Christianity & Consciousness

Owen Barfield: an introduction

His big idea

  • It’s not just what we know that changes over the centuries.
  • How we know about the divine, nature and life radically alters, too.
  • It’s an evolution of consciousness and it has an inner purpose.
  • It leads to the freedom that grows with inner awareness.
  • The modern sense of alienation is a crucial part of this process.
  • It develops personal agency and imaginative sight.

    • Barfield argued for his big idea in two ways:

  • Using the changing meanings of words as fossils to track shifts of consciousness.
  • Understanding Christianity as a spiritual turning point that must keep developing now.

    • Owen Barfield in short films

    What he said about everything from consciousness to C.S. Lewis explained in a series of minute-long films.

    Owen Barfield & David Bohm

    A report on a discussion with the great physicist that only recently came to light.

    Evolving Consciousness conference

    Reports and films of stellar speakers from this gathering.

    A Secret History of Christianity

    Lots about my book including extracts and endorsements.

    Life and thought

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    What’s in a word

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