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Wisdom Man: Banjo Clarke, an Aboriginal Elder

July 18, 2011

We’ve become used to a changing society, however few people so much exemplify the struggles, challenges and opportunities for spiritual growth as Banjo Clark, an Australian aboriginal did. I did not know much about the injustices done to the aboriginal people of Australia. In Wisdom Man: Banjo Clarke I’ve learned that not only were they denied property [...]

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Now: Embracing the Present Moment, Rick Singer

July 16, 2011

Don’t we all love quotes books? There’s a reason quotes websites are so popular. Richard Singer has come out with a book in which he first gathers inspiring quotes on ‘living in the now’ and then comments on them, showing how you can transform your life by living those quotes. That really could be the [...]

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Into the fire: Words collected on the Road to Silence, Margaret Coyle Irsay

June 14, 2011

What do you get when you combine a dancer, with a spiritual teacher and a poet? A remarkably real set of poems that go to the heart of what it is to live and breathe and change. Again and again. Not that there’s an ‘again’ to change. This is a book of poetry in which [...]

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Best Sufi books, books on Sufism

June 1, 2011

This is a list of the most popular books introducing Sufism to the spiritual reader. Let me start with The Essential Rumi the Rumi translation by Coleman Barks that warmed the heart of many, and created his reputation as THE Rumi interpreter of our time. As the famous author on religion Huston Smith says : [...]

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ZOR: Philosophy, Spirituality and Science

May 21, 2011

The author of ZOR, J.B., sent me this book. I was sceptical: self published books are the ones I usually end up not reviewing. However, one day I did start reading it and I didn’t stop. With spiritual fiction that’s probably the best compliment one can give. In terms of plot the story is a [...]

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The Key to Self-liberation: 1000 Diseases And Their Psychological Origins

May 12, 2011

This is a review of the 14th Dutch edition, while it looks as though the English edition currently available is a translation of an earlier edition. I don’t think that limits the value of my review, but of course I don’t have an opinion on the translation and if your disease is one not mentioned [...]

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Take good care of the Garden and the Dogs, Heather Lende

April 23, 2011

This book has numerous positive reviews from places like the Los Angelos Times and the Boston Globe. For that reason I expected to like it. Unfortunately, I didn’t. The topic is well put by the subtitle: A true story of bad breaks and small miracles. The context of the authors life is summarized by the [...]

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Love’s Sacrifice and the Ordeal to Become Human: 30 Years with my Spiritual Master, Adi Da

April 11, 2011

Spiritual memoirs are generally worth reading, I find. They usually combine a real life story with spirituality, and I can hardly ever turn a story like that down. This book is no exception. However, there’s a difference between a memoir I’ll read from start to finish myself, and a book I’d actually recommend others to [...]

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Khalil Gibran: The Prophet Review

April 6, 2011

How does one introduce one of the spiritual classics of the 20th century? It’s in fact hard to imagine that it was written IN the 20th century, instead of being ages old. Khalil Gibran was, before he wrote ‘The Prophet’, mostly a romantic. His poems breath an unreal romanticism that has little to do with [...]

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Work, Sex, Money: real life on the path of mindfulness, Chogyam Trungpa

April 6, 2011

I honestly did not look forward to reading this book. What do work, sex and money have to do with spirituality? On glancing through the book in ebook form that impression did not improve much. However, when I started reading the physical book, it gripped me. And I really don’t know what I was thinking. [...]

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