Category: Book Reviews

As December 21, 2012 approaches, attention is riveted on the meaning of events like the end of the Mayan Calendar and the impact of a unique galactic alignment.  Prophecies and theories abound.   Some say the coming years will be marked by more frequent and extreme natural and human-caused disasters.  Others hope for a world transformed [...]

Hurry Up and Meditate; Your Starter Kit For Inner Peace and Better Health
By David Michie
Snow Lion Publications
178 pages $14.95
ISBN: 10 1-55939-306-8
Review by Corinna Underwood
You may at first think that the title of this book presents rather a contradiction, but as Michie points out in his introduction, many people quickly dismiss the personal practice of meditation [...]

Tantric Spirit: Living the Path of the Tantra
By Joan Michaels
ISBN: 978-1-60414-094-1
Fideli Publishing, 2008, 124 pgs, $13.99
Drawing on her years of experience of practicing and teaching Tantra, Joan Michaels has produced a beautifully simple book that explains Tantra, its spiritual, physical and sexual benefits and describes how to practice it. From beginning to end, Michaels fascinates [...]

Transcendent Dreaming; Stepping Into Our Human Potential
By Christina Donnell, Ph.D
Winds of Change Books
$12.95, 126 pages
Review by Corinna Underwood
In Transcendent Dreaming, Christina Donnell describes in detail her experiences of an increasing lucidity of her dream experiences to the point where both her dream encounters and their effects begin to manifest during her waking life. The account [...]

Children of the Creative Force
By Hugh K. Wolfe Jr., PhD
Rose Dog Books
ISBN: 978-0-8059-8796-6
$15.00 134 pages
In “Children of the Creative Force,” Dr. Wolfe effectively merges science, history and the readings of Edgar Cayce in order to provide a modern understanding of Christian scriptures and what they reveal about the origin of life, its purpose and how [...]

Edgar Cayce’s ESP; Who He Was, What He Said and How It Came True
By Kevin j. Todeschi
Tarcher/Penguin 201 pages $13.95
Edgar Cayce (1877-1945) was perhaps the best known American psychic. He became renowned for his amazing ability to answer questions while in a self induced hypnotic state. Over the course of his lifetime he answered questions [...]

The View Through The Medicine Wheel; Shamanic Maps of How The Universe Works
By Leo Rutherford
O Books $29.95 215p
Facing a mid-life crisis after working in the manufacturing industry for twenty years, Leo Rutherford moved to the San Francisco Bay area in 1977. During the years that followed, he studied the teachings of the Shamanic [...]

Walking An Ancient Path; Rebirthing Goddess on Planet Earth
By Karen Tate
New Age/Alternative Beliefs
O books 2008
$24.95 - 393ps
Karen Tate, author, lecturer and Sacred Tour guide, has been embracing the feminine consciousness of the Goddess spirit for many years. In this, her latest book, she retraces the roots of the Sacred Feminine as ideology, archetype and [...]

The Alchemical Woman; A Handbook For Everyday Soulwork
By Catherine W. Davidson and Ramona P. Rubio
Cultural Tapestries, Oregon
107 pages, $16.95
The soulwork handbook is written by Catherine Davidson, Ph.D, who is a therapist specializing in depth psychology and life transitions. She has many years experience teaching counseling psychology, and clinical practice. Co-author, Ramona P. Rubio, Ph.D. is [...]

Breathe Smart - The Secret to Happiness, Health and Long Life
By Aaron Hoopes
Zen Yoga Press, 80ps
$9.95
Self-Help/Fitness
Breathing is something that is second nature to all of us, and yet, as Aaron Hoopes points out, few of us do it correctly. That is to say, in a way that will give us optimum health benefits, reduce negative [...]

This is an interesting little book. I say “little,” since it’s a slim volume at just 82 pages. However, there’s a lot of wisdom held within it — particularly for those who are healthcare workers battling job burnout and stress.

I think the author (an MD) would like this book to appeal to a [...]

The Message: Your Secrets in the Cards by Deborah Leigh
O Books, 2008
248 ps, $24.95

According to Leigh, the aim of this book is to present the reader with a set of tools. These tools, along with an ordinary deck of playing cards are supposed to provide the reader with the ability to learn how [...]