Science and Religion Forum – Mental Wellbeing, Neuroscience and Religion
There are signs that, after several decades of exploring traditional themes such as creation and divine action, a paradigm shift is beginning to take place…
Author: Richard Irwin
Director of SMN since 2015 with responsibility for rebuilding the Network's on-line presense. I have a passion for reconciling science with spirituality (see http://danceineternity.com), who also composes and arranges music (see http://hymnswithoutwords.com).
Transcending the Brain – At least some cases of physical damage are associated with enriched consciousness or cognitive skill
Despite significant advances in neuroscience, consciousness remains a vexing mystery. Because the qualities of experience seem to be irreducible to physical parameters,1 a hypothesis that…
SMN Annual Gathering
Widening the Evidence Base in Science and Spirituality Keynote: John Hands University of Plymouth 7-9 July 2017 Chairs Dr Peter Fenwick & David Lorimer Programme…
Beyond the Brain XII – Further Reaches of Consciousness Research
The interdisciplinary Beyond the Brain conferences were initiated with Willis Harman and Edgar Mitchell of the Institute of Noetic Sciences at St John’s College, Cambridge…
Dr. Jude Currivan – In-formation at the Centre of Creation – consciousness, causality and coherence
This talk will build on Jude’s presentation to the Mystics and Scientists conference where she laid out the latest scientifically based evidence, ranging from cosmology,…
Prof. Tom Lombardo – Future Consciousness: The Path to Purposeful Evolution – An Introduction
How do we create a good future? This deceptively simple question is the central challenge of human life. Indeed, the question brings to center stage…
Laurence Freeman OSB – The Rule of St. Benedict, a little Rule for Beginners
The Rule of St Benedict arguably had the greatest influence on western culture after the Bible. It still inspires the art of living for monks,…
Dr Oliver Robinson – An introduction to sacred geometry and mystical mathematics
Geometry is a key foundation of science and technology, while also being an artistic form and contemplative focus within many spiritual traditions. This participative talk will…
Continental Meeting – Shaping Influences: Fields, Archetypes and Living Systems
SOLD OUT! Date: September 7 – 11 Our lives and our psychology are shaped by influences of which we are often unaware. Our history, culture, people…
Complexity and the Implicate Order Bohm-Prigogine Centenary Conference
2017 marks the centenary of two of the most creative scientists of the 20th century, Prof David Bohm FRS (1917 – 1992) and Prof Vicomte Ilya Prigogi…