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    The Hidden Lives of Dreams

    The Hidden Lives of Dreams

    Author: Melinda Powell
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Psychology Consciousness Studies
    Melinda Powell is a psychotherapist and co-founder of the Dream Research Institute UK, so she is very well-placed to explain the world of dreams and…… Read More »
    Secret of the Alchemist

    Secret of the Alchemist

    Author: Colm Holland
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Psychology Consciousness Studies
    Many readers will have read The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, and in fact it is a gap in my own reading probably because I never…… Read More »
    Spirits, Gods and Magic

    Spirits, Gods and Magic

    Author: Jack Hunter
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Psychology Consciousness Studies
    Jack Hunter is a leading figure in the anthropology of the paranormal and supernatural, and he provides here an accessible introduction to the field. The…… Read More »
    The Multidimensional Human

    The Multidimensional Human

    Author: Kurt Leland
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Psychology Consciousness Studies
    Kurt Leland is a composer and intuitive consultant who is the author of a number of previous books including Otherwhere, which I remember reviewing quite…… Read More »
    The Dynamics of Gender and Life

    The Dynamics of Gender and Life

    Author: Stephen John Pirie
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Psychology Consciousness Studies
    Stephen is an independent thinker, and his book is subtitled 'timeless principles of quantum, fractal and natural phenomena, and human social dynamics' representing as such…… Read More »
    Consciousness as Feeling

    Consciousness as Feeling

    Author: Steve Minett
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Psychology Consciousness Studies
    This is a brilliant and significant contribution to debates on the philosophy of consciousness, drawing on a wide range of literature and proposing a new…… Read More »
    The Once and Future John

    The Once and Future John

    Author: Colum Hayward
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy Spirituality
    I reviewed an earlier series of articles on St John published in the White Eagle magazine Stella Polaris, and this new collection contains a series…… Read More »
    Conversations with Buddha

    Conversations with Buddha

    Author: Joan Duncan Oliver
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy Spirituality
    This book forms part of an accessible introductory series that provides a short biography and thematic conversations around key teachings. The biography relates his various…… Read More »
    What Was in Buddha's Left Hand?

    What Was in Buddha's Left Hand?

    Author: Ira Rechtshaffer
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy Spirituality
    Subtitled 'Tantric teachings to transform neurosis into sanity', this book draws on four decades of Buddhist study and practice along with the author's clinical experience…… Read More »
    Myth, Meaning, and Antifragile Individualism

    Myth, Meaning, and Antifragile Individualism

    Author: Marc Champagne
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy Spirituality
    This book is a critical exposition and evaluation of the ideas of Jordan Peterson, who has become very well-known in the last few years; his…… Read More »
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