REQUIEM FOR A SPECIES
Subtitled 'why we resist the truth about climate change', the title says it all. Are we in fact doomed? Even Lord Rees, the immediate past…… Read More »
Book Reviews
THE SNAKE, THE DRAGON AND THE TREE
Those of us who are interested in dreams, especially in those that have been painted by an analysand, are greatly indebted to Anne Bosch for…… Read More »
JUNG THE MYSTIC: THE ESOTERIC DIMENSIONS OF CARL JUNG'S LIFE AND TEACHINGS
The creative Gary Lachman is famous for several reasons. During his early career (1974-1981) in the music business, he was, as his autobiography New York…… Read More »
Waking from Sleep
Waking from Sleep, Steve Taylor's third book, was composed over a period of thirteen years. The book is as much about the author's vision of…… Read More »
IS THERE LIFE AFTER DEATH? THE EXTRAORDINARY SCIENCE OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE
This book has a rather similar title and cover illustration to my Is There an Afterlife?, and appeared shortly after its publication, so naturally I…… Read More »
A Story Waiting to Pierce You
This slim volume by Peter Kingsley seems to have one or two possible effects on the reader. The first response is to say "yes" to…… Read More »
ABSENCE OF MIND
These Yale University Terry Lectures on religion in the light of science and philosophy are subtitled 'the dispelling of inwardness from the modern myth of…… Read More »
COMING HOME
Many readers will be familiar with the work of Richard Tarnas, who endorses this book by saying that it is necessary reading for our time,…… Read More »
THE BEGINNING OF ALL THINGS
Hans Küng and Keith Ward are among the best informed and most brilliant commentators on the science and religion interface writing today. Küng is perhaps…… Read More »
Science & Religious Experience
These books attempt to reconcile science and religion. The manner of their failure illustrates the cultural dilemma of the 21st century. The most persuasive is…… Read More »