About Speaker

David Lorimer, MA, PGCE, FRSA is a visionary polymath and poet, who is Founder of Character Education Scotland, Global Ambassador of the Scientific and Medical Network, Chair of the Galileo Commission and former President of Wrekin Trust and the Swedenborg Society. He has been editor of Paradigm Explorer since 1986. He created the Beyond the Brain conference series in 1995 and has co-ordinated the Mystics and Scientists conferences every year since the late 1980s.
David’s most recent publications are his essays, A Quest for Wisdom (2021), his collection of poems Better Light a Candle (2022), Spiritual Awakenings (2022, edited with Marjorie Woollacott), The Great Upshift (2023, edited with Ervin Laszlo), and The Playful Universe (2024, edited with Marjorie Woollacott and Gary Schwartz). David is a Creative Member of the Club of Budapest, and a Member of the Evolutionary Leaders Circle.