Authors: Michael Miovic, Soumitra Basu
Reviewer: Natalie Tobert
Category: Psychology Consciousness Studies
Sri Aurobindo'S Vision of Yoga, Health and Transpersonal Growth
This book is written by two practising psychiatrists: one Indian and one American. Both honour the philosophy of Sri Aurobindo: they claim he is an…… Read More » Individuation and Reenchantment
This fascinating study takes as its point of departure the famous 1917 lecture by Max Weber Science as a Vocation, the argument of which helped…… Read More » Reviewer: Damian Spendel
Category: Psychology Consciousness Studies
Psychedelics and Possibility
“Philosophy and Psychedelics - Frameworks” is a valuable piece of literature that has emerged after the “decade of the brain”, advances in neuroscience, the responses…… Read More » Transformative Research
Dr Oliver Lazar has written a landmark book combining his personal journey involving remarkable spiritual experiences and a subsequent research programme on the accuracy of…… Read More » Authors: Christine Hauskeller, Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes
Reviewer: Gunnel Minett
Category: Psychology Consciousness Studies
A New Look At Psychedelic Drugs
Ways to achieve altered states of consciousness have been known to mankind throughout human history: initially via sacred rituals, usually performed by specially initiated people,…… Read More » Arguments For Immortality
David Ray Griffin made his name in process philosophy and parapsychology before unexpectedly becoming engaged in writing a series of forensic studies about 9/11, which…… Read More » A Sacred Contract
Benig has written a profoundly reflective book on healing, weaving together her own life and therapeutic work, where a key insight is that ‘healing lies…… Read More » Authors: Frédérique Apffel-Marglin, Stefano Varese
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Psychology Consciousness Studies
The New Animism
Readers may have noted my review of Initiated by Spirits in the last issue, along with Frédérique’s corresponding article. In it, I noted the fundamental…… Read More » Old Me > New Me
This engaging book by a cognitive neuroscientist tells the story of the author’s ‘flip’ from diehard materialist to open-minded seeker who comes to adopt a…… Read More » Authors: Alan Sanderson, Edith Fiore
Reviewer: Natalie Tobert
Category: Psychology Consciousness Studies
London Psychiatrist Talks to Spirits
Alan Sanderson was a practising psychiatrist, who used hypnosis to engage with his patients, in order to explore their memories, including those of previous lives.…… Read More »