Why Can't We Be More Like Trees?
A Greener Lens
There are many books now calling for a recovery of the indigenous wisdom that everything is alive, conscious and interconnected. A new development, though, is…… Read More »
Book Reviews
Holomovement
Authors: Emanuel Kuntzelman, Jill Robinson
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Futures Studies Economics Ecology
Towards a Healing Wholeness
This is in many ways a companion volume emanating from the same publisher as The Great Upshift launched in December and edited by Ervin Laszlo…… Read More » 
Consciousness-Based Psychology
Authors: Michael Miovic, Soumitra Basu
Reviewer: Natalie Tobert
Category: Psychology Consciousness Studies
Sri Aurobindo'S Vision of Yoga, Health and Transpersonal Growth
This book is written by two practising psychiatrists: one Indian and one American. Both honour the philosophy of Sri Aurobindo: they claim he is an…… Read More » 
Breaking the Spell of Disenchantment
Individuation and Reenchantment
This fascinating study takes as its point of departure the famous 1917 lecture by Max Weber Science as a Vocation, the argument of which helped…… Read More » 
Philosophy and Psychedelics
Reviewer: Damian Spendel
Category: Psychology Consciousness Studies
Psychedelics and Possibility
“Philosophy and Psychedelics - Frameworks” is a valuable piece of literature that has emerged after the “decade of the brain”, advances in neuroscience, the responses…… Read More » 
BEYOND MATTER
Transformative Research
Dr Oliver Lazar has written a landmark book combining his personal journey involving remarkable spiritual experiences and a subsequent research programme on the accuracy of…… Read More » 
Embodied Self Awakening
Ancient Wisdom For Modern Use
The author of this book is a former dancer, licensed somatic psychotherapist, trauma specialist, yoga teacher and ‘heart-centred activist’. She has developed a holistic healing…… Read More » 
FUGUE
Climate, Collapse and Contemplation
Until I open this profoundly reflective book on the cause of the causes of the unfolding global catastrophe and how the contemplative’s spiritual life may…… Read More » 
Valentin Tomberg and the Ecclesia Universalis
Christian Hermeticism
I recently reviewed (PE 142) Harrie Salman’s excellent comparative spiritual biography of Peter Deunov and Rudolf Steiner as Christian mystics. In this biography of Valentin…… Read More » 
Mary Magdalene Unveiled
Further Evidence In Support of Mary Magdalene
Mary Magdalene Unveiled: Hidden Sources Restore her Broken Image by Annine van der Meer was first published in Dutch in 2021 and translated by the…… Read More »