The Myth of Maturity
This is a sensitive and practical book about 'thresholders' subtitled 'what teenagers need from parents to become adults'. The author teaches at Cambridge and draws…… Read More »
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Swedenborg's Dream Diary
Readers may be familiar with the life and work of the scientist and mystic Emanuel Swedenborg. His diary of the years 1743-1744 was published posthumously…… Read More »
The Personality Compass: A New Way to Understand People
A hands on book that builds its own fourfold division of personality types after a brief historical survey of other traditions. It classifies people into…… Read More »
As It Is
This book is a complete contrast in tone to the Jourdain dialogues although coming from the same stable. Both insist that our ordinary sense of…… Read More »
A History of Western Thought
Authors: Gunnar Skirbekk, Nils Gilje
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Philosophy / History Of Philosophy
The first English edition of what has clearly been a standard undergraduate work in Scandinavia since its publication in the early 70s. In scope but…… Read More »
On Immigration and Refugees
Here Sir Michael Dummett ventures beyond technical philosophy into a contentious area dealing with the ethical and political dilemmas raised by the treatment of immigrants…… Read More »
Rumi - Hidden Music
A new collection of Rumi poems arranged thematically, covering the Path, the Secret, Hidden Treasure and other central spiritual themes. The poems are sensitively translated…… Read More »
Your Shamanic Path: Ancient Wisdom for the 21st Century
Leo Rutherford is one of the best-known writers on shamanism. This book contains an engaging autobiographical introduction followed by an overview of shamanism and a…… Read More »
A Short Course in the Philosophy of Religion
An introductory book that sets the study of philosophy of religion in our current historical context with chapter on history itself, the significance of subjectivity…… Read More »
For Those with Little Dust
Arthur Osborne is well-known as the author of a number of books editing the teaching of Sri Ramana Maharshi. This one is different and gives…… Read More »