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Gary Lachman – Who Was Hermes Trismegistus?
Event has passedFor centuries, the legendary figure Hermes Trismegistus – “thrice greatest Hermes” – was believed to be a real individual who, at the dawn of time,… ...
Paul Kieniewicz – The Structure of Reality – a Gnostic Perspective
Event has passedThe physical world of atoms, molecules, stars and galaxies appears real to us. But is that world all that there is? Plato, in his allegory… ...
Dr. David Egan – Wittgenstein and the Religious Point of View
Event has passedLudwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) once remarked to a friend: “I am not a religious man, but I cannot help seeing every problem from a religious point… ...
Dr. David Grumett – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: Philosopher and Theologian
Event has passedA French Jesuit of the first half of the twentieth century, Teilhard called boldly into question classic philosophical conceptions of matter and spirit. Motivated by… ...
Prof. Keith Ward – Emotion, Thought, and Feeling in the Cosmic Mind
Event has passedThere is a rising interest in Idealism, the idea that there is a cosmic mind from which the material universe flows. But there are many… ...
Dr. Edi Bilimoria – Legendary Scientists, Without Exception, Affirmed Divinity
Event has passed‘Science rests on facts and evidence whereas religion is based on faith and belief’ is a sneering remark that I have personally heard, not infrequently,… ...
Dr. Jeff Dunne – Synchronicities: Signals of Interconnectedness
Event has passedYears of research have consistently demonstrated that the traditional understanding of time as an objective property of the universe is flawed. There are countless examples… ...
Dr. Marianne Rankin – Is Altruism a Principal Fruit of Spiritual Experience? An Exploration of the Alister Hardy Religious Experience Research Centre Archive
Event has passedMarianne’s recent PhD research, supported by the Alister Hardy Trust (AHT), was based on the Religious Experience Research Centre Archive of over six thousand accounts… ...
Arabella Thaïs – Depth Cosmology: the Poetics and Physics of the One Cosmic Mind
Event has passedIf we are to evolve human consciousness, then we must evolve our understanding of reality. Thankfully there is a new cosmological paradigm emerging and it… ...
Prof Terry Hyland – A Pragmatic Exploration of Some Contemporary Artificial Intelligence (AI) Developments: Implications for Education, Culture and Society
Event has passedThe recent appearance of widely available artificial intelligence (AI) applications such as ChatGPT and Bard has fuelled a flurry of popular and academic discussions about… ...
Dr Richard Firth-Godbehere – A Human History of Emotion
Event has passedWe like to think of humans as rational creatures, who have relied on calculation and intellect to survive. But many of the most important moments… ...
Prof Philip Goff – Cosmic Purpose
Event has passedWestern thought is dominated by the dichotomy of religion and secular atheism. For Christians, Muslims and Jews, the universe has a purpose because God created… ...
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