The Way of the Psychonaut: Encyclopedia for Inner Journeys
One of the most important books ever written about the human psyche and the spiritual quest, The Way of the Psychonaut is a tour de…… Read More »
Book Reviews
The Shape of the Soul: What Mystical Experience Tells Us about Ourselves and Reality
A favourite book title of mine is Shapes of Time, by Ken McNamara. Why? It is not just an excellent book on the dynamics of…… Read More »
A SECRET HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY: Jesus, the Last Inkling, and the Evolution of Consciousness
Does consciousness evolve and, if so, in what way and with what implications for our understanding of, say, a religious tradition's development over time? A…… Read More »
VIE DE L'ESPRIT ET RELIGIONS
I found this book in a hotel in Montsegur frequented by my friend Lars Muhl, author of The O Manuscript, reviewed in these pages three…… Read More »
THE GNOSTIC NEW AGE
Subtitled 'how a countercultural spirituality revolutionised religion from antiquity to today', this authoritative and fascinating study traces the influence of ancient Gnostic thinking on modern…… Read More »
CATAFALQUE – Carl Jung and the End of Humanity
In this radical and passionately intense work of coruscating brilliance and at times sacred indignation and scathing denunciation, Peter Kingsley places Western culture on a…… Read More »
Breathing as a Spiritual Practice
This book can be described as a daily journal written by someone on a spiritual retreat in a monastery. The author is not part of…… Read More »
Breakthrough with Breathing in Counseling and the Healing Arts
Jim Morningstar is a true pioneer in Breathwork Therapy. Since the very first attempts to use the breath in therapy in the 1970's, Morningstar has…… Read More »
HEALING WITH INFORMATION
Subtitled 'the new homeopathy', this book builds on the work of the Austrian scientist Erich Korbler (1938-1884) with whom Maria and Istvan studied and collaborated…… Read More »
Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert
This vividly written account plunges the reader straight into the author's medical crisis on her first night duty at the Cuba medical centre in northern…… Read More »