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    LIVING IN A MINDFUL UNIVERSE

    LIVING IN A MINDFUL UNIVERSE

    Authors: Eben Alexander, Karen Newell
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Mind, Body & Spirit
    As readers may recall, Eben Alexander is a neurosurgeon who had a life-changing near death experience in 2008. In his third and most extensive book,…… Read More »
    SURVIVAL? DEATH AS A TRANSITION / RESONANT MIND: LIFE REVIEW IN THE NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE

    SURVIVAL? DEATH AS A TRANSITION / RESONANT MIND: LIFE REVIEW IN THE NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE

    Author: David Lorimer
    Reviewer: Larry Culliford
    Category: Consciousness & Spirituality / Parapsychology
    Members of the Network will know David Lorimer as an indefatigable Programme Director, masterly Journal Editor and prolific Book Reviewer, very likely coming to appreciate…… Read More »
    ETHICS IN THE REAL WORLD

    ETHICS IN THE REAL WORLD

    Author: Peter Singer
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Ethics/Philosophy
    Only read this clearly articulated and thought-provoking book if you are prepared to rethink your views and be put ethically on the spot – caveat…… Read More »
    A HUNGER FOR WHOLENESS

    A HUNGER FOR WHOLENESS

    Author: Ilia Delio
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Religion & Spirituality
    Ilia Delio is a Franciscan Sister who also holds the chair in theology and specialises in science and religion; I have reviewed a number of…… Read More »
    PATHS BETWEEN HEAD AND HEART

    PATHS BETWEEN HEAD AND HEART

    Author: Oliver Robinson
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Science & Spirituality
    The relationship between science and spirituality is a key issue for our time as well as a central concern of the Network. In this brilliant,…… Read More »
    THE SCIENTIST AND THE SAINT

    THE SCIENTIST AND THE SAINT

    Author: Avinash Chandra
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Science & Spirituality
    This magisterial work can be unreservedly recommended to serious students of the relationship between science, spirituality and mysticism. Immense in scope and drawing on a…… Read More »
    MY PARTNER IS DEPRESSED, WHAT CAN I DO?

    MY PARTNER IS DEPRESSED, WHAT CAN I DO?

    Author: Bronwyn Barter
    Reviewer: Gunnel Minett
    Category: Mental Health
    When someone breaks a leg, we do not hesitate to take the person to see a doctor and get help, or the leg will not…… Read More »
    THE HEALING SELF

    THE HEALING SELF

    Authors: Deepak Chopra, Rudolph E. Tanzi
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Health & Wellbeing
    This is the third joint publication by the authors, and they make a great alliance with a physician teaming up with the professor of neurology…… Read More »
    THE INFLAMED MIND

    THE INFLAMED MIND

    Author: Edward Bullmore
    Reviewer: John Kapp
    Category: Mental Health / Medicine
    The startling conclusion of this book is that depression is caused by a depressed immune system, not chemical imbalances in the brain. He says: (p.…… Read More »
    Ethics of Caring

    Ethics of Caring

    Author: Kylea Taylor
    Reviewer: Gunnel Minett
    Category: Psychotherapy / Counselling
    There has been a tremendous change in our attitudes to safety over the years. In particular, when it comes to caring for children. Many of…… Read More »
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