This conversation is also available as a podcast via by my podcast Talks and Thoughts. Einstein remarked that there was physics before Maxwell and physics after Maxwell, the difference being the introduction of field theory. So what difference did fields make and, more to the point, what are they? In this episode of the Sheldrake-Vernon… Continue reading Force Fields. Behind the fog of maths. A conversation with Rupert Sheldrake
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The enchanted vision. An invitation to read about love
An audio version of this talk is at my podcast, Talks and Thoughts, available via podcast feeds. The full essay is at Aeon magazine.
Matter is frozen light. A conversation with Rupert Sheldrake & Mark Vernon
An audio version of this talk is at my podcast, Talks and Thoughts, available via podcast feeds. The everyday stuff called matter turns out to be both more fascinating and stranger than we usually assume. In this episode of the Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogues, Rupert Sheldrake and Mark Vernon ask just matter is, beginning with contemporary ideas… Continue reading Matter is frozen light. A conversation with Rupert Sheldrake & Mark Vernon
Whose revival? Which Christianity? CS Lewis & Owen Barfield on the renewed interest of belief in God
An audio version of this talk is at my podcast, Talks and Thoughts, available via podcast feeds. There is much talk of a revival of Christianity amongst secular intellectuals, at least in my cultural bubble. That may or may not be sociological significant and church attendence figures stay in marked decline. But what interests me… Continue reading Whose revival? Which Christianity? CS Lewis & Owen Barfield on the renewed interest of belief in God
Strangeness is the new real. Martin Shaw & Mark Vernon in conversation
An audio version of the conversation is at my podcast, Talks and Thoughts, available via podcast feeds. A couple of years back, Martin Shaw had a visionary experience that led him to Christianity. We talked about it as the Mossy face of Christ. So it was great to talk again about what’s been happening. Which is… Continue reading Strangeness is the new real. Martin Shaw & Mark Vernon in conversation
Christspiracy. The documentary’s claims about Jesus & Christianity put to the test, w Kameron Waters
An audio version of the conversation is at my podcast, Talks and Thoughts, available via podcast feeds. The makers of Seaspiracy and Cowspiracy are back. Christspiracy is another profoundly disturbing film detailing the industrial abuse of our animal kin. Expect more horrific carelessness and exploitation on a mass scale. Only this time, Kip Andersen and… Continue reading Christspiracy. The documentary’s claims about Jesus & Christianity put to the test, w Kameron Waters
The Nature of Energy. A conversation with Rupert Sheldrake & Mark Vernon
An audio version of this conversation is at my podcast, Talks and Thoughts, available via podcast feeds. Energy is a key organising principle in modern science, the conversation of energy being a grounding and universal law. But what is energy? In this episode of the Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogues, Rupert Sheldrake and Mark Vernon examine the history… Continue reading The Nature of Energy. A conversation with Rupert Sheldrake & Mark Vernon
What is soul? A Realisation Festival post
This year, 2024, the Realisation Festival is focused on the soul. Most will have an intuition that soulfulness matters. Many will go a step further and actively seek ways of attending to the soul. But what might be meant by this simultaneously crucial but elusive aspect of ourselves and life in all its fullness? I… Continue reading What is soul? A Realisation Festival post
Participation renewed. Discussing The Riddle of the Sphinx, new essays from Owen Barfield
An audio version of this talk is at my podcast Talks and Thoughts, available via podcast feeds. I talk again with Landon Loftin and Max Leyf about the genius insight of Owen Barfield. The Riddle of the Sphinx (Barfield Press) is a new collection of talks and essays about the great friend of CS Lewis… Continue reading Participation renewed. Discussing The Riddle of the Sphinx, new essays from Owen Barfield
Apocalypse? It’s now! Good news & secular salvation, climate crisis & time. With Gunnar Gjermundsen
An audio version of this talk is at my podcast, Talks and Thoughts, available via podcast feeds. How can Christianity address the climate crisis? Isn’t the objectifying of nature and the drive to improve our lot a secular legacy of Christendom? And isn’t individual conversion more or less irrelevant in a time of systemic crisis?… Continue reading Apocalypse? It’s now! Good news & secular salvation, climate crisis & time. With Gunnar Gjermundsen