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    The Afterlife Codes: Searching for Evidence of the Survival of the Soul

    The Afterlife Codes: Searching for Evidence of the Survival of the Soul

    Author: Susy Smith
    Reviewer: David Fontana
    Category: Parapsychology / Survival Studies
    There is no shortage of books by mediums. They range from the purely anecdotal to thoughtful attempts - such as those by Eileen Garrett -…… Read More »
    Heart Without Measure

    Heart Without Measure

    Author: Ravi Ravindra
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality
    Spiritual truths are often too simple for the discursive rational mind, that adjunct of the ego, the limited, fragmented and conditioned part of ourselves that…… Read More »
    IN SEARCH OF THE UNITIVE VISION

    IN SEARCH OF THE UNITIVE VISION

    Author: Seymour B Ginsburg
    Reviewer: Tilo Ulbricht
    Category: Spirituality
    Is it possible to take Theosophy seriously? Is it possible to take seriously someone who does take it seriously? An Indian theosophist, Mrs Chakravarti, became…… Read More »
    Radical Nature

    Radical Nature

    Author: Christian de Quincey
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy / Consciousness Studies
    In Radical Nature, Christian de Quincey has already written a seminal book and there are two more volumes to come! I was speaking to Brian…… Read More »
    SPIRITUALITY AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE: REDISCOVERING A 'FORGOTTEN' DIMENSION

    SPIRITUALITY AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE: REDISCOVERING A 'FORGOTTEN' DIMENSION

    Author: John Swinton
    Reviewer: Julian Candy
    Category: Spirituality
    The author of this timely study, who comes from a background in psychiatric nursing and hospital chaplaincy, is currently a lecturer in Practical Theology at…… Read More »
    Body Psychotherapy

    Body Psychotherapy

    Author: Tree Stanton
    Reviewer: Gunnel Minett
    Category: Psychotherapy
    This book is the first in a series of books dealing with Advancing Theory in Therapy. The focus of this volume is Body Psychotherapy, a…… Read More »
    The Psycho Immunology of Cancer

    The Psycho Immunology of Cancer

    Authors: C.E. Lewis, J. Barraclough, R.M. O'Brien
    Reviewer: Bart van der Lugt
    Category: Medicine Health
    The contents of this book (first edition 1994) deal on the relationships between psychological variables, the immune system, and cancer growth. In the last few…… Read More »
    UNDERSTANDING THE PLACEBO EFFECT IN COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE

    UNDERSTANDING THE PLACEBO EFFECT IN COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE

    Author: David Peters
    Reviewer: Max Mackay James
    Category: Complementary Medicine
    Who can we trust these days in alternative medicine? What are we to believe? We think we know that something different goes on in complementary…… Read More »
    Darwin's Lost Theory of Love

    Darwin's Lost Theory of Love

    Author: David Loye
    Reviewer: Martin Lockley
    Category: Science
    Fed up with the same old Darwinian story? Organisms, including humans, only survive if proved the fittest winners in relentless competition. Darwin's Lost Theory of…… Read More »
    WHO RULES IN SCIENCE

    WHO RULES IN SCIENCE

    Author: James Robert Brown
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy Of Science
    I remember Willis Harman quoting someone saying that 'philosophy of science is to scientists what ornithology is to birds'. Most scientists simply want to get…… Read More »
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