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    Dismantling Freud

    Dismantling Freud

    Author: Samuel Bendick Sotillos
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Psychology Consciousness Studies
    This is an erudite and far-reaching study of the dubious cultural influence of Freud written by a practising psychotherapist and from the viewpoint of the…… Read More »
    Jung

    Jung

    Author: Ann Casement
    Reviewer: Damian Spendel
    Category: Psychology Consciousness Studies
    Here, Ann Casement provides an insightful addition to the introductory literature on Carl Jung. Although the terrain is familiar this map has new accents much…… Read More »
    Psychology of Yoga and Meditation

    Psychology of Yoga and Meditation

    Author: CG Jung
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Psychology Consciousness Studies
    This is a further volume (6) in the remarkable series of public lectures given by Jung at ETH Zurich between 1933 and 1941 – there…… Read More »
    The Translator of Desires

    The Translator of Desires

    Author: Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy Spirituality
    This is a collection of 61 love poems, regarded as a lyrical masterwork from the late 12th and early 13th century, and represents the first…… Read More »
    The Art of Celtic Seership

    The Art of Celtic Seership

    Author: Caitlin Matthews
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy Spirituality
    Caitlin is a world authority on the practice of Celtic spiritual traditions and the author of over 80 books and card decks. The meaning of…… Read More »
    Letters to a young poet

    Letters to a young poet

    Author: Rainer Maria Rilke
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy Spirituality
    First published in 1929, three years after the death of Rilke, this is a book I have been meaning to read for many years, and…… Read More »
    Seeking Truth in a Country of Lies

    Seeking Truth in a Country of Lies

    Author: Edward Curtin
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: General
    Edward Curtin ('from a young age obsessed with truth, death and freedom') is one of a number of courageous writers including Douglas Valentine, Robert F.…… Read More »
    Everything is Your Fault

    Everything is Your Fault

    Author: Rajan Shankara
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy Spirituality
    Readers might baulk at the last word in the title of this book, in which case you can substitute responsibility – which appears in the…… Read More »
    Firebird

    Firebird

    Author: Alexander Schieffer
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy Spirituality
    This is a work of extraordinary power and eloquence, echoing the prophetic voice of Rumi for our time. Aptly subtitled 'a poetic journey of awakening…… Read More »
    Finding Zen in the Ordinary

    Finding Zen in the Ordinary

    Author: Christopher Keevil
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy Spirituality
    This is a wonderful bedside book consisting of 48 brief stories, prose poems, dialogues with a Zen teacher and moments of awakening where we see…… Read More »
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