February 25th, 2010 | by Harmonist staff
With the dazzling 3D-vortex of colors, actions and emotions, James Cameron\'s Avatar seems to have given everyone something to rave about. But let\'s get it straight—Avatar is a downright misnomer for this latest new blockbuster
January 27th, 2010 | by Harmonist staff
Masanobu Fukuoka was a Japanese scientist who abandoned his life and perfected his own method of farming. Now, after thirty years, the New York Review of Books Classics has republished his classic work
January 19th, 2010 | by Harmonist staff
Author of the Whole Earth Catalog Stewart Brand\'s new \"ecopragmatist manifesto\" is likely to ruffle the feathers of many of his previous followers
January 13th, 2010 | by Harmonist staff
A new book challenges the common notion that Buddhism is an entirely peaceful religion
January 8th, 2010 | by Harmonist staff
Writer John Gray rails against Enlightenment fundamentalism
December 29th, 2009 | by Harmonist staff
Novelist Jonathan Safran Foer departs from his usual genre to explore the merit (or lack thereof) of an omnivorous diet
December 24th, 2009 | by Harmonist staff
It was brave of Moser to write The Elusive God, for he recognizes that it is a radical book, offering what many philosophers will take to be unconvincing evidential reasons for belief in God and unconvincing practical reasons for having a relationship with God
December 4th, 2009 | by Harmonist staff
Prime\'s book is a good resource for those interested to learn more about the reality of dairy-farming, and it is a valuable addition to the ongoing discussion about the significance of one\'s diet with regard to protecting the earth
November 26th, 2009 | by Harmonist staff
A new collection of essays explores the links between religion, culture, and GMOs
November 15th, 2009 | by Harmonist staff
There are serious thinkers, and among them scientists too, who are not persuaded by the notion that all spirituality is a result of firing neurons. They are convinced that there is more to the mind than macromolecules, more to mysticism than muddled thinking
October 29th, 2009 | by Harmonist staff
\"Spent\" proposes, in a modern context, that which Vedanta has long recognized: much of our lives are lived in calculation of how to achieve our sensual goals, be they physical, mental, or intellectual
October 3rd, 2009 | by Harmonist staff
Perhaps only an agnostic can renew science’s humility without undermining its quest for truth
