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.
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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.
Circling Jesus: What’s afoot with the new interest in Christianity? Elizabeth Oldfield & Mark Vernon
An audio version of this conversion is at my podcast Talks and Thoughts, available via podcast feeds. A number of public figures, in literature and ideas, have recently been talking about discovering Christianity, or perhaps it’d be better to say, being discovered by Christianity. So what’s going on with this renewed interest? Why now? How… Continue reading Circling Jesus: What’s afoot with the new interest in Christianity? Elizabeth Oldfield & Mark Vernon
The Weirdness of Christianity. C.S. Lewis & Owen Barfield, with Jason Baxter & Mark Vernon
An audio version of this conversion is on my podcast, Talks and Thoughts, available via podcast feeds. C.S Lewis is not the apologist and writer you might assume, if Jason Baxter is right. Plato, Boethius and Dante mattered immensely to a man who felt more at home in the medieval world, and longed to inspire… Continue reading The Weirdness of Christianity. C.S. Lewis & Owen Barfield, with Jason Baxter & Mark Vernon
The New Christians, Rewilding Christianity. A dialogue with Rupert Sheldrake and Mark Vernon
An audio version of this discussion is at my podcast, Talks and Thoughts, available on podcast feeds. A renewed interest in Christianity? Old traditions of myth and place revived? In this episode of the Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogues, Rupert Sheldrake and Mark Vernon consider the significance of recent conversions, as confessed by figures such as Paul Kingsnorth… Continue reading The New Christians, Rewilding Christianity. A dialogue with Rupert Sheldrake and Mark Vernon
Can the present shape the past? And other questions in physics. A conversation with Bernard Carr
An audio version of this talk is at my podcast, Talks and Thoughts, available via podcast feeds. Bernard Carr is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Queen Mary, University of London. He has worked on black holes with Stephen Hawking, alongside other aspects of cosmology, and has also been president of the Society for… Continue reading Can the present shape the past? And other questions in physics. A conversation with Bernard Carr
Dante’s Divine Comedy and Spiritual Intelligence. Two new online courses this autumn!
Spiritual Intelligence in Seven Steps online course – full details here: https://www.markvernon.com/events/spiritual-intelligence-in-seven-steps Dante’s Divine Comedy online course – full details here: https://www.markvernon.com/events/dantes-divine-comedy-an-introduction-to-the-spiritual-journey For more about Mark Vernon – www.markvernon.com
Awakening in a Caroline Age. King Charles, William Blake & Kathleen Raine
An audio version of this talk can be found at my podcast, Talks and Thoughts, via podcast feeds. The text is below. With the death of Queen Elizabeth, the character of King Charles is being pondered and pressed. Many feel they know his views on ecology and architecture, medicine and agriculture. Some are worried that… Continue reading Awakening in a Caroline Age. King Charles, William Blake & Kathleen Raine
Nice and Easy does it. Thoughts on Zeno’s paradoxes
My new column in the Idler magazine. Have you heard why the fastest never catch up with the slowest, why the amblers always outpace the sprinters? The reason for this counterintuitive conclusion is one of the oldest proofs in philosophy, drawn up Zeno. The argument as to why going slow is best can be put… Continue reading Nice and Easy does it. Thoughts on Zeno’s paradoxes