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    Book Reviews

    Otherworld

    Otherworld

    Author: Chris Allaun
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Unclassified
    An engaging book about establishing relationships with the spirits of the land and ecstatic techniques for creating deeper shamanic connections. Access to this page is… Read More »
    The Act of Consecration of Man

    The Act of Consecration of Man

    Author: Tom Ravetz
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Unclassified
    This book follows the format of the Communion service of the Christian Community, founded by Rudolf Steiner – gospel reading, creed, offertory, transubstantation and communion.…… Read More »

    The Little Book of Education

    Author: Wendy Ellyatt
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Unclassified
    This book flies the flag for a new kind of education grounded in flourishing that will inspire the next generation to learn about the world…… Read More »
    The Maria Thun Biodynamic Calendar 2021

    The Maria Thun Biodynamic Calendar 2021

    Authors: Maria Thun, Matthias Thun
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Unclassified
    Those familiar with this annual publication will know that it is the indispensable guide to biodynamic gardening. This year's edition contains features by Matthias on…… Read More »
    Biodynamic Beekeeping

    Biodynamic Beekeeping

    Authors: David Heaf, Matthias Thun
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Unclassified
    Matthias Thun (1948-2020) wrote this comprehensive as the fruit of 50 years of experience in keeping bees biodynamically. It covers every aspect of the craft,…… Read More »
    Confessions of a Non-Violent Revolutionary

    Confessions of a Non-Violent Revolutionary

    Author: Chris Savory
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Unclassified
    An engaging activist memoir from the 1980s vividly evoking the dissident campaigns of the time as Chris steps out of his privileged background into the…… Read More »
    Participatory Action Research

    Participatory Action Research

    Authors: Daniel J. Buckles, Jacques M. Chevalier
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Unclassified
    This comprehensive handbook about theory and methods for engaged enquiry sets the standard for the field, and is widely used in teaching action research –…… Read More »
    Flourishing As the Aim of Education

    Flourishing As the Aim of Education

    Author: Kristján Kristjánsson
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Unclassified
    These two important books have been written by my colleagues at the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, and are both rooted in Aristotelian virtue…… Read More »
    The Formation of Character in Education

    The Formation of Character in Education

    Author: James Arthur
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Unclassified
    These two important books have been written by my colleagues at the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, and are both rooted in Aristotelian virtue…… Read More »

    The Life that Never Ends

    Author: Quaker Fellowship for Afterlife Studies
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Unclassified
    This is the third such anthology containing a wide spectrum of experiences, with a number by SMN Members. When one reads such a series of…… Read More »
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