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    Decoding Reality: the Universe as Quantum Information

    Decoding Reality: the Universe as Quantum Information

    Author: Vlatko Vedral
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Science / Physics
    This stimulating book is the result of a 15-year reflection on the nature and implications of information, arguing that the universe and everything in it…… Read More »
    Forensic Science - a Very Short Introduction

    Forensic Science - a Very Short Introduction

    Author: Jim Fraser
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Science / Law
    An authoritative guide to this field at the interface between science and law. As we know, criminal cases can hinge on a crucial piece of…… Read More »
    WHERE ON EARTH IS HEAVEN?

    WHERE ON EARTH IS HEAVEN?

    Author: Jonathan Stedall
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality
    In this profound and reflective book, the author quotes Heisenberg to the effect that science represents an interplay between nature and ourselves – 'nature as…… Read More »
    EARTH PILGRIM

    EARTH PILGRIM

    Author: Satish Kumar
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality
    Satish Kumar will be well known to many readers as the editor of Resurgence and author of a number of books. Some may also have…… Read More »
    PROSPERITY WITHOUT GROWTH

    PROSPERITY WITHOUT GROWTH

    Author: Tim Jackson
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Economics/Ecology
    Over the last 18 months during which the credit crunch has dominated our thinking, many people have expressed the view that business as usual is…… Read More »
    Filters and Reflections

    Filters and Reflections

    Authors: Dunne B., Hoeger E., Jahn R., Jones Z.
    Reviewer: Paul Devereux
    Category: Parapsychology / Consciousness Studies
    This anthology of seventeen papers is built around an original 2004 essay by Robert Jahn and Brenda Dunne entitled 'Sensors, Filters and the Source of…… Read More »
    MEDITATION: Self-Regulation Strategy and Altered State of Consciousness

    MEDITATION: Self-Regulation Strategy and Altered State of Consciousness

    Author: Deane H. Shapiro Jr.
    Reviewer: David Fontana
    Category: Psychology
    This is the paperback edition of a book first published in 1980, and in consequence the reader must bear in mind that the scientific study…… Read More »
    The Long Trip

    The Long Trip

    Author: Paul Devereux
    Reviewer: David Luke
    Category: Consciousness Studies / Psychedelics
    If you've ever wondered why witches used to fly around on broomsticks and what it was that Santa Claus drank that made him launch into…… Read More »
    SCIOUSNESS

    SCIOUSNESS

    Author: Jonathan Bricklin
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy
    The word in the title of his book will be unfamiliar to readers, who will be surprised to learn that it comes from William James…… Read More »
    OUT-OF-BODY AND NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES: Brain-State Phenomena or Glimpses of Immortality?

    OUT-OF-BODY AND NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES: Brain-State Phenomena or Glimpses of Immortality?

    Author: Michael N. Marsh
    Reviewer: Elena Ene D-Vasilescu
    Category: Theology & Science
    The issues presented in this book open themselves to various approaches: medical, neurological, surgical, theological, anthropological, eschatological, and epistemological – to name just a few.…… Read More »
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