Bill Plotkin describes himself as a wilderness guide, eco-depth psychologist, and agent of cultural regeneration. Since 1980, he has guided thousands of people on what…

Iain Davis is a journalist, author and blogger who is a frequent contributor to news media organisations. In this dense and well-informed book with over…

My first encounter with Peter Russell was at the Quaker meeting house in Cambridge in the autumn of 1978 when I was studying for my…

I reviewed the author’s previous book on the science of peak mental states – Mind to Matter – about three years ago, and here he…

This volume is a series of essays honouring the 90th birthday and life work of Stanislav Grof. They make a good case for including Stan…

Elaine Howard Ecklund is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Religion and Public Life Program at Rice University. She has been the principal investigator…

When I was studying education in Cambridge, I was lucky enough to be taught by Sir Desmond Lee, who was the editor of the Penguin…

This is a brilliant, profound and subtle contribution to the history of ideas, and more especially to questions relating to theodicy, suffering and evil. I…

This extraordinary book is the ripe fruit of a lifetime of study, spiritual practice and profound reflection on the timeless, vertical Way that we can…

Dr Peter Breggin has been called ‘the conscience of psychiatry’ for his many decades of work in the mental-health field, in particular for his criticisms…