WHAT THE CURLEW SAID
Last autumn I was privileged to give the first John Moriarty Memorial lecture at the Clifden Arts Festival in Connemara. We landed at Shannon airport…… Read More »
Book Reviews
Let Them Eat Junk
Three years ago I reviewed a major book by Thomas Campbell called The China Study, which tracked a large number of Chinese people in terms…… Read More »
As a trainee psychiatrist during the 60s, I was required to make some study of psychology. I remember being particularly impressed by the Repertory Grid,…… Read More »
The Shamanic Way of the Bee
The key feature of initiation is death and rebirth. In this extraordinary epic, Simon Buxton takes us through the various ordeals through which he passed.…… Read More »
ZEN BRAIN REFLECTIONS
It was with great pleasure that I unpacked my copy of Zen Brain Reflections. This is Jim Austin's second book, following Zen and the Brain…… Read More »
The Power of Premonitions
Larry Dossey is the author of a series of groundbreaking books written in the last three decades – I first read his Space, Time and…… Read More »
THE END OF MATERIALISM
Charley Tart will be known to many readers and some may even remember his superb talk at the first Beyond the Brain conference in Cambridge…… Read More »
The Participatory Turn: Spirituality, Mysticism, Religious Studies
Authors: Jacob H Sherman, Jorge N Ferrer
Reviewer: Chris Clarke
Category: Psychology Consciousness Studies
In 1991 Richard Tarnas ended his The Passion of the Western Mind with an essentially hopeful assessment of the point that humanity had reached after…… Read More »
The Jesus Mystery: Astonishing Clues to the True Identities of Jesus and Paul
In this book the Swedish author and film-maker Lena Einhorn presents a new and quite different hypothesis about the origin of Christianity. By examining contemporary…… Read More »
SCIENCE & RELIGION AT THE CROSS ROADS
For many members of the SMN the Holy Grail of philosophy is some vision of the unity of science and spirituality. In this book Frank…… Read More »