Consciousness Perspectives Forum

Welcome to the Consciousness Perspectives Forum page of the Scientific and Medical Network. This group was until October 2021 the SMN London Group. With the move of out of London of the host it has changed its name but not its remit. We continue to have regular meetings with invited speakers for learning and interaction. SMN members and non-members are warmly invited to participate. To receive information about future meetings please email [email protected] and subscribe to the circulation list at the bottom.
To view past events and their reports see buttons below.
Recordings are available free for SMN members.
Meet your Host

Claudia Nielsen PhD
I was born in Brazil and came to the UK in my twenties. Here I married, and brought up my three boys, now all grown up. Throughout my adult life I worked in a variety of industries and in my 40’s went back to Psychology – studied in Brazil – and retrained in psychotherapy, my current profession. My interests are all connected with my passion for life and living and I see human beings as an expression of a meaningful Universe. I am a Vice President of the SMN.
Forthcoming Events
Prof Ravi Ravindra – Spiritual Search and Scientific Research
In this talk we will explore not what usually gets classified as ‘science’ or as ‘religion’. The ...
Prof Christian List – The Reality of Free Will
I will present a case for scientific realism about free will. I will begin by summarizing some ...
Dr. Iain McGilchrist – What is the Matter with Things?
Many of us are aware that the mindset of reductionist materialism is inadequate, but may find ...
Prof Paul Sutter – Your Place in the Universe
How is a galaxy billions of light-years away connected to us? Is our home nothing more ...
- Claudia Nielsen
Rupert Sheldrake PhD – Morphic Resonance and Memory
According to the Rupert Sheldrake’s hypothesis of formative causation, all self-organizing systems, including crystals, organisms and ...
- Claudia Nielsen
Rubin Naiman PhD – Repairing Jacob’s Ladder: Healing our REM Sleep and Dreams
This presentation uses the archetypal story of Jacob's Ladder to address dream loss, one of the ...
- Claudia Nielsen
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