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    Bees and the Ancient Mysteries

    Bees and the Ancient Mysteries

    Author: Iwer Thor Lorenzen
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Nature/Spirituality
    Another remarkable short book from the Steiner tradition with a pertinent foreword observing how we have industrialised the bee along with everything else so that…… Read More »
    The Secrets of Bees

    The Secrets of Bees

    Author: Michael Weiler
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Nature/Science
    If you want to know about the life-cycle and development of the bee, this is the book for you, written by an expert biodynamic beekeeper…… Read More »
    The Discrete Charm of the Machine

    The Discrete Charm of the Machine

    Author: Ken Steiglitz
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Technology & Society
    This book explains the genesis and development of the transformation from analogue to digital representing a shift from continuous to discrete in terms of 0…… Read More »
    Goethe and Steiner as Pioneers of Emergence

    Goethe and Steiner as Pioneers of Emergence

    Author: Frederick Amrine
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy Of Mind / Emergence
    Although short, this essay provides some significant insights into the evolution of the concept of emergence, grounding it in a qualitative holistic understanding. Like Andrew…… Read More »
    Thinking About Technology

    Thinking About Technology

    Author: Gil Germain
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy Of Technology
    In the first sentence of this stimulating book, the author observes that thinking about technology is not the same as thinking technologically, by which he…… Read More »
    Where are we Heading?

    Where are we Heading?

    Author: Ian Hodder
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Archaeology / Anthropology / Philosophy Of Technology
    Ian Hodder is an archaeologist who is professor of anthropology at Stamford, and brings an unusual turn of mind to his discussion of the evolution…… Read More »
    Rediscovering Darwin

    Rediscovering Darwin

    Author: David Loye
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Science & Evolution
    As was also the case with Newton, Darwin's influence was subject to the larger currents of his time and key phrases such as the survival…… Read More »
    DEEPER THAN INDIGO

    DEEPER THAN INDIGO

    Author: Jenny Balfour Paul
    Reviewer: Michael Tobert
    Category: Consciousness & Spirituality
    Deeper than Indigo is two stories. Primarily it's the story of Thomas Machell, an indigo planter (among other things), who kicked around India (among other…… Read More »
    THE AMERICAN TRAJECTORY – Divine or Demonic?

    THE AMERICAN TRAJECTORY – Divine or Demonic?

    Author: David Ray Griffin
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Politics / History
    This penetrating analysis constitutes the background or 'prequel' to David's book Bush and Cheney: How they Ruined America and the World, reviewed in No 126…… Read More »
    THE VISIONARY SPIRIT

    THE VISIONARY SPIRIT

    Author: Mick Collins
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Mind, Body & Spirit
    This is the sequel to the author's The Unselfish Spirit of 2014 and is subtitled 'awakening to the imaginal realm in the Transformocene Age' -…… Read More »
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