Death, the Last God: A Modern Book of the Dead by Anne Geraghty Reviewed by David Lorimer I am writing this, appropriately, on the 25th anniversary of my father’s death in 1991, just before our annual Mystics and Scientists Conference – the only one I have missed in over 30 […]
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The Brain: The Story of You by David Eagleman Reviewed by Robert Charman Dr Eagleman directs the Laboratory for Perception and Action and the Initiative on Neuroscience and Law at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston. His research interests are neuroplasticity, time perception, synaesthesia, visual illusions and the developing field of neurolaw […]
Infinite Awareness: The Awakening of a Scientific Mind by Marjorie Hines Woollacott Reviewed by David Lorimer Marjorie Woollacott has been a neuroscience professor at the University of Oregon for over thirty years and a meditator for even longer. Following the work of Eben Alexander and Pim van Lommel, who contributes the foreword, […]
Rewilding Our Hearts: Building Pathways of Compassion and Coexistence by Marc Bekoff Reviewed by Martin Lockley Marc Bekoff, professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder is a “gentle” man. He is quite famous as a tireless animal rights activist who approaches his calling, with positive, firm, […]
Love, Fear and the Destiny of Nations by Richard Barrett Reviewed by David Lorimer Richard is Founder and Chairman of the Barrett Values Centre and former Values Coordinator at the World Bank. Here he provides a historical overview and prospect on the impact of the evolution of human consciousness on world […]
An Introduction to Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy by Damian Hamill Reviewed by Chris Allen What if I’m in deep trance and the hypnotist has a heart attack and is unable to awaken me? Will I be stuck there? And if so, what will become of me? What if the hypnotist tries […]
Alexander Vonlanthen is the Swiss Joao de Deus reviewed by Reinhold Ritter Alexander Vonlanthen Der Weg zur Quelle der eigenen Kraft: Freiheit im Licht, Sein, Jetzt www.metacenter.ch, 2011, 190 pp., hardcover, ISBN 978-3-905922-03-5 Alexander Vonlanthen: Ein Leben zwischen Himmel und Erde A documentary by Rolf Dietrich www.metacenter.ch, 2014, 61 min., […]
Acoustic Technics (Postphenomenology and the Philosophy of Technology) by Don Ihde Reviewed by Nicola Miller “For every change in a ‘world’ there is a corresponding change in the experiencer—the embodied human perceiver” From simple tools used by our ancient ancestors to the vast array of ‘tools’ or instruments familiar to […]
Spiritually Incorrect Enlightenment: Book Two of The Enlightenment Trilogy by Jed McKenna Reviewed by David Lorimer This rather striking image conveys something of the tone of what the author calls the unadorned reality of the awakening process, in contrast to the spiritual merry-go-round that he thinks is simply a distraction from […]