THE NEW PARADIGM IN CONSCIOUSNESS AND PSYCHOLOGY is a sampler with 53 bestselling books reviewed. Among the reviewed authors are Joseph Campbell, Deepak Chopra, Françoise Dolto, Mircea Eliade, Stanislav Grof, J. Krishnamurti, Alexander Lowen, Terence McKenna, Ralph Metzner, Thomas Moore, Michel Odent, O. Carl Simonton, Hal and Sidra Stone, Dora van Gelder and Alberto Villoldo, to name only these.These reviews took quite a long time to be realized. Some of them were the fruit of work already twenty years ago, when the author first came to discover the writings of J. Krishnamurti, Alexander Lowen and Françoise Dolto. Since then, the author proceeded in reading works of other experts in the fields of consciousness, psychology, healing and spirituality. The process usually starts with simply marking the text with a pen, then typing these quotes, once the book is read, in the computer. From the quotes then, and the memory of the book as a whole, the author drafted the reviews. They are markedly different from usual book reviews, both as to their depth of content and their size. To remain as objective as possible, the author usually doesn't paraphrase content, but prefers to quote the author's own diction. This may seem uncanny, but when you think about it, it's the only way to give authenticity to a book review, for nobody else than the author himself can really express what he or she was saying.Usually book reviews are short and to the point, but that is exactly why they are most of the time very subjective and often abounding of criticism, and comparisons that are hard to verify. Books that have no interest for a serious reader or that are badly written are not reviewed by the author. They do not figure in this sampler that present content-rich books from more or less famous authors who both excel in their expertise and their writing skills. The sampler thereby shows the larger picture of a new worldview that is forming right now and for the next decade to come, a worldview that is essentially different from the one that reigned under the Pisces Age. Most of the books reviewed present one or the other novelty approach to the subject treated, which makes their uniqueness and the quality of their content.The volume comes with a glossary and an extensive bibliography.
About the Author: DR. PIERRE F. WALTER is an international lawyer, researcher, author and lecturer. After finalizing his studies in German law and European Integration with diplomas in both disciplines in 1982, he graduated in December 1987 at the Law Faculty of the University of Geneva with a 'Docteur en Droit' title in international law. In his criminal law studies, he was specialized on elucidating the roots of violent crime and was for several years caring for prisoners who have been convicted for sexual crimes against children. Since 1994, he works as a consultant to government and industry, specialized upon service training and human resource development. In addition, he is a personal coach and has developed a self-coaching approach termed 'Life Authoring'. Pierre F. Walter writes, lectures and teaches in English, German and French; he has written more than ten thousand pages embracing all literary genres, including novels, short stories, film scripts, essays, selfhelp books, monographs and extended book reviews. Also a pianist and composer, he has realized 40 CDs with jazz, newage and relaxation music. Pierre F. Walter's professional publications span the domains International Law, Criminal Law, Holistic Science, Psychology, Education, Shamanism, Ecology, Spirituality, Quantum Physics, Systems Research, Natural Healing, Peace Research, Personal Growth, Selfhelp and Consciousness Research. 110 Book Reviews, forty audio books and more than hundred video lectures were realized in the years 2005-2010. Besides, Pierre F. Walter publishes 'Great Minds Series' which features scientists, artists and authors of genius from Leonardo da Vinci to Fritjof Capra. In his 2011 series of scholarly articles, the author treats various topics from the realms of social science, psychology, mythology, medicine, oriental wisdom and psychoanalysis. In addition, in 2011, Pierre F. Walter published specially targeted readers, book reviews, on the New Paradigm in Business, Marketing and Career, in Science and Systems Theory, as well as in Consciousness, Psychology, Healing and Spirituality. Pierre F. Walter publishes via his Delaware firm, Sirius-C Media Galaxy LLC, and the imprints IPUBLICA and Sirius-C Media (SCM).