BOOK REVIEWS
Author Title
Arieti, Silvano Creativity: The Magic
Synthesis
[Analysis of creativity and
conditions fostering its development]
Bateson, Gregory “Steps
To An Ecology Of The Mind”, “Mind and Nature”, and “Angels Fear”
[remedy study notes on Bateson’s elegant insights]
Becker, Robert Cross Currents: Perils of
Electro-pollution / Promise of Electro-medicine
[The
body’s electromagnetic signaling systems]
Buber, Martin “I
and THOU” & “Between Man and Man” remedy study notes and quotes
Burr, Harold Saxton Blueprint
For Immortality: The Electric Patterns Of Life
Capra, Fritjof The
Tao of Physics [Parallels
between modern physics and Eastern mysticism]
Csiksczentmihalyi,
M. Flow: Psychology
of Optimal Experience [Steps toward enhancing the quality of life]
Frankl,
Viktor Psychotherapy
and Existentialism [Selected
papers on Logotherapy]
Gazzaniga,
Michael Mind Matters [How mind and brain
interact to create consciousness]
Glasser,
William Control Theory:
A New Explanation of How We Control Our Lives
Green, Elmer & Alyce Beyond Biofeedback
[Development of cybernetic
control of physiological, psychosomatic
and emotional states;
mind theory and field independence]
Hall, Edward T. The
Dance of Life: The Other Dimension of Time [Time as perceived culturally]
Jung, Carl Man and His Symbols
[Symbols have no innate power; their numinosity exists only in
the emotions or unconscious
of the individual]
Kersten, Holger Jesus Lived in India [The
historical research trail - resuscitation vrs resurrection]
Kushner, Rabbi Harold When Bad Things Happen to
Good People [Understanding
undeserved loss]
Laing, Ronald D The Politics of
Experience and excerpts from Laing’s other books
[An existential approach to
healing human distress]
Le Shan, Lawrence The
Medium, The Mystic and The Physicist
[Distinction of sensory, clairvoyant and
trans-psychic realities]
Lovelock, James The Ages of Gaia [Hypothesis that the Earth is alive, self-adjusting, and
deterministic]
Narby, Jeremy The Cosmic
Serpent
[An Amazonian
ethno-biologist’s conclusions as to all life comprising an intelligence
interacting and
communicating through chemically coded interfaces]
Ouspensky, P.D. In Search of the Miraculous:
Fragments of An Unknown Teaching
[Russian
philosopher’s findings over seven years as understudy of
the
Armenian mystic and teacher, Georges Gurdjieff]
Pagels,
Elaine The Gnostic Gospels [Extracts from the 1945 Nag Hammedi,
Egypt discoveries]
Penfield, Wilder The
Mystery of the Mind
[Noted Canadian
neurosurgeon’s findings about functions
and processes of the brain and
its relationship with mind]
Sheldrake, Rupert The Presence of
The Past
[Explanation of the
hypothesis of Formative Causation (Morphic Resonance)
by Cambridge bio-chemist Fellow/ student of Father Bede Griffiths]
Soleri, Paoli The Omega Seed: An
Eschatological Hypothesis
[The architect of Arcosanti,
Arizona presents his cosmological insights]
Sogyal Rinpoche The Tibetan Book of Living and
Dying
[A revolution in the way we
look at death and care for the dying;
and the way we look at life and care for the living]
Sullivan, Harry Stack Review notes on “The
Interpersonal Theory of Psychiatry” and Sullivan’s work.
Suzuki, Daisetz Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis
and Erich Fromm [Lectures
at the University of Mexico, Cuernavaca comparing Zen
with the objectives and techniques of psychoanalysis]
Tart, Charles States of Consciousness
[Findings of a renowned U of
C Davis psychology professor and
parapsychologist
across the fields of mind/consciousness]
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OLDER BOOK REVIEWS THAT HAVE
BEEN ARCHIVED OFF-LINE – Copies will be provided via Email request.
Borysenko, Joan Guilt Is The Teacher: Love Is The
Lesson [Being able to say YES to
life]
Breggin, Peter Talking Back To Prozac [Damning indictment of the
pharmaceutical industry]
Cappon, Daniel Anatomy of Intuition [Analysis and intuition improvement
guide]
Casdorph and Walker TOXIC METAL SYNDROME: How Metal Poisonings Affect Your Brain
Donnelly, Doris Learning
To Forgive
Elgin,
Suzette Verbal
Self-Defense [The arts of
communication]
Flannigan,
Beverly Forgiving The
Unforgivable
Fromm,
Erich Man For Himself [An enquiry into the psychology of
ETHICS]
Hudson,
T.J. The Law of
Psychic Phenomena [Theory of mind duality with special focus on healing]
Lerner, Harriet The Dance of Deception
Overstreet,
Bonero Understanding Fear In
Ourselves And Others [Fear and its
disguises]
Merton,
Thomas The Seven Storey
Mountain/Mystics and Zen [from
the pen of a Trappist Seer]
Myers
& Briggs Gifts
Differing: Understanding Personality Types
Smedes, Lewis Forgive and Forget (Healing
Undeserved Hurts)
Weiner-Davis, Michele Divorce Busting (Solution Oriented
Brief Therapy)
Weiner-Davis, Michele Fire Your Shrink
Zukav, Gary The Seat of The Soul
Comments and feedback are invited at: remedy1@primus.ca
Keith and Marnie
Elliott’s “REMEDY” Site
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