The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Mindfulness Edited by A. Ie, C.T. Ngnoumen, and E.J. Langer Reviewed by Dr Alison Armstrong This edited two volume handbook is written by academics, for academics. It is probably not very accessible to the lay reader, and it is presenting theoretical and empirical ideas and research, […]
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The Root of War is Fear: Thomas Merton’s Advice to Peacemakers by Jim Forest Reviewed by David Lorimer In the final chapter of this powerful and inspiring book, Jim Forest, himself a lifelong peacemaker who met Thomas Merton as a young man, comments that ‘we now find ourselves in a state […]
Belief without Borders: Inside the Minds of the Spiritual but not Religious by Linda A. Mercadante Reviewed by Oliver Robinson There is a demographic revolution going on in the Western world. Several decades back, the label of ‘spiritual but not religious’ (SBNR) did not exist. Now surveys suggest that up to […]
Beyond the Robot: The Life and Work of Colin Wilson by Gary Lachman Reviewed by Nicholas Colloff What if the world ‘as it really is’ is the one you see when in your most joyous state of mind? When your perception reaches out and dances; and, everything you see, even the […]
PROPHET FOR OUR TIMES: The Life & Teachings of Peter Deunov Edited by David Lorimer (SMN) Foreword by Dr Wayne W. Dyer Reviewed by Edi Bilmoria This book presents us with a nosegay of the teachings of one whom Einstein said, ‘All the world renders homage to me and I […]
The Truth about Cancer by Ty M. Bollinger Reviewed by David Lorimer The Cancer Revolution – Integrative Medicine – the Future of Cancer Care: Your Guide to Integrating Complementary and Conventional Medicine by Patricia Peat and 37 expert contributors Reviewed by David Lorimer The debate about […]
The Collapse of Materialism: Visions of Science, Dreams of God by Philip Comella Reviewed by David Lorimer The ideology of scientific materialism not only dominates science, but has far-reaching implications for society as well. Yet, since the 1930s, leading physicists have asserted the primacy of mind and consciousness, while our […]
The Metaphysics of Technology (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought) by David Skrbina Reviewed as David Lorimer I met David Skribina at the 80th birthday celebrations for Henryk Skolimowski in Poland – they had been colleagues together in the philosophy department at the University of Michigan, and Henryk’s influence is […]
The Secret Teachers of the Western World by Gary Lachman Reviewed by Nicholas Colloff An apocryphal story has Picasso confronted on a train by a man waving a photograph of his wife under his nose declaiming, “Why do you not paint things as they are? Like this’’. “You mean small, […]
An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Education by Tony Little Reviewed by David Lorimer Some readers may know that Tony Little has just retired as Head Master of Eton College – this very engaging book is his formal educational swansong, although he will still be involved in many aspects of education, and […]