Seeking Wisdom – A Spiritual Manifesto Larry Culliford (SMN) University of Buckingham Press 2018, 124 pp., £7.99, p/b. Larry is a writer, physician and psychiatrist who was also one of the founding members of the Spirituality and Psychiatry special interest in the Royal College of Psychiatrists. In our time of […]
Book Review
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Staff and members of The Scientific and Medical Network have been reviewing new publications since its inception. Many of these have appeared in its publications the Network Review and, more recently, Paradigm Explorer.
By Paul Kieniewicz Back in 1975 I ran a bookshop called “The Gateway” in Ojai, California: Books for Mind Body and Spirit. Meanwhile on this side of the Atlantic the Scientific and Medical Network was taking shape. In those days, the Network was a group of scientists and doctors brought […]
Ultimate Questions David Lorimer COSMOSAPIENS John Hands Duckworth, 2015, 704 pp., £30, h/b – ISBN 978-0-715-649558 10 years in the making, this tour de force is a critical examination of scientific theories and evidence – systematic observation or experiment – about the origin and evolution of matter, life, consciousness and […]
Hope and Grace: Spiritual Experiences in Severe Distress, Illness and Dying by Monika Renz Reviewed by David Lorimer This book follows on from the one I reviewed this time last year – Death – a Transition. It is a study of spiritual experiences in severe distress, illness and dying based on […]
Dying to Wake Up: A Doctor’s Voyage into the Afterlife and the Wisdom He Brought Back by Dr Rajiv Parti with Paul Perry Reviewed by David Lorimer This extraordinary story joins the likes of Proof of Heaven by Dr Eben Alexander and Dying to be Me by Anita Moorjani as […]
The Self Does Not Die: Verified Paranormal Phenomena from Near-Death Experiences by Titus Rivas, Annie Dirven and Rudolf H. Smit Reviewed by Eben Alexander True open-minded skepticism is our greatest ally in trying to better understand the mind-brain connection as it is revealed through the extraordinary lens of near-death experiences […]
The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life by Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg & Tom Pyszczynski Reviewed by Beata Bishop The title comes from William James, the worm is death, and the central theme and claim of this extraordinary book is the terror of death being the […]
After Lives: A Guide to Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory by John Casey Reviewed by David Lorimer The Myth of an Afterlife: The Case against Life After Death Edited by Michael Martin and Keith Augustine Reviewed by David Lorimer An Atheist in […]
Intelligence in the Flesh: Why Your Mind Needs Your Body Much More Than it Thinks by Guy Claxton Reviewed by Olly Robinson The work I do as an academic is really rather unhealthy. It involves countless hours of staring at computer screens, tapping away at keyboards, with my eyes and body […]
A New Psychology of Human Well – Being: An Exploration of the Influence of Ego – Soul Dynamics On Mental and Physical Health by Richard Barrett Reviewed by David Lorimer Much contemporary discussion of well-being has focused on happiness, although the work of Martin Seligman in positive psychology has extended to […]