mysticism

Book Reviews

• Judith Becker: Gamelan Stories
  Tantrism, Islam, and Aesthetics in Central Java
• Dennis Merrit: Reflection
  - the interconnectedness of all things?
• Niels Mulder: Mysticism in Java
  Ideology in Indonesia
• Annemarie Schimmel: The Mystery of Numbers
  - an unstructured collection of numerological beliefs
• Stephen L. Talbott: The Future Does Not Compute
  - emotionally stirring but intellectually vacuous
• Lao Tzu, Ursula K. Le Guin: Tao Te Ching
  - "true words aren't charming; charming words aren't true"

See also: philosophy | religion