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    The Little Book of the Soul

    The Little Book of the Soul

    Author: Ian Lawton
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality / Near Death Experience
    A companion book to the one above, consisting of ' true stories that could change your life', all connected with events surrounding death and past…… Read More »
    Your Holographic Soul

    Your Holographic Soul

    Author: Ian Lawton
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality
    Over the last few years, Ian has been developing what he calls rational spirituality In a series of books, two of which are pocket size.…… Read More »
    Decouvrir le Maitre Interieur

    Decouvrir le Maitre Interieur

    Author: Jean-Louis Siemons
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality & Esotericism
    Jean-Louis Siemons was is a professional agricultural biochemist when I first met him in Paris over 20 years ago, and was already the author of…… Read More »
    Soul Angels

    Soul Angels

    Author: Jenny Smedley
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality / Angels / Past Lives
    I reviewed Jenny Smedley's The Tree that Talked a couple of years ago. This book brings together her interest in past lives with her experience…… Read More »
    The Other Side of Virtue

    The Other Side of Virtue

    Author: Brendan Myers
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy/Ethics
    An exploration of the origins of our virtues in European heroic and classical cultures that asks how these insights are relevant to the concerns of…… Read More »
    Why Call me God? The Gospel Seen with a Single Eye

    Why Call me God? The Gospel Seen with a Single Eye

    Author: J.H. Hatfield
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Religion / Theology
    From an orthodox viewpoint, this shocking book represents an intellectual earthquake, shaking the foundations of Christian doctrine if one is persuaded by its arguments. The…… Read More »
    The Spirit within Us

    The Spirit within Us

    Author: Evelyn Capel
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality
    Evelyn Capel was the first English woman to be ordained into the Steiner Christian Community. The contents of this book were originally letters written in…… Read More »
    Our Time is Now

    Our Time is Now

    Author: Cy Grant
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality
    This is the last of Cy's books to be published before his recent death at the age of 90. It consists of six essays on…… Read More »
    Optimism - the Lesson of Ages

    Optimism - the Lesson of Ages

    Author: Benjamin Paul Blood
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Mysticism & Spirituality
    The author of this book is not well known to the general public, but he was a contemporary of and influence on William James and…… Read More »
    Gratitude and Grace - the Writings of Michael Mayne

    Gratitude and Grace - the Writings of Michael Mayne

    Author: Joel W. Huffstetler
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality / Biography
    For those readers who do not know the work of Michael Mayne, two of whose books I reviewed in Network 92 and 99, this is…… Read More »
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