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    The Origin of Life Patterns in the Natural Inclusion of Space in Flux

    The Origin of Life Patterns in the Natural Inclusion of Space in Flux

    Author: Alan Rayner
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Science & Philosophy
    This book is an invitation to think about life and space in a new way, shifting from abstraction, autonomy and mutual exclusion to 'natural inclusion…… Read More »
    On Trial for Reason

    On Trial for Reason

    Author: Maurice A. Finochchiaro
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Science & Religion
    This authoritative book about science, religion and culture is by specialist who has devoted a great deal of time to studying the scientific revolution and…… Read More »
    Why Trust Science?

    Why Trust Science?

    Author: Naomi Oreskes
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy Of Science
    This book is the sequel to Merchants of Doubt, the author's study of the influence of the fossil fuel industry on the climate debate. The…… Read More »
    DEFEND THE SACRED

    DEFEND THE SACRED

    Authors: Gail Davidson, Ruth Gordon
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Ecology & Spirituality
    The title of the book was also that of a gathering of international activists held in the Tamera Community of Portugal in August 2018, just…… Read More »
    The Planet Remade

    The Planet Remade

    Author: Oliver Morton
    Reviewer: Paul Kieniewicz
    Category: Science & Environment
    Oliver Morton, an award winning science writer has written extensively on planetary science. Here he offers us a new way to think about our planet,…… Read More »
    The Uninhabitable Earth

    The Uninhabitable Earth

    Author: David Wallace-Wells
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Environment
    Earth Overshoot Day 2019 - marking the day when humanity exceeds nature's renewable ecosystem resources for the year - was the earliest ever, on July…… Read More »
    THE VEILED PULSE OF TIME

    THE VEILED PULSE OF TIME

    Author: William Bryant
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Spirituality / Biography
    I imagine that every reader has at some point asked themselves if there is some underlying emergent pattern in the way their lives unfold. When…… Read More »
    DEATH - THE GATEWAY TO LIFE

    DEATH - THE GATEWAY TO LIFE

    Authors: Joanna Wilson, Shirley Firth
    Reviewer: Larry Culliford
    Category: Mind, Body & Spirit
    The papers on matters concerning Near Death Experiences collected here are drawn from the 2016 conference in Winchester, 'Is Heaven for Real?' In his 'Afterword',…… Read More »
    MIND BEYOND BRAIN

    MIND BEYOND BRAIN

    Authors: Bruce Greyson, David E. Presti, Edward F. Kelly, Emily Williams Kelly, Jim B. Tucker
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Parapsychology / Consciousness Studies
    This evidence-based book stands right behind the intent represented by the Galileo Commission and our recent report in terms of calling for a shift in…… Read More »
    THE FLIP

    THE FLIP

    Author: Jeffrey J. Kripal
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy / Consciousness Studies
    Jeffrey Kripal is Professor of Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice University and chairs the board of the Esalen Institute. He gave two brilliant and…… Read More »
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