Ways to Go Beyond
Rupert Sheldrake's pioneering work in expanding science and consciousness studies will be well known to readers of this journal, and here he follows up his…… Read More »
Book Reviews
IT KEEPS ME SEEKING
Authors: Andrew Briggs, Andrew Steane, Hans Halvorson
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Science, Philosophy And Religion
This rigorous and wide-ranging discussion of central issues at the interface between science, philosophy and religion reflects the formidable intelligence and insight of the joint…… Read More »
The Poetry and Music of Science
Tom McLeish is a physicist who currently holds an interdisciplinary Chair of Natural Philosophy at the University of York, reviving the old terminology that evokes…… Read More »
Leo Tolstoy – A Very Short Introduction
This is a superb short work highlighting the essence of Tolstoy and his contribution, including specific chapters on war and peace, love, death, what Tolstoy…… Read More »
The Magical Sexual Practices of Ancient Egypt
Although 'sex is the most potent force in the universe' and sacred sexuality can be a gateway to the divine, this path has not been…… Read More »
Temenos Academy Review 21
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Arts & Culture / Literary Journal
Temenos Review is always a rich read to look forward to every year, with a wide range of articles along with extended book reviews, poetry…… Read More »
Reading – A Very Short Introduction
It is a nice form of reflexivity to be reading a book about reading, and this book does indeed make fascinating reading. It begins by…… Read More »
The Sense of Reality
Sir Isaiah Berlin was one of the leading intellectual historians of the 20th century, and this book, subtitled 'studies in ideas and their history' was…… Read More »
Homage to Political Philosophy
Subtitled 'the good society from Plato to the present', this book does not simply take a chronological approach, but intersperses detailed treatment of key Western…… Read More »
The Green Revolution
Subtitled 'narratives of politics, technology and gender', this book reviews the Green Revolution from its origins in the 1940s to its application to Africa in…… Read More »