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    The Unanswered Question

    The Unanswered Question

    Author: Kurt Leland
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality / Afterlife Studies
    This epic book – a sequel to Otherwhere is not for the faint-hearted, consisting as it does of long narratives exploring deeper dimensions of consciousness…… Read More »
    A Complete Guide to the Soul

    A Complete Guide to the Soul

    Author: Patrick Harpur
    Reviewer: Nicholas Colloff
    Category: Spirituality & Philosophy
    Imagination is the primary faculty of the soul and that imagination is a polytheist might be the shortest summation of Patrick Harpur's entertaining, erudite and…… Read More »
    Super Consciousness

    Super Consciousness

    Author: Colin Wilson
    Reviewer: Mike King
    Category: Mind, Body & Spirit
    Colin Wilson has consistently made one of the most perceptive articulations of a specific and universal problem in human nature, the problem of what he…… Read More »
    OUT OF OUR HEADS: WHY YOU ARE NOT YOUR BRAIN, AND OTHER LESSONS FROM THE BIOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

    OUT OF OUR HEADS: WHY YOU ARE NOT YOUR BRAIN, AND OTHER LESSONS FROM THE BIOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

    Author: Alva Noë
    Reviewer: Martin Lockley
    Category: Philosophy / Cognitive Science
    Almost everything we say – that is all metaphor – about our place in the universe is in some way related to awareness of how…… Read More »
    Meditation as Contemplative Enquiry

    Meditation as Contemplative Enquiry

    Author: Arthur Zajonc
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality/Contemplative Practice
    Arthur Zajonc's earlier book, Catching the Light – an entwined history of light and mind, won the Network Book Prize some 15 years ago, and…… Read More »
    END GAMES

    END GAMES

    Author: John Crook
    Reviewer: Dr. Peter Fenwick
    Category: Religion & Spirituality
    I recommend that you all pay attention to this book because it is written by John Crook, who is the first European Dharma Heir of…… Read More »
    The Path Supreme – Conversations with Shri Babaji at the Dehradun Ashram, Home of His Tapas

    The Path Supreme – Conversations with Shri Babaji at the Dehradun Ashram, Home of His Tapas

    Author: Shri Shiva Rudra Balayogi Maharaj
    Reviewer: Sharon Barkatullah
    Category: Spirituality / Yoga
    The Path Supreme is a rare and unique opportunity to read the higher teachings of a Yogi that have traditionally only been revealed to the…… Read More »
    WORLD AS SANCTUARY

    WORLD AS SANCTUARY

    Authors: David Skrbina, Juanita Skolimowski
    Reviewer: Max Payne
    Category: Philosophy
    This is a collection of essays by some of those who have been inspired by Henryk Skolimowski's philosophy ending with a postscript by Henryk himself.…… Read More »
    IN DEFENSE OF DOLPHINS

    IN DEFENSE OF DOLPHINS

    Author: Thomas I. White
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy / Ethics / Animal Rights
    This powerful book challenges readers to redefine their understanding of dolphins as 'non-human persons' with ethical rights, and is based on a thorough review of…… Read More »
    History of the Concept of Mind – Volume 2

    History of the Concept of Mind – Volume 2

    Author: Paul S. Macdonald
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy / History Of Ideas
    The first volume of this magisterial work concerned the history of the concept of mind within the recognised Western philosophical tradition. Here Paul Macdonald tackles…… Read More »
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