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    THE POWER OF THREE

    THE POWER OF THREE

    Author: Norman Drummond
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Personal Development / Spirituality
    Norman Drummond has had a varied and distinguished career as a headteacher, chaplain, coach, speaker and social entrepreneur. His charity columba1400, founded in 1997, has…… Read More »
    Of Good Character / Citizens of Character

    Of Good Character / Citizens of Character

    Author: James Arthur
    Reviewer: Max Payne
    Category: Education / Ethics
    We can see a star in the sky twinkling and yet the star is dead. It died or exploded long ago, but the light takes…… Read More »
    Sacred Geography: Deciphering Hidden Codes in the Landscape

    Sacred Geography: Deciphering Hidden Codes in the Landscape

    Author: Paul Devereux
    Reviewer: Anne Baring
    Category: Sacred Geography / Shamanism / Spirituality
    This important book with its many stunningly beautiful illustrations breaks new ground by bringing together for the first time all the different facets of sacred…… Read More »
    BEING HUMAN: HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE AND THE CREATION OF HUMAN NATURE

    BEING HUMAN: HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE AND THE CREATION OF HUMAN NATURE

    Author: Roger Smith
    Reviewer: Martin Lockley
    Category: History & Philosophy Of Science
    Do we make history, or does history make us? While many paleontologists, anthropologists and evolutionary psychologists tend to argue the latter, naturalistic or 'biology is…… Read More »
    POWER AND LOVE

    POWER AND LOVE

    Author: Adam Kahane
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Social Sciences
    Adam Kahane is a Fellow of the International Futures Forum with whom I have been working over the past 10 years ( www.internationalfuturesforum.com) . He…… Read More »
    REQUIEM FOR A SPECIES

    REQUIEM FOR A SPECIES

    Author: Clive Hamilton
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Environment & Climate Change
    Subtitled 'why we resist the truth about climate change', the title says it all. Are we in fact doomed? Even Lord Rees, the immediate past…… Read More »
    THE SNAKE, THE DRAGON AND THE TREE

    THE SNAKE, THE DRAGON AND THE TREE

    Author: Anne Bosch
    Reviewer: Art Funkhouser
    Category: Psychology / Jungian Analysis
    Those of us who are interested in dreams, especially in those that have been painted by an analysand, are greatly indebted to Anne Bosch for…… Read More »
    JUNG THE MYSTIC: THE ESOTERIC DIMENSIONS OF CARL JUNG'S LIFE AND TEACHINGS

    JUNG THE MYSTIC: THE ESOTERIC DIMENSIONS OF CARL JUNG'S LIFE AND TEACHINGS

    Author: Gary Lachman
    Reviewer: Martin Lockley
    Category: Psychology/Spirituality
    The creative Gary Lachman is famous for several reasons. During his early career (1974-1981) in the music business, he was, as his autobiography New York…… Read More »
    Waking from Sleep

    Waking from Sleep

    Author: Steve Taylor
    Reviewer: David Lawton
    Category: Consciousness & Spirituality
    Waking from Sleep, Steve Taylor's third book, was composed over a period of thirteen years. The book is as much about the author's vision of…… Read More »
    IS THERE LIFE AFTER DEATH? THE EXTRAORDINARY SCIENCE OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE

    IS THERE LIFE AFTER DEATH? THE EXTRAORDINARY SCIENCE OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE

    Author: Anthony Peake
    Reviewer: David Fontana
    Category: Parapsychology
    This book has a rather similar title and cover illustration to my Is There an Afterlife?, and appeared shortly after its publication, so naturally I…… Read More »
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