An audio version of this conversation is at my podcast, Talks and Thoughts, available via podcast feeds. To celebrate the release of his new book, Spiritual Intelligence in Seven Steps, the Pari Center invited Mark Vernon, to talk about his new work with Beth Macy. They discuss the notions of spiritual intelligence, the spiritual commons,… Continue reading A New Axial Age? Conversation with Beth Macy & Mark Vernon
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Spiritual Intelligence in Seven Steps. Seven Steps in 7 short films
Audio versions of these talks can be found at my podcast, Talks and Thoughts, available via podcast feeds.
Seven Steps in seven minutes. Moves for recovering spiritual intelligence
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Spiritual Intelligence in Seven Steps. New book available now!
Spiritual Intelligence in Seven Steps was released yesterday. The audiobook should be online within a week. QnA How is spiritual intelligence different from artificial intelligence (AI) and emotional intelligence? In short, it’s the reflective awareness of actually having thoughts and feelings, and a kind of inner step back, which is so important because it brings… Continue reading Spiritual Intelligence in Seven Steps. New book available now!
Humanism as Heresy. Testing the thesis of Tom Holland. A conversation with Rupert Sheldrake
An audio version of this talk is at my podcast, Talks and Thoughts, available via podcast feeds. The secular historian, Tom Holland, has made the case that atheistic humanism is, at heart, an off-shoot of Christianity. In this episode of the Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogues, Rupert Sheldrake and Mark Vernon ask how that can be so. After… Continue reading Humanism as Heresy. Testing the thesis of Tom Holland. A conversation with Rupert Sheldrake
Take No Bag For The Road. Nature, the Climate Crisis & Christianity. A talk with Peter Owen Jones
An audio version of this talk is at my podcast, Talks and Thoughts, available on podcast feeds. Peter Owen Jones is a writer, broadcaster and priest. His new book is Conversations With Nature. We discuss falling in love with the natural world once again, what difference this might make to the climate crisis, how Christianity… Continue reading Take No Bag For The Road. Nature, the Climate Crisis & Christianity. A talk with Peter Owen Jones
William Blake on the Last Judgement, Apocalypse & Final Things. #secondcoming #advent
An audio version of this talk is at my podcast, Talks and Thoughts, available via podcast feeds. The Last Judgement, William Blake argued, is not a terrifying forthcoming rapture but an awakening present moment, “Whenever any Individual Rejects Error & Embraces Truth”.
Against Moral Tales! Jesus’s Parables. A thought from Owen Barfield. A poem from John-Paul Flintoff
An audio version of this talk is at my podcast, Talks and Thoughts, available via podcast feeds. For more on John-Paul Flintoff – https://flintoff.org. And his latest book – https://spckpublishing.co.uk/london-psalms. For more on Mark Vernon & Owen Barfield – https://www.markvernon.com/consciousness.
Introducing my new book, Spiritual Intelligence in Seven Steps
An audio version of this talks is at by podcast channel, Talks and Thoughts, available via podcast feeds. The text of the talk is below. My new book is Spiritual Intelligence in Seven Steps. And I would like to introduce it to you. Spiritual intelligence is a type of perception, although unlike types of empirical… Continue reading Introducing my new book, Spiritual Intelligence in Seven Steps
The Veiling of Things. Rishi Sunak, William Blake and the Bhagavad Gita.
The appointment of the UK’s latest Prime Minister has prompted much comment, not least because Rishi Sunak is Britain’s first Hindu leader. He was sworn in as an MP with his hand placed upon the Bhagavad Gita, not the Bible. His success is a conspicuous manifestation of the deep links that exist between Indian and… Continue reading The Veiling of Things. Rishi Sunak, William Blake and the Bhagavad Gita.