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    Awakening and Insight

    Awakening and Insight

    Authors: Polly Young-Eisendrath, Shoji Muramoto
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Psychology / Buddhism
    This book explores the interface between Zen Buddhism and (mainly Jungian) psychotherapy, and arose from a conference in Japan. The 17 essays cover a wide…… Read More »
    The Spirit of Peace - Teachings on Love, Compassion & Everyday

    The Spirit of Peace - Teachings on Love, Compassion & Everyday

    Author: The Dalai Lama
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality / Buddhism
    The most beautifully produced of all the books on the Dalai Lama's teaching and one that covers the essentials in terms of wisdo, faith, the…… Read More »
    Life Lessons

    Life Lessons

    Author: Dave Pelzer
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Self Help / Personal Development
    A pocket book of valuable advice on how to cope with life's downs by a man who has had more than his fair share. The…… Read More »
    The Variety of Dream Experience

    The Variety of Dream Experience

    Authors: Claire Limmer, Montague Ullman
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Psychology / Dream Studies
    Second edition of this highly acclaimed interdisciplinary volume, subtitled 'expanding our ways of working with dreams'. Begins with a section on group dream work, moving…… Read More »
    Mind Science

    Mind Science

    Author: Charles T. Tart
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Consciousness & Meditation
    This book is based on a meditation workshop given by Charley at the Tucson Consciousness conference in 1998. As such, it retains a live and…… Read More »
    Seeing Ghosts, Experiences of the Paranormal

    Seeing Ghosts, Experiences of the Paranormal

    Author: Hilary Evans
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Parapsychology
    This is quite simply the definitive book on ghosts written so far, examining all aspects of the phenomenon. The author begins by carefully distinguishing various…… Read More »
    Investigating the Paranormal

    Investigating the Paranormal

    Author: Tony Cornell
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Psychical Research
    A first-rate book by a researcher of 50 years standing summarising his work and the conclusions he draws from it. The book is divided into…… Read More »
    Family Desk Reference to Psychology

    Family Desk Reference to Psychology

    Author: Chuck T Falcon
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Psychology
    An astonishing amount of sound advice on a multitude of topics can be found in this book, which runs to over 500 pages with over…… Read More »
    Moments of Meeting, Buber, Rogers and the Potential for Public

    Moments of Meeting, Buber, Rogers and the Potential for Public

    Authors: Kenneth N Cissna, Rob Anderson
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy / Psychology
    There has been much interest in dialogue following the interest of David Bohm; and indeed the Network has favoured dialogue over confrontational debate for nearly…… Read More »
    On the True Philosopher

    On the True Philosopher

    Author: Stephen McNeilly
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy / History Of Ideas
    A new book of essays on Swedenborg, who has been largely marginalised within the history of Western science and philosophy. There are two essays relating…… Read More »
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