NEWS & VIEWS: REVIEWS
Irreducible: Consciousness, Life, Computers and Human Nature
Richard Gault reviews a new book by one of the leading lights of the science of consciousness
An Irish Atlantic Rainforest
Peter Mabey reviews a new book by Eoghan Daltun which presents an inspiring example of individual action in the face of climate change
Wild Service: Why Nature Needs You
Charlotte Maberly reviews a new book that argues that it is only by including human beings in nature that we can preserve it
Love Will Not Be Idle: Mysticism and Activism
Jane Clark reports on a conference put on by the Mystical Theology Network in March this year, and talks to its organiser, Dr Louise Nelstrop
Book Review: “Work: A Deep History” by James Suzman
Richard Gault reviews a new book which takes a radical approach to contemporary work culture
The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth
Jane Clark | reviews a book about the effects of climate change on the great boreal forest at the top of the world
Book Review: “Sacred Nature” by Karen Armstrong
Richard Gault presents a book which urges us to radically rethink our relationship with the natural world
Book Review: “Metaphysical Animals” by Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman
Keith Hammond reviews a book about four remarkable women who brought meaning back into philosophy
Book Review: “The Matter with Things” by Iain McGilchrist
Richard Gault reviews the magnum opus of an extraordinary thinker who lays out a detailed argument for the unity of the world
The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis by Amitav Ghosh
Christopher Ryan | reviews an insightful new book on climate change by the distinguished novelist
Review: Dante’s Divine Comedy: a Guide for the Spiritual Journey
Barbara Vellacott | reviews a new book by Mark Vernon which guides us through Dante’s epic poem canto by canto
Review: The Ark in the Flood of Time
Richard Gault | reviews three epic tales from a master storyteller
Review: Finding the Mother Tree
David Hyams | reviews Suzanne Simard’s book about the intelligence and cooperative behaviour of trees
Review: Silicon
Richard Gault | reviews the autobiography of Federico Faggin, the man who invented the silicon chip, who is now putting forward a new theory of consciousness
Making Paradise: Exploring the Concept of Eden
Jane Clark | visits the Making Paradise exhibition at the Aga Khan Centre in London, which explores our notions of Eden as a place of peace and tranquillity
Review: The Great Re-Think
Richard Gault | reviews the latest book by Colin Tudge, which lays out a new vision for agriculture and farming based upon principles of unity and compassion
Dante, Erotic Love and the Path to God
Mark Vernon | On the 700-year anniversary of The Divine Comedy, Mark Vernon explores a pivotal moment of transformation in the Purgatorio in which Dante gets a glimpse of the vastness of Divine Love
Dom Sylvester Houédard: tantric poetries
Charles Verey | A review of an exhibition of work done in the 1960s and 70s by the remarkable monk/poet, whose lifework was to develop a universal form of spirituality.
Free, Fair and Alive
Michael Dunwell | This inspiring book by David Bollier and Silke Helfrich explores in depth the theory and practice of ‘The Commons’ – a new way of thinking about economics that is not based upon the individual per se, but recognises the deep connections between our own interests and well-being of others.
A Secret History of Christianity
Johnathan Sunley | Mark Vernon’s new book draws upon the ideas of Owen Barfield, ‘the last Inkling’, to give us a deeper perspective not only on Christianity but also on the way that human consciousness and spirituality has evolved. In the contemporary world, he argues, “we must be mystics”.
Consciousness and the Computer
Richard Gault | Jeremy Naydler’s book In the Shadow of the Machine: The Prehistory of the Computer and the Evolution of Consciousness is an erudite and insightful exploration of digital technology and its philosophical/spiritual meaning.
Underland: A Deep Time Journey
Barbara Vellacott | Robert Macfarlane’s latest book takes us to extraordinary places deep under the earth, bringing together the physical, psychological and spiritual dimensions of the journey into darkness.
Works and Days: Simone Fattal at MoMA PSI
Michael Hornsby | Strength and fragility come to the fore in the Syrian-Lebanese artist’s mythology-laden retrospective in New York.
Henry Moore’s “Helmet Heads”
Johnathan Sunley | An exhibition at the Wallace Collection in London displays this remarkable series of sculptures for the first time, exploring the complex relationship between inner and outer, container and contained.
St Cuthbert of Farne
Kathy Tiernan | talks to Jane Clark about her latest book on the great Northumbrian saint and why she feels that St Cuthbert still has relevance for us in the 21st century.
Sacred Number and Its ‘Incarnation’ through Geometry
Tom Bree | The practice of geometry uses the visible forms of this world to point towards something beyond sight, bringing our rational and intuitive faculties into harmony.
Civilisations: A Personal View
Johnathan Sunley | A review of the BBC’s 2018 series. This presented a cornucopia of artistic achievement from all over the world, but in the end it failed to see “the one in the play of the many”.
Irreducible: Consciousness, Life, Computers and Human Nature
Richard Gault reviews a new book by one of the leading lights of the science of consciousness
An Irish Atlantic Rainforest
Peter Mabey reviews a new book by Eoghan Daltun which presents an inspiring example of individual action in the face of climate change
Wild Service: Why Nature Needs You
Charlotte Maberly reviews a new book that argues that it is only by including human beings in nature that we can preserve it
Love Will Not Be Idle: Mysticism and Activism
Jane Clark reports on a conference put on by the Mystical Theology Network in March this year, and talks to its organiser, Dr Louise Nelstrop
Book Review: “Work: A Deep History” by James Suzman
Richard Gault reviews a new book which takes a radical approach to contemporary work culture
The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth
Jane Clark | reviews a book about the effects of climate change on the great boreal forest at the top of the world
Book Review: “Sacred Nature” by Karen Armstrong
Richard Gault presents a book which urges us to radically rethink our relationship with the natural world
Book Review: “Metaphysical Animals” by Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman
Keith Hammond reviews a book about four remarkable women who brought meaning back into philosophy
Book Review: “The Matter with Things” by Iain McGilchrist
Richard Gault reviews the magnum opus of an extraordinary thinker who lays out a detailed argument for the unity of the world
The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis by Amitav Ghosh
Christopher Ryan | reviews an insightful new book on climate change by the distinguished novelist
Review: Dante’s Divine Comedy: a Guide for the Spiritual Journey
Barbara Vellacott | reviews a new book by Mark Vernon which guides us through Dante’s epic poem canto by canto
Review: The Ark in the Flood of Time
Richard Gault | reviews three epic tales from a master storyteller
Review: Finding the Mother Tree
David Hyams | reviews Suzanne Simard’s book about the intelligence and cooperative behaviour of trees
Review: Silicon
Richard Gault | reviews the autobiography of Federico Faggin, the man who invented the silicon chip, who is now putting forward a new theory of consciousness
Making Paradise: Exploring the Concept of Eden
Jane Clark | visits the Making Paradise exhibition at the Aga Khan Centre in London, which explores our notions of Eden as a place of peace and tranquillity
Review: The Great Re-Think
Richard Gault | reviews the latest book by Colin Tudge, which lays out a new vision for agriculture and farming based upon principles of unity and compassion
Dante, Erotic Love and the Path to God
Mark Vernon | On the 700-year anniversary of The Divine Comedy, Mark Vernon explores a pivotal moment of transformation in the Purgatorio in which Dante gets a glimpse of the vastness of Divine Love
Dom Sylvester Houédard: tantric poetries
Charles Verey | A review of an exhibition of work done in the 1960s and 70s by the remarkable monk/poet, whose lifework was to develop a universal form of spirituality.
Free, Fair and Alive
Michael Dunwell | This inspiring book by David Bollier and Silke Helfrich explores in depth the theory and practice of ‘The Commons’ – a new way of thinking about economics that is not based upon the individual per se, but recognises the deep connections between our own interests and well-being of others.
A Secret History of Christianity
Johnathan Sunley | Mark Vernon’s new book draws upon the ideas of Owen Barfield, ‘the last Inkling’, to give us a deeper perspective not only on Christianity but also on the way that human consciousness and spirituality has evolved. In the contemporary world, he argues, “we must be mystics”.
Consciousness and the Computer
Richard Gault | Jeremy Naydler’s book In the Shadow of the Machine: The Prehistory of the Computer and the Evolution of Consciousness is an erudite and insightful exploration of digital technology and its philosophical/spiritual meaning.
Underland: A Deep Time Journey
Barbara Vellacott | Robert Macfarlane’s latest book takes us to extraordinary places deep under the earth, bringing together the physical, psychological and spiritual dimensions of the journey into darkness.
Works and Days: Simone Fattal at MoMA PSI
Michael Hornsby | Strength and fragility come to the fore in the Syrian-Lebanese artist’s mythology-laden retrospective in New York.
Henry Moore’s “Helmet Heads”
Johnathan Sunley | An exhibition at the Wallace Collection in London displays this remarkable series of sculptures for the first time, exploring the complex relationship between inner and outer, container and contained.
St Cuthbert of Farne
Kathy Tiernan | talks to Jane Clark about her latest book on the great Northumbrian saint and why she feels that St Cuthbert still has relevance for us in the 21st century.
Sacred Number and Its ‘Incarnation’ through Geometry
Tom Bree | The practice of geometry uses the visible forms of this world to point towards something beyond sight, bringing our rational and intuitive faculties into harmony.
Civilisations: A Personal View
Johnathan Sunley | A review of the BBC’s 2018 series. This presented a cornucopia of artistic achievement from all over the world, but in the end it failed to see “the one in the play of the many”.
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