Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane
My interest roused by Tony Ortega’s review of The Ocean at the End of the Lane entitled “In His New Book, Is Neil Gaiman Exorcising His Scientology Past?” (a question, by the way, the book…
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Review Dr. Bruce Greyson AFTER
Credit the progression of the Near-Death Experience (NDE) over the past 50 years from an event that raised eyebrows about the experiencer’s sanity to a phenomenon that merited serious consideration by scientific and medical professionals…
Jesus: A New Vision by Whitley Strieber
Book Review Jesus: A New Vision by Whitley Strieber My rating: 5 of 5 stars Well into the process of researching a work of my own what I am calling “Prototype for Christianity” about a…
Review: Dorothy Day by Kate Hennessy
A Book Review with a bit of my own biography In the interest of full disclosure, I mention that I am the son of a couple depicted in this book, who first were followers of…
Review: The Gnostic Jung
The Gnostic Jung and the Seven Sermons to the Dead by Stephan A. HoellerMy rating: 5 of 5 stars Stephen Hoeller’s Gnostic Jung is an invaluable resource, a veritable meditation text as another reviewer noted,…
Review After the Diagnosis…a Guide for Living
After the Diagnosis…: A Guide for Living by Reverend Thomas F. LynchMy rating: 5 of 5 stars A dear friend of mine, who has not only experienced the harsh reality of sustained illness that has…
Review: The Lost Way, Stephen J. Patterson
The Lost Way: How Two Forgotten Gospels Are Rewriting the Story of Christian Origins by Stephen J. Patterson My rating: 5 of 5 stars For anyone intrigued by the origins of Christianity but frustrated by…
John Nelson: The Miracle of Anna
In the “Acknowledgements” section of The Miracle of Anna: An Enlightened Child, the author John Nelson states, “Spiritual or visionary fiction has always been a difficult genre for publishers”; and, as a Visionary Fiction Alliance…
Joseph McMoneagle: Memoirs of a Psychic Spy
Joseph McMoneagle has been acclaimed the best operational Remote Viewer in the history of the U.S. Army’s Special Project Stargate. To one unfamiliar with “remote viewing” this means little, so a definition, right from book…
Elaine Pagels: Why Religion?
I’ve been long familiar with and deeply impressed by the ground-breaking research and writing of Dr. Elaine Pagels in the realm of traditional and apocryphal biblical translation and interpretation. Her approach to religion and spirituality…