis

    Powerful Mind through Self-Hypnosis

    Author: Cathal O'Briain
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Psychology / Self Help
    We are all familiar with the assertion that we are using only a fraction of the potential of our minds. In this clear and practical…… Read More »
    Hofmann's Elixir

    Hofmann's Elixir

    Author: Amanda Feilding
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Consciousness
    Albert Hofmann, the discoverer of LSD, died in 2008 at the age of 102. This significant book consists of an interview given in 2005, recent…… Read More »
    Chico Xavier - Medium of the Century

    Chico Xavier - Medium of the Century

    Author: Guy Lyon Playfair
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Mediumship / Survival
    As the author rightly remarks, Chico Xavier is virtually unknown outside his native Brazil. It is astonishing to read that when he died in 2002,…… Read More »
    The Mind in Context

    The Mind in Context

    Author: Batja Mesquita et al
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Psychology
    This volume provides a corrective to the tendency towards essentialism in psychological disciplines, that a word resulting from a categorisation process corresponds to some deep…… Read More »
    Magic of Modern Metaphor

    Magic of Modern Metaphor

    Author: David Hodgson
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Education / Storytelling
    An unusual and engaging collection of nearly 100 stories structured around the relationship between a grandfather and his enquiring grandson. This is a book that…… Read More »
    Old Age

    Old Age

    Author: Helen M Luke
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Psychology/Spirituality
    A new edition of this classic book by a renowned Jungian analyst. It also reflects on the final journeys described in literary classics such as…… Read More »
    The Cosmological Origins of Myth and Symbol

    The Cosmological Origins of Myth and Symbol

    Author: Laird Scranton
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Mythology / Cosmology
    This book considers the proposition that systems of myth have descended from a common cosmological plan based on the insight, as above, so below. The…… Read More »
    In Search of Truth

    In Search of Truth

    Author: Brian Hodgkinson
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality / Alternative Education
    A fascinating account giving the history of the School of Economic Science, founded by Leon MacLaren in the 1930s. The author has been associated with…… Read More »
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