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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="widthJesus, the Man and the Myth: 10%; vertical-align: 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. Culturally Irish Catholic on one side and Welsh Methodist on the other, nobody really discussed religion and the adults around me ranged from lapsed to agnostic to atheist.jpg|link=Category:{{{ratingOther 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't believe.|isbn=B092BWWG9Y}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Lifestyle{{Frontpage|author=Peter Owen Jones|title=Conversations with Nature|Lifestyle]], [[:Category:Spirituality and Religionrating=5|genre=Spirituality and Religion]] '|summary= One of the comments made when I was offered this beautiful book for review was that it'Spiritual Atheist'' is a new 'bible' for the spiritual s not very long. Having read the religiousbook twice over, according I'm brought back inescapably to the taglineSpanish proverb that Life may be short, but it is broad. This is a taboo smashing book which solves In this case I'm brought to the idea that the problem length of modernity and explains how life is not the point; the point is its depth. Peter Owen Jones dives deep.|isbn=1912992418}}{{Frontpage|author=Richard Brook|title=Understanding Human Nature: A User's Guide to be Life|rating=4.5|genre=Lifestyle|summary= I am a 'spiritual technologist' who can live firm believer that sometimes we choose books, and love freely in 'spiritual fullness' without relying on a belief in godsometimes books choose us. In my case, this is one of the latter. Touching on everything from Not so very long ago, if I had come across this book I'brain science' to AId have skimmed it, found some of it interesting, Jankel offers a but it would not have 'path to meaninghit home', allowing us in the way that it does now. I believe it came to me not just because I was likely to move beyond consumerism towards an ethical life. give it a favourable review [[Spiritual Atheist by Nick Seneca Jankel|Full Review]] <!-- Hill -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|''full disclosure The Bookbag's u.s.p. is that people chose their own books rather than getting them randomly, so there is a predisposition towards expecting to like the book, even if it doesn't always turn out that way'' ] – but also because it is a book I needed to read, right now.[[image:Hill_Atlas.jpg|leftisbn=1800461682}}{{Frontpage|linkisbn=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1783706961?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1783706961]] Hill_Atlas| styletitle="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Atlas of Monsters by |author=Stuart Hill and Sandra Lawrence]]|rating===4[[image:4star.jpg|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Children's Non-Fiction|Children's Non-Fiction]]summary=There are monsters and mysterious characters, such as trolls, leprechauns, [[:Category:Spirituality and Religion|Spirituality and Religion]], [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]] There are monsters and mysterious characters, such as trolls, leprechauns, goblins goblins and minotaurs. They're the stuff of far too many stories to remain mysterious, and every schoolchild should know all about them. There are monsters and mysterious characters, such as Gog and Magog, Scylla and Charybdis, and the bunyip. They are what you find if you take an interest in this kind of thing to the next level; even if you cannot place them all on a map you should have come across them. But there are monsters and mysterious characters, such as the dobhar-chu, the llambigyn y dwr, and the girtablili. To gain any knowledge of them you really need a book that knows its stuff. A book like this one… [[The Atlas of Monsters by Stuart Hill and Sandra Lawrence|Full Review]]}}{{Frontpage<!-- Micheal -->|isbn=1999731506|-title=Spiritual Atheist| styleauthor="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Nick Seneca Jankel|rating=2[[image:Micheal_Revelation.jpg|left|linkgenre=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1524666866?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1524666866]] Lifestyle| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[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 Religion|Spirituality and Religion]] Edward K Michael has taken the brave step of laying out his spiritual journey for all explains how to see. It is be a deeply personal book 'spiritual technologist' who can live and helove freely in 'spiritual fullness' without relying on a belief 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 are hearing the real man speak }}{{Frontpage|isbn=1789015200|title=Be Your Higher Self|author=Samesh Ramjattan|rating=4|genre=Spirituality and what you will read is very close to stream Religion|summary=There are 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.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1472251652?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1472251652]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The World of Lore Samesh Ramjattan has addressed this problem in ''Be Your Higher Self'', Volume 1: Monstrous Creatures by Aaron Mahnke]]=== [[image:4a 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.5star Even with hard work and dedication, obstacles present themselves and it's difficult to understand why or how they can be overcome.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Reference|Reference]] Ramjattan offers us a guide to the spirit world, the chakras, [[:Category:Spirituality karma and Religion|Spirituality reincarnation as well as information about the age of Aquarius and Religion]]the ego. It's a slim book - just 128 pages - so can it provide us with the answers we seek?}}{{FrontpageEvery country|isbn=Mahnke_Lore|title=The World of Lore, every town, every village has a folktale – a story Volume 1: Monstrous Creatures|author=Aaron Mahnke|rating=4.5|genre=Spirituality and Religion|summary=Every country, every town, every village has a folktale – a story passed down through generations 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 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]] <!-- Saxena -->}}{{Frontpage|-isbn=Saxena_Jaya| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Basic Witches|author=J Saxena and J Zimmerman[[image:Saxena_Jaya.jpg|leftrating=4|linkgenre=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1594749779?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1594749779]]  Spirituality and Religion| stylesummary="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 However, what I was met by was a book I was expecting to be thrown into 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 a book that explores the origins of witchcraft, teaches you how dress and act like a witch and contains spells ranging from accepting compliments to dress and act like conjuring up a witch and contains spells ranging from accepting compliments to conjuring up a relaxing Netflix bingerelaxing 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[[image:Wright_Universe.jpg|linkauthor=http://wwwAnthony Christian Wright|rating=3.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 an enormous task.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1850788332|title=Rosie: Note to write it downSelf |author=Claire Connor and G P Taylor|rating=3. I have all sorts 5|genre=General Fiction|summary=In the first of thoughts about these thingsa five book deal Claire Connor, writing in partnership with GP Taylor, brings us a modern romance based loosely on the story of Ruth from the metaphysics of who we are Bible. This is total chick-lit, and where we come fromthe first few pages I thought it was just going to be a very light, right down to detailed critiques of quite insignificant government policiesfunny romance story. I've never done such an exercise - mostly because I lack the time However, the patience story quickly takes a depressing turn and the diligence required. It seems like rest of the book is as much an enormous taskexploration of grief as it is a romance novel. [[The Universe and Life but Not Everything by Anthony Christian Wright|Full Review]]}}{{Frontpage<!-- Santiago -->|isbn=Santiago_Returning|-title=Returning Home| styleauthor="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Stephan Santiago|rating=3.5[[image:Santiago_Returning.jpg|linkgenre=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1504305272/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Spirituality and Religion| stylesummary="vertical-align[[: top; text-alignCategory: left;"Stephan Santiago|===[[Returning Home by Stephan Santiago]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Spirituality and Religion|Spirituality 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 Religion]]our children.}}{{Frontpage[[:|isbn=Wilbourne_Shepherd|title=Shepherd of Another Flock|author=David Wilbourne|rating=5|genre=Spirituality and Religion|summary=[[:Category:Stephan SantiagoDavid Wilbourne|Stephan SantiagoDavid Wilbourne's]] has experienced life in CV looks like a way that's led him to believe we're all on a soul journey back home – that place we inhabited before we were borncareer path for people who are hard-of-humoured. This book is a guide as to how we can optimise this journey for ourselvesBanker, teacher of Ancient Greek, vicar, those around us and bishop…none of these are jobs normally connected in our childrenminds with a jovial twinkle. [[Returning Home Yet in David's case, we'd be totally wrong to assume. The current Bishop of Llandaff takes us by Stephan Santiago|Full Review]]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.}}<!-- Moore -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=Pigliucci_How| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|How to be a Stoic[[image:Moore Buddha.jpg|linkauthor=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]] <!-- Wilbourne -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Wilbourne_Shepherd.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0283072709/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Shepherd of Another Flock by David Wilbourne]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]] [[: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. [[Shepherd of Another Flock by David Wilbourne|Full Review]] <!-- Pigliucci -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Pigliucci_How.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/184604507X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[How to be a Stoic by Massimo Pigliucci]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Spirituality and Religion|Spirituality and Religion]] ''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. [[How to be a Stoic by Massimo Pigliucci|Full Review]] <!-- Pearce -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Pearce_Biblical.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1524677280/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[A Biblical Theology Behind Music, Praise, and Worship by Dr Mark Pearce]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Spirituality and Religion|Spirituality and Religion]] Music used in religions and worship itself goes back to the beginning of humankind. In this book musician and theological academic [[:Category:Dr Mark Pearce|Dr Mark Pearce]] explores its Biblical history in a Christian context as well as providing tips and suggestions for those involved in worship in the present day. [[A Biblical Theology Behind Music, Praise, and Worship by Dr Mark Pearce|Full Review]] <!-- Iles -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Iles_Thoughts.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1524676691/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Thoughts and Inner Journey of Dr. John Dee by Clair Iles]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Spirituality and Religion|Spirituality and Religion]] [[: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. [[The Thoughts and Inner Journey of Dr. John Dee by Clair Iles|Full Review]] <!-- Chaplin -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Chaplin_Stone.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/190557083X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Stone Cradle by Patrice Chaplin]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]], [[:Category:Spirituality and Religion|Spirituality and Religion]] ''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. [[The Stone Cradle by Patrice Chaplin|Full Review]] <!-- Woodcock -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Woodcock_Becoming.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1781400105/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Becoming Reverend: A diary by Matt Woodcock]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]], [[:Category:Spirituality and Religion|Spirituality and Religion]] [[:Category:Matt Woodcock|Matt Woodcock]] is enjoying life: successful journalist, happily married and a new dream home bought and heavily mortgaged. The only cloud on the horizon is their struggle to have children but they have faith in the IVF treatment as it's early days yet. Then comes the funny turn Matt has on the way to a story one day. This takes him by surprise but the resulting clergy collar comes as a total shock. He's a normal bloke who always thought of himself as more pint than piety believing in a God who's happy for him to remain in the pews. Errrrm… whoops! [[Becoming Reverend: A diary by Matt Woodcock|Full Review]] <!-- Vonnegut -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Vonnegut_Sun.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1609807243/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Sun Moon Star by Kurt Vonnegut and Ivan Chermayeff]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:For Sharing|For Sharing]], [[:Category:Spirituality and Religion|Spirituality and Religion]] 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. [[Sun Moon Star by Kurt Vonnegut and Ivan Chermayeff|Full Review]]  <!-- DO NOT REMOVE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE -->|} {{newreview|author=Jabulani Midzi|title=The Forbidden Tree: History or Folklore?Massimo Pigliucci

|summary=This ''Stoicism is indeed a good question that not even Christians can agree on. The spectrum goes from about developing the right wing Evangelical literalists who believe right down tools to deal as effectively as humanly possible with the creationensuing conflicts, does not demand perfection, and does not provide specific answers.'s 7 days being just that' For many readers, all living in an age of rules to make us happy and the way over inevitable failure to the left wing Anglo Catholic liberalsstick to them, some of whom take issue with the virgin birth and the crucifixionthis is an intensely reassuring sentence. Staking my colours Pigliucci certainly makes Stoicism an appealing philosophy, one which can sit alongside religious faith but doesn't have to the mast, Ione which doesn'm t demand Aristotelian heights of intelligence, beauty or riches in the middle, believing that the Bible should be taken order to truly succeed in historical contextlife, that it does contain Old Testament myths and some accounts clearly written in a one-sided way but I firmly believe in Jesus, the miracles etcwhich recognises life's messy difficulties.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1524661910</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Bhakti MathurPearce_Biblical|title=AmmaA Biblical Theology Behind Music, Tell Me About Diwali!Praise, and Worship|author=Dr Mark Pearce

|genre=For SharingSpirituality and Religion|summary=Klaka had celebrated Diwali Music used in religions and worship itself goes back to the beginning of humankind. In this book musician and it had been great fun - theological academic [[:Category:Dr Mark Pearce|Dr Mark Pearce]] explores its Biblical history in a wonderful, beautiful day Christian context as well as providing tips and tonight suggestions for those involved in worship in the city is lit up by thousands present day.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Iles_Thoughts|title=The Thoughts and thousands Inner Journey of lightsDr. John Dee|author=Clair Iles|rating=3. Amma 5|genre=Spirituality and daddy had given many gifts to their boy and Klaka and his brother had lit the earthen oil lamps known as diyasReligion|summary=[[:Category:Clair Iles|Clair Iles]] is, in her own words, a normal person who was educated at a normal comprehensive school. They didnHowever, she't just eat and have s a good time - they also offered their prayers for good fortunenormal person who hears dead people. Yes, prosperity and health Clair is a spiritualist with ability to Ganesha, hear from those who have passed on. In the God of new beginnings and to Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealthpast they had generally been relatives or everyday folk. But Klaka Imagine, then, her surprise when she felt she was curious: hearing from Elizabethan court polymath John Dee. ''Amma'' he said, ''tell me about Diwali''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>9881502888</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Cees Nooteboom and Laura Watkinson (Translator)Woodcock_Becoming|title= Letters to PoseidonBecoming Reverend: A diary|author=Matt Woodcock|rating= 4.5|genre= TravelSpirituality and Religion|summary= A serviette[[:Category:Matt Woodcock|Matt Woodcock]] is enjoying life: successful journalist, happily married and a glass of champagne taken outside a fish restaurant in the open-air Viktualienmarkt in Munich, all taken to celebrate the first day of spring, prompt Cees Nooteboom into Proustian reverienew dream home bought and heavily mortgaged. Upon The only cloud on the paper napkin horizon is written their struggle to have children but they have faith in blue capitals the word POSEIDON, IVF treatment as it's early days yet. Then comes the Greek god who funny turn Matt has preoccupied Nooteboom's thoughts for several summerson the way to a story one day. The blue colour reminds This takes him of by surprise but the sea viewed from Mediterranean garden of his villa in Menorca. Taking this prompting resulting clergy collar comes as a moment of benign synchronicity, he later begins a correspondence with this sea-deitytotal shock. He seeks to inquire how this somewhat unreliable ancient Greek Olympian sees aeons 's a normal bloke who always thought of time and sends himself as more pint than piety believing in a God who's happy for him letters and legenda; meditations and stories to be read, both poetic and tragic, from remain in the arts and the contemporary worldpews. He is not expecting a reply.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782066209</amazonuk> Errrrm… whoops!

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Alison PickChaplin_Stone|title=Between GodsThe Stone Cradle|author=Patrice Chaplin|rating=45|genre=AutobiographySpirituality and Religion|summary= Alison Pick's paternal grandparents escaped Czechoslovakia just before 'The Stone Cradle'' is a remarkable book from the Holocaust by bribing author Patrice Chaplin. It is a biography, the third in a series set in the Nazis 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 visas to Canada; centuries. Rich in Kabbalistic thought through Azriel, the rest most famous student of Isaac the family died 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 Auschwitzthe fifties. They spent their whole lives trying to pass as Christians, The series of books detail her journey and Pickher encounters with the esoteric society that have protected its mysteries since ancient times. 's fatherThe Stone Cradle' also gives a new life and direction to the mysteries of Rennes le Chateau, toothe small French village, was reluctant to have anything to do with Judaismmade famous by the Da Vinci Code and the Holy Blood and The Holy Grail. Pick only learned he was Jewish Linking the two places through a conversation overheard when she was 11sacred geometry to the mountain of Canigou.|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>