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    Re-Enchantment

    Re-Enchantment

    Author: Jeffery Paine
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Tibetan Buddhism / Spirituality
    A gripping story that starts with Thomas Merton's visit to Tibet in 1968 at a time when very little was known about Tibetan Buddhism. It…… Read More »
    Free Will - A very short introduction

    Free Will - A very short introduction

    Author: Thomas Pink
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy
    Another excellent little book in this series that deals with the central philosophical and ethical questions arising from the notion of free will. It provides…… Read More »
    The Spirit of Success

    The Spirit of Success

    Author: Norman Drummond
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Personal Development / Leadership
    Subtitled 'How to connect your heart to your head in work and life', this book draws on the author's unusually wide range of experience as…… Read More »
    Good as New: A Radical Retelling of the Scriptures

    Good as New: A Radical Retelling of the Scriptures

    Author: John Henson
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Religion & Spirituality
    This version of the New Testament certainly lives up to its title and is described by the Archbishop of Canterbury as 'a presentation of extraordinary…… Read More »
    Conversing with Paradise

    Conversing with Paradise

    Author: Brian Keeble
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality / Sacred Traditions
    Access to this page is restricted to Members and Friends of the Scientific and Medical Network Only. Please log in or become a member to… Read More »
    The Divine Milieu

    The Divine Milieu

    Author: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality / Theology
    A new translation of what is widely regarded as Teilhard de Chardin's spiritual masterpiece, written in 1926-7 but remaining censored and unpublished until after his…… Read More »
    It So Happened That

    It So Happened That

    Author: Ramesh S Balsekar
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality / Eastern Philosophy
    Ramesh Baksekar is a teacher of Advaita and student of the great teacher Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, who directed him to teach in 1982. Balsekar was…… Read More »
    The Ultimate Understanding

    The Ultimate Understanding

    Author: Ramesh S Balsekar
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality & Philosophy
    Balsekar's teaching is that of Advaita and here he takes as his point of departure the Taoist teaching of Wei Wu Wei (alias an Irish…… Read More »
    The Teachers of One

    The Teachers of One

    Author: Paula Marvelly
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality / Non Duality / Advaita Vedanta
    Subtitled 'Living Advaita, conversations on the nature of non-duality', this is a book of interviews with living teachers of Advaita from around the world, many…… Read More »
    Pure Unlimited Love

    Pure Unlimited Love

    Author: Sir John Templeton
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality / Love
    A short reflective essay from Sir John divided into short sections in answer to a number of questions and headings about the nature of his…… Read More »
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