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    Appreciating Dreams

    Appreciating Dreams

    Author: Montague Ullman M.D.
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Dreams / Psychology
    Originally published in 1996, this is an authoritative book on the group approach to dreams, based on the author's long experience. It presents a comprehensive…… Read More »
    A Brief History of Modern Psychology

    A Brief History of Modern Psychology

    Author: Ludy T Benjamin Jr.
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Psychology
    If one defines modern psychology by what is taught in universities, then this brief history is complete. However, this means that there are large gaps…… Read More »
    A Pocket Guide to Ethical Issues

    A Pocket Guide to Ethical Issues

    Author: Andrew Goddard
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Ethics / Religion
    The author of this highly informative book is an Anglican priest who teaches ethics at a theological college in Oxford. He begins by observing how…… Read More »
    Persephone Wakes

    Persephone Wakes

    Author: Jack Junius
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Fiction / Consciousness Studies
    Subtitled 'of minds, machines and immortality', this is a novel set in the far future in which a conscious android, Persephone, creates problems with her…… Read More »
    Alone in the World?

    Alone in the World?

    Author: J. Wentzel Van Huyssteen
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Science & Religion
    This is a series of Gifford lectures about human uniqueness in science and theology, specifically in the fields of theological anthropology and paleoanthropology. The author…… Read More »
    The Essential Gnostic Gospels

    The Essential Gnostic Gospels

    Author: Alan Jacobs
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Religion / Spirituality / Gnosticism
    Alan Jacobs is a very good guide and translator this selection of the gnostic gospels. As a poet and mystic himself (he is the editor…… Read More »
    Truth and Fiction in the Da Vinci Code

    Truth and Fiction in the Da Vinci Code

    Author: Bert D Ehrman
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Religion / History
    Written by a scholar of the early Church and the life of Jesus, this book unearths what we actually know about Jesus, Mary Magdalene and…… Read More »
    The Blade of Grass and the Footprint of the Calf

    The Blade of Grass and the Footprint of the Calf

    Author: Raymond Reichman-Israelsohn
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality / Vedic Tradition
    Writing out of the Vedic tradition of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the author of this subtle book takes on the impossible task of describing the infinite…… Read More »
    Wild Love

    Wild Love

    Author: Gill Edwards
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality / Self Help
    The 'wild' in the title of this book signifies authentic, genuine. Its main argument is that whenever we try to be good or expect others…… Read More »
    The Intimate Merton

    The Intimate Merton

    Authors: Jonathan Montaldo, Patrick Hart
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality
    This book abridges the seven volumes of Thomas Merton's journals, offering a glimpse into his life and the deeper currents of his thought. Due to…… Read More »
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