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    Celtic Wonder Tales and Other Stories

    Celtic Wonder Tales and Other Stories

    Author: Ella Young
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Mythology / Folk Tales
    A book first published in 1910 consisting of tales from Celtic myth that will appeal to a new generation of readers familiar with such lore…… Read More »
    Sermon from the Compost Pile

    Sermon from the Compost Pile

    Author: Edward F Sylvia
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality
    Subtitled 'seven steps toward creating an inner garden' this is a profound book exploring the parallels between the inner and outer realms by means of…… Read More »
    Spirit and Beauty

    Spirit and Beauty

    Author: Patrick Sherry
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Theology / Aesthetics
    Second edition of an introductory book on theological aesthetics building on the early Fathers' association of beauty with the Holy Spirit. It analyses types of…… Read More »
    Way of The I Ching

    Way of The I Ching

    Author: Stephen Karcher
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Eastern Philosophy / Divination
    Stephen Karcher is one of the world's foremost experts on the I Ching and the editor of the major new edition. Here he writes at…… Read More »
    Glorious Companions

    Glorious Companions

    Author: Richard H Schmidt
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality
    Subtitled 'five centuries of Anglican spirituality, this book looks at 29 of the most influential Anglican figures from the 16th century to the present day.…… Read More »
    At the Table of the Grail

    At the Table of the Grail

    Author: John Matthews
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality / Esoteric
    A book of essays about the Quest in general and the Grail Quest in particular. Divided into three sections, the first addresses historical commentators, the…… Read More »
    Wisdom's Book

    Wisdom's Book

    Author: Arthur Versluis
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality / Christian Theosophy
    Subtitled 'The Sophia Anthology', this is a reader with extracts from 16 writers, many of whom will be wholly unfamiliar to the general reader. The…… Read More »
    The Rediscovery of Wisdom

    The Rediscovery of Wisdom

    Author: David Conway
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy
    This is a technical book that seeks to place wisdom once more at the centre of philosophy, returning to its original roots not simply as…… Read More »
    Understanding Wisdom

    Understanding Wisdom

    Author: Warren S. Brown
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy / Psychology
    An interdisciplinary book on wisdom that is divided into three parts: sources of wisdom, scriptural and otherwise; the science of wisdom on the evolution of…… Read More »
    Buddhism: The Illustrated Guide

    Buddhism: The Illustrated Guide

    Author: Kevin Trainor
    Reviewer: Gunnel Minett
    Category: Buddhism / Religion
    This book gives a very clear and thorough overview of Buddhism. Part one presents the historical framework. Part two describes the practices and principles of…… Read More »
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