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    The Man who Tapped the Secrets of the Universe

    The Man who Tapped the Secrets of the Universe

    Author: Glenn Clark
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Biography / Spirituality
    An introductory book about Walter Russell (1871-1963), a little-known genius who published a series of books on science and philosophy following a prolonged and mystical…… Read More »
    Les Racines Physiques de l'Esprit

    Les Racines Physiques de l'Esprit

    Authors: Emmanuel Ransford, Tom Atham
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy Of Science / Consciousness Studies
    This is a serious attempt to create a new model of science and consciousness, using a number of fertile new concepts, which are explained in…… Read More »
    Creation and Evolution

    Creation and Evolution

    Author: Lenn E Goodman
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Religion & Science / Evolution
    A thorough and stimulating analysis of the relationship between Darwinism and Religion. As a professor of philosophy who is also religious, Goodman brings a balanced…… Read More »
    HOW TO WIN A COSMIC WAR

    HOW TO WIN A COSMIC WAR

    Author: Reza Aslan
    Reviewer: Gunnel Minett
    Category: Religion & Politics
    September 11th 2001 is a date with special significance for most people around the world, although perhaps not for the same reasons. For some it…… Read More »
    Transforming History: A New Curriculum for a Planetary Culture

    Transforming History: A New Curriculum for a Planetary Culture

    Author: William Irwin Thompson
    Reviewer: Martin Lockley
    Category: Education
    In Transforming History Thompson turns teacher and proposes a curriculum adhering to Haeckel's 'biogenetic law' that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny: i.e. aiming to 'match the stages…… Read More »
    NOSTRADAMUS – THE TRUTH Five Centuries of Prophecies Validated

    NOSTRADAMUS – THE TRUTH Five Centuries of Prophecies Validated

    Author: David L Roper
    Reviewer: Kurt Dressler
    Category: Parapsychology & Consciousness
    Why has the book on the true identity of 'Shakespeare' caught my attention? In Network 99 (Spring 2009) I had reviewed 'D.U.', The Disappearance of…… Read More »
    The Mysterious Collapse of World Trade Center 7

    The Mysterious Collapse of World Trade Center 7

    Author: David Ray Griffin
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Politics / Current Affairs
    Over the last few years I have reviewed all of David Ray Griffin's books on 9/11, which now amount to over 2,500 pages of close…… Read More »
    GreenSpirit – Path to a New Consciousness

    GreenSpirit – Path to a New Consciousness

    Author: Marian Van Eyk McCain
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Ecology & Spirituality
    'The Miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green Earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling…… Read More »
    SPIRITUALITY AND BUSINESS: exploring possibilities for a new management paradigm

    SPIRITUALITY AND BUSINESS: exploring possibilities for a new management paradigm

    Authors: Margot Esther Borden, Sharda S Nanram
    Reviewer: John Drew
    Category: Business & Management
    This is a difficult book title. Business people are uncomfortable with the word 'spirituality' and yet talk easily about values in business, ethics, morality, corporate…… Read More »
    THE HOPE

    THE HOPE

    Author: Andrew Harvey
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality / Sacred Activism
    Subtitled 'A Guide to Sacred Activism', this new book by Andrew Harvey has been aptly described by Marianne Williamson as 'a meteor burst across the…… Read More »
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