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[[Category:Spirituality and Religion|*]]__NOTOC__ <!--Remove -->{|class-"wikitable" cellpadding="15" <!-- INSERT NEW REVIEWS BELOW HERE--><!-- Jankel -->{{Frontpage|-author=Frederic Seager| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-alignJesus, the Man and the Myth: top; text-align: center;"|A Jewish Reading of the New Testament[[image:1999731506.jpg|linkrating=http://www4.amazon.co.uk/dp/1999731506/ref5|genre=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Spirituality and Religion| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Spiritual Atheist by Nick Seneca Jankel]]=== [[image:2star I was brought up in a family where religion played little or no part.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Lifestyle|Lifestyle]]Culturally Irish Catholic on one side and Welsh Methodist on the other, [[:Category:Spirituality and Religion|Spirituality and Religion]] nobody really discussed religion and the adults around me ranged from lapsed to agnostic to atheist. Other than the odd church wedding or baptism or the school nativity play, I didn't think too much about faith or what people did or didn'Spiritual Atheist'' is a new 'bible' for the spiritual not the religious, according to the taglinet believe. This is a taboo smashing book which solves the problem of modernity and explains how to be a 'spiritual technologist' who can live |isbn=B092BWWG9Y}}{{Frontpage|author=Peter Owen Jones|title=Conversations with Nature|rating=5|genre=Spirituality and love freely in Religion|summary= One of the comments made when I was offered this beautiful book for review was that it'spiritual fullnesss not very long. Having read the book twice over, I' without relying on a belief in godm brought back inescapably to the Spanish proverb that Life may be short, but it is broad. Touching on everything from 'brain science In this case I' m brought to AI, Jankel offers a 'path to meaning', allowing us to move beyond consumerism towards an ethical the idea that the length of life. [[Spiritual Atheist by Nick Seneca Jankelis not the point; the point is its depth. Peter Owen Jones dives deep.|Full Review]]isbn=1912992418}}<!-- Hill -->{{Frontpage|author=Richard Brook|-title=Understanding Human Nature: A User's Guide to Life| stylerating="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"4.5|[[image:Hill_Atlas.jpg|left|linkgenre=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1783706961?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1783706961]] Lifestyle| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Atlas of Monsters by Stuart Hill I am a firm believer that sometimes we choose books, and Sandra Lawrence]]=== [[image:4starsometimes books choose us. In my case, this is one of the latter.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:ChildrenNot so very long ago, if I had come across this book I's Non-Fiction|Childrend have skimmed it, found some of it interesting, but it would not have 'hit home's Non-Fiction]], [[:Category:Spirituality and Religion|Spirituality and Religion]], [in the way that it does now. I believe it came to me not just because I was likely to give it a favourable review [:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]] There are monsters and mysterious characters''full disclosure The Bookbag's u.s.p. is that people chose their own books rather than getting them randomly, such as trollsso there is a predisposition towards expecting to like the book, leprechauns, goblins and minotaurs. Theyeven if it doesn're the stuff of far too many stories t always turn out that way'' ] – but also because it is a book I needed to remain mysteriousread, and every schoolchild should know all about themright now. There are monsters and mysterious characters, such as Gog |isbn=1800461682}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Hill_Atlas|title=The Atlas of Monsters|author=Stuart Hill and Magog, Scylla and Charybdis, Sandra Lawrence|rating=4|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary=There are monsters and the bunyip. They are what you find if you take an interest in this kind mysterious characters, such as trolls, leprechauns, goblins and minotaurs. They're the stuff of thing to the next level; even if you cannot place far too many stories to remain mysterious, and every schoolchild should know all about them all on a map you should have come across them. But there . There are monsters and mysterious characters, such as the dobhar-chuGog and Magog, the llambigyn y dwrScylla and Charybdis, and the girtablilibunyip. To gain any knowledge They are what you find if you take an interest in this kind of them thing to the next level; even if you really need cannot place them all on a book that knows its stuffmap you should have come across them. A book like this one… [[The Atlas of Monsters by Stuart Hill But there are monsters and mysterious characters, such as the dobhar-chu, the llambigyn y dwr, and Sandra Lawrence|Full Review]]the girtablili. To gain any knowledge of them you really need a book that knows its stuff. A book like this one…}}<!-- Micheal -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=1999731506| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Spiritual Atheist|[[image:Micheal_Revelation.jpgauthor=Nick Seneca Jankel|left|linkrating=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1524666866?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1524666866]] 2| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Lifestyle|summary===[[Revelation Ch:25 - A Letter To The Churches From The 24th Elder by Edward K Micheal]]=== [[image:1''Spiritual Atheist'' is a new 'bible' for the spiritual not the religious, according to the tagline.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]], [[:Category:Spirituality This is a taboo smashing book which solves the problem of modernity and explains how to be a 'spiritual technologist' who can live and Religion|Spirituality and Religion]] Edward K Michael has taken the brave step of laying out his love freely in 'spiritual journey for all to see. It is fullness' without relying on a deeply personal book and hebelief in god. Touching on everything from 'brain science's honest enough - genuine enough - to wonder if he would have taken AI, Jankel offers a different 'path if he had known then what he knows nowto meaning', but he's generous enough too allowing us to hope that people will find comfort in the supernatural manifestations he has seenmove beyond consumerism towards an ethical life. Before you begin reading you will need to accept that the book seems to have been written without editorial intervention: you }}{{Frontpage|isbn=1789015200|title=Be Your Higher Self|author=Samesh Ramjattan|rating=4|genre=Spirituality and Religion|summary=There are hearing the real man speak and what you will read is very close to stream a lot of consciousness. [[Revelation Chself-help books about:25 - A Letter To The Churches From The 24th Elder by Edward K Micheal|Full Review]] <!-- Mahnke -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Mahnke_Loreit's one of the most thriving sections of the average bookshop, but it's not always easy to find the book you need. Samesh Ramjattan has addressed this problem in ''Be Your Higher Self'', a book which allows us all to make sense of our place in the world, as most of us only glimpse our true potential and few people ever achieve it.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co Even with hard work and dedication, obstacles present themselves and it's difficult to understand why or how they can be overcome.uk/gp/product/1472251652?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1472251652]] Ramjattan offers us a guide to the spirit world, the chakras, karma and reincarnation as well as information about the age of Aquarius and the ego. It's a slim book - just 128 pages - so can it provide us with the answers we seek?}}{{Frontpage| styleisbn="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Mahnke_Lore|=title==[[The World of Lore, Volume 1: Monstrous Creatures by |author=Aaron Mahnke]]=|rating=4.5|genre=Spirituality and Religion [[image:4.5star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Reference|Reference]], [[:Category:Spirituality Every country, every town, every village has a folktale – a story passed down through generations that often focuses on the dark and Religion|Spirituality and Religion]] Every countryunexplained. No matter how the modern world moves on, every town, every village has there's a folktale – still a story passed down through generations part of everyone that often focuses on the dark and unexplained. No matter how the modern world moves on, there's a still a part of everyone that is vulnerable to is vulnerable to a good tale. From ghosts to werewolves, by way of wendigos and elves, author Aaron Mahnke delivers the reader legends from all over the world, whilst examining how they've become part of our collective imaginations, still striking fear into the hearts of many of us today. [[The World of Lore, Volume 1: Monstrous Creatures by Aaron Mahnke|Full Review]]}}{{Frontpage<!-- |isbn=Saxena_Jaya|title=Basic Witches|author=J Saxena -->and J Zimmerman|-rating=4| stylegenre="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Spirituality and Religion[[image:Saxena_Jaya.jpg|left|linksummary=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1594749779?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1594749779]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Basic Witches Before I started this book I was expecting to be thrown into the world of magic and would know how to levitate by J Saxena and J Zimmerman]]=== [[image:4starthe end of the first chapter. Unsurprisingly, I was wrong.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Spirituality and Religion|Spirituality and Religion]] Before I started this book However, what I was expecting to be thrown into met by was a book that explores the world origins of magic and would know witchcraft, teaches you how to levitate by the end of the first chapter. Unsurprisingly, I was wrong. However, what I was met by was dress and act like a book that explores the origins of witchcraft, teaches you how to dress and act like a witch and contains spells ranging from witch and contains spells ranging from accepting compliments to conjuring up a relaxing Netflix binge. [[Basic Witches by J Saxena and J Zimmerman|Full Review]] <!-- Wright -->}}{{Frontpage|-isbn=Wright_Universe| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"The Universe and Life but Not Everything|author=Anthony Christian Wright[[image:Wright_Universe.jpg|linkrating=http://www3.amazon.co.uk/dp/1524682012/ref5|genre=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Spirituality and Religion| stylesummary="verticalI often wonder -align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Universe usually after a moment of shaking my fist at the news on TV - what my manifesto for life and Life but Not Everything by Anthony Christian Wright]]=== [[image:3society would look like were I to write it down.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Spirituality I have all sorts of thoughts about these things, from the metaphysics of who we are and Religion|Spirituality and Religion]] where we come from, right down to detailed critiques of quite insignificant government policies. I often wonder 've never done such an exercise - usually after a moment of shaking my fist at mostly because I lack the time, the news on TV - what my manifesto for life patience and society would look the diligence required. It seems like were I to write it downan enormous task. I have all sorts of thoughts about these things, from }}{{Frontpage|isbn=1850788332|title=Rosie: Note to Self |author=Claire Connor and G P Taylor|rating=3.5|genre=General Fiction|summary=In the metaphysics first of who we are and where we come froma five book deal Claire Connor, writing in partnership with GP Taylor, right down to detailed critiques brings us a modern romance based loosely on the story of quite insignificant government policiesRuth from the Bible. I've never done such an exercise This is total chick- mostly because I lack the timelit, the patience and from the diligence required. It seems like an enormous taskfirst few pages I thought it was just going to be a very light, funny romance story. [[The Universe However, the story quickly takes a depressing turn and Life but Not Everything by Anthony Christian Wright|Full Review]]the rest of the book is as much an exploration of grief as it is a romance novel.}}{{Frontpage<!-- |isbn=Santiago_Returning|title=Returning Home|author=Stephan Santiago -->|-rating=3.5| stylegenre="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Spirituality and Religion|summary=[[image:Santiago_Returning.jpgCategory:Stephan Santiago|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1504305272/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21Stephan Santiago]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Returning Home by Stephan Santiago]]=== [[image:3has experienced life in a way that's led him to believe we're all on a soul journey back home – that place we inhabited before we were born.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating This book is a guide as to how we can optimise this journey for ourselves, those around us and our children.}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Spirituality and Religion|Spirituality and Religion]] [[:Category:Stephan Santiago{{Frontpage|isbn=Wilbourne_Shepherd|Stephan Santiago]] has experienced life in a way that's led him to believe we're all on a soul journey back home – that place we inhabited before we were born. This book is a guide as to how we can optimise this journey for ourselves, those around us and our children. [[Returning Home by Stephan Santiago|Full Review]] <!-- Moore -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Moore Buddha.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/9381182299/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Buddha: An Enlightened Life (Campfire Graphic Novels) by Kieron Moore and Rajesh Nagulakonda]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Graphic Novels|Graphic Novels]] [[:Category:Spirituality and Religion|Spirituality and Religion]] I don't do religion, but still there was something that drew me to this comic book. For one, the whole Buddhist faith is still a little unknown to me, and this was certainly going to be educational. Yes, I knew some of the terms it ends up using, but not others, such as bhikshu, and had never really come across the man's life story. Yes, I knew he found enlightenment and taught a very pacifist kind of faith, but where did he come from? What failings did he have on his path, and who were the ones that joined him along the way? [[Buddha: An Enlightened Life (Campfire Graphic Novels) by Kieron Moore and Rajesh Nagulakonda|Full Review]]  <!-- DO NOT REMOVE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE -->|} {{newreviewtitle=Shepherd of Another Flock

|genre=AutobiographySpirituality and Religion|summary=[[:Category:David Wilbourne|David Wilbourne's]] CV looks like a career path for people who are hard-of-humoured. Banker, teacher of Ancient Greek, vicar, bishop…none of these are jobs normally connected in our minds with a jovial twinkle. Yet in David's case , we'd be totally wrong to assume. The current Bishop of Llandaff takes us by the hand to show us episodes from his life as vicar of the character-packed Yorkshire parish of Helmsley proving that tears of sorrow are equally shared with tears of laughter.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0283072709</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Massimo PigliucciPigliucci_How|title= How to be a Stoic|author=Massimo Pigliucci|rating= 3.5|genre= Spirituality and Religion|summary= ''Stoicism is about developing the tools to deal as effectively as humanly possible with the ensuing conflicts, does not demand perfection, and does not provide specific answers.'' For many readers, living in an age of rules to make us happy and the inevitable failure to stick to them, this is an intensely reassuring sentence. Pigliucci certainly makes Stoicism an appealing philosophy, one which can sit alongside religious faith but doesn't have to, one which doesn't demand Aristotelian heights of intelligence, beauty or riches in order to truly succeed in life, and one which recognises life's messy difficulties.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184604507X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Pearce_Biblical|title=A Biblical Theology Behind Music, Praise, and Worship

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Iles_Thoughts|title=The Thoughts and Inner Journey of Dr. John Dee

|summary=[[:Category:Clair Iles|Clair Iles]] is, in her own words, a normal person who was educated at a normal comprehensive school. However, she's a normal person who hears dead people. Yes, Clair is a spiritualist with ability to hear from those who have passed on. In the past they had generally been relatives or everyday folk. Imagine, then, her surprise when she felt she was hearing from Elizabethan court polymath John Dee. Over a period of time she could feel his dictated thoughts and ideas in her mind and this book of the channelled words is the result. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1524676691</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Patrice ChaplinWoodcock_Becoming|title=The Stone Cradle |rating=5|genre=Autobiography |summary= 'The Stone Cradle' is a remarkable book from the author Patrice Chaplin. It is a biography, the third in a series set in the Catalonian city of Girona. It is also an enduring love story and a journey into mystery and spirituality. The city has drawn artists, writers and philosophers for centuries. Rich in Kabbalistic thought through Azriel, the most famous student of Isaac the Blind, it has always been a home for mysticism and secrets. The magnetism and resonance of the city has had a hold on Patrice Chaplin since she first visited it in the fifties. The series of books detail her journey and her encounters with the esoteric society that have protected its mysteries since ancient times. 'The Stone Cradle' also gives a new life and direction to the mysteries of Rennes le Chateau, the small French village, made famous by the Da Vinci Code and the Holy Blood and The Holy Grail. Linking the two places through sacred geometry to the mountain of Canigou.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>190557083X</amazonuk>}} {{newreviewBecoming Reverend: A diary

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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Kurt Vonnegut and Ivan ChermayeffChaplin_Stone|title= Sun Moon Star|rating= 4.5|genre= For Sharing|summary= In his own delightfully imaginative way Kurt Vonnegut tells the story of the birth of Christ in this unique and long out of print children's book. Told from the perspective of the new born infant in his first hours of birth, this charming little story feels different to other children's Christmas books whilst at the same time goes back to the basics in exploring the true nature of Christmas.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1609807243</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewThe Stone Cradle|author=Jabulani Midzi|title=The Forbidden Tree: History or Folklore?Patrice Chaplin|rating=3.5

|summary=This ''The Stone Cradle'' is indeed a good question that not even Christians can agree on. The spectrum goes remarkable book from the right wing Evangelical literalists who believe right down to the creation's 7 days being just that, all the way over to the left wing Anglo Catholic liberals, some of whom take issue with the virgin birth and the crucifixionauthor Patrice Chaplin. Staking my colours to the mast, I'm in the middleIt is a biography, believing that the Bible should be taken in historical context, that it does contain Old Testament myths and some accounts clearly written third in a one-sided way but I firmly believe series set in Jesus, the miracles etc.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1524661910</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Bhakti Mathur|title=Amma, Tell Me About Diwali!|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=Klaka had celebrated Diwali and it had been great fun - a wonderful, beautiful day and tonight the Catalonian city is lit up by thousands and thousands of lightsGirona. Amma It is also an enduring love story and daddy had given many gifts to their boy and Klaka a journey into mystery and his brother had lit the earthen oil lamps known as diyasspirituality. They didn't just eat The city has drawn artists, writers and have a good time - they also offered their prayers philosophers for good fortune, prosperity and health to Ganeshacenturies. Rich in Kabbalistic thought through Azriel, the God most famous student of new beginnings and to Lakshmi, Isaac the Goddess of wealth. But Klaka was curious: ''Amma'' he saidBlind, ''tell me about Diwali''it has always been a home for mysticism and secrets.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>9881502888</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Cees Nooteboom The magnetism and Laura Watkinson (Translator)|title= Letters to Poseidon|rating= 4|genre= Travel|summary= A serviette, a glass resonance of champagne taken outside the city has had a fish restaurant in the open-air Viktualienmarkt in Munich, all taken to celebrate the hold on Patrice Chaplin since she first day of spring, prompt Cees Nooteboom into Proustian reverie. Upon the paper napkin is written visited it in blue capitals the word POSEIDON, the Greek god who has preoccupied Nooteboom's thoughts for several summersfifties. The blue colour reminds him series of books detail her journey and her encounters with the sea viewed from Mediterranean garden of his villa in Menorcaesoteric society that have protected its mysteries since ancient times. Taking this prompting as 'The Stone Cradle' also gives a moment of benign synchronicity, he later begins a correspondence with this sea-deity. He seeks new life and direction to inquire how this somewhat unreliable ancient Greek Olympian sees aeons the mysteries of time and sends him letters and legenda; meditations and stories to be readRennes le Chateau, both poetic and tragicthe small French village, from made famous by the arts Da Vinci Code and the contemporary worldHoly Blood and The Holy Grail. He is not expecting a reply.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782066209</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Alison Pick|title=Between Gods|rating=4|genre=Autobiography|summary= Alison Pick's paternal grandparents escaped Czechoslovakia just before Linking the Holocaust by bribing the Nazis for visas two places through sacred geometry to Canada; the rest mountain of the family died in Auschwitz. They spent their whole lives trying to pass as Christians, and Pick's father, too, was reluctant to have anything to do with Judaism. Pick only learned he was Jewish through a conversation overheard when she was 11Canigou.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1472225090</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Christopher DellVonnegut_Sun|title=Mythology: An Illustrated Journey Into Our Imagined WorldsSun Moon Star|author=Kurt Vonnegut and Ivan Chermayeff

|summary=What does a rainbow mean to you? How would you explain In his own delightfully imaginative way, Kurt Vonnegut tells the creation story of the world if you had no science as such, or birth of Christ in this unique and long out of print children's book. Told from the changing perspective of the seasons? What other kinds new born infant in his first hours of natures – chaotic trickerybirth, evil personae or even this charming little story feels different to other children's Christmas books whilst at the characteristics of goats – people your world? And why is it that the answers man and woman have collectively formed same time goes back to such questions have been so similar across the oceans and across the centuries? This highly pictorial volume looks at basics in exploring the mythologies that formed those answers, and locks on to a multitude true nature of subjects – blood, music, godly activity – to show us what has followedChristmas.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0500291519</amazonuk>