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Filters and Reflections

Authors: Dunne B., Hoeger E., Jahn R., Jones Z.

Reviewer: Paul Devereux

Category: Psychology 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

Author: Deane H. Shapiro Jr.

Reviewer: David Fontana

Category: Psychology Consciousness Studies

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

Author: Paul Devereux

Reviewer: David Luke

Category: Psychology Consciousness Studies

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

Author: Jonathan Bricklin

Reviewer: David Lorimer

Category: Psychology Consciousness Studies

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?

Author: Michael N. Marsh

Reviewer: Elena Ene D-Vasilescu

Category: Psychology Consciousness Studies

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 »

A NEW SCIENCE OF THE PARANORMAL

Author: Lawrence LeShan

Reviewer: David Lorimer

Category: Psychology Consciousness Studies

The title of this review is a quotation from the 19th century scientist Gustav Fechner, and expresses the core issue of this new book by…… Read More »

THE GOLD-LEAF LADY AND OTHER PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS

Author: Stephen Braude

Reviewer: Lance St John Butler

Category: Psychology Consciousness Studies

If the SMN had medals to give out we would have to give one to Stephen Braude. In a number of books, over a number…… Read More »

LET THERE BE LIGHT

Author: Henryk Skolimowski

Reviewer: David Lorimer

Category: Philosophy Spirituality

As Henryk celebrates his 80th birthday this year, he has written what is literally his most visionary book. Beginning with his work on eco-philosophy 30…… Read More »

Atlantis, Lost Kingdom of the Andes

Author: J.M. Allen

Reviewer: Joscelyn Godwin

Category: Philosophy Spirituality

Writers on Atlantis tend to fall on one side or another of a great divide. On the one hand are the Rationalists, who try to…… Read More »

THE WESTERN ESOTERIC TRADITIONS – A HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION

Author: Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke

Reviewer: Edi Bilimoria

Category: Philosophy Spirituality

This book should display a warning message on its title page: Caution – A magnum opus: contagious reading! First and foremost what struck me forcibly…… Read More »