Exploring the complementary roles of
scientific and mystical approaches to
reality for over 40 years.
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For over 40 years since 1978 the annual Mystics and Scientists conferences have been dedicated to forging a creative understanding of the complementary roles of scientific and mystical approaches to reality. These conferences provide a highly engaging and creative opportunity to come together with like-minded people in a spirit of exploration and dialogue leading to new contacts and friendships to continue the conversation.
Testimonials
“A wonderful, stimulating, through provoking and warm-hearted weekend”
“Non-stop delightful discovery and endless conversation.”
“I value the people and connections as much as the subject and speakers.”
“My second event. It gets better and better. I feel isolated in London. Here I get a sense of ‘group’. Fabulous talks.”
Upcoming Event
Consciously Connecting With The Deep Wisdom of Nature
Notable scientists who have spoken include:
Sir John Eccles FRS
Sir Fred Hoyle FRS
Prof Richard Gregory FRS
Prof David Bohm FRS
James Lovelock FRS
Prof John Barrow FRS
Prof Paul Davies
Dr Fritjof Capra
Dr Larry Dossey
Dr Rupert Sheldrake
Prof Ervin Laszlo
Prof Karl Pribram
Prof Chris Clarke
SMN Presidents
Dr Peter Fenwick
Prof Bernard Carr
SMN Vice-Presidents
Prof Arthur Ellison
Prof Brian Goodwin
Prof Marilyn Monk
Prominent mystics have included:
Fr Bede Griffiths
Anne Baring
Thetis Blacker
Dr Kathleen Raine
Prof Ravi Ravindra
Fr Matthew Fox
Ven Sumhedo
Douglas Harding
William Anderson
Satish Kumar
Irene Tweedie
Bronwen Astor
Fr William Johnston
Dr Neil Douglas-Klotz.
History
The first Mystics and Scientists conference was held in 1978 as ’The May Lectures’ in conjunction with Wrekin Trust. The event was so successful that it became an annual event run by Malcolm Lazarus and Sir George Trevelyan and has featured well over 150 distinguished speakers in the 42 conferences held so far. The Network took over the running of the conferences in the early 1990s
Programmes
2021 – 1978
2020-21
Location: Horsley Park, East Horsley.
Re-Enchanting the World
Speakers
- Dr. Rupert Sheldrake
- Pea Horsley
- Heidi Hermann
- Judith Prager
- Fred Hageneder
- Dr Peter Fenwick
- Shakti Caterina Maggi
- Anna Breytenbach
- Prof Paco Calvo
2019
Location: University of Greenwich
Technology, Spirituality and Wellbeing
Speakers
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Dr Jeffery Martin
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Dr Julia Mossbridge (videolink)
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Dr Iain McGilchrist (videolink)
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Jules Evans
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Dr Ben Marder
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Charlotte Lorimer & Georgia Parkin
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Heather Mason
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Jose Montemayor
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Katherine Ormerod
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Dr Alexander Stell
2018
Location: Latimer Place, Chesham
Eastern & Western Perspectives on Science and Spirit
Speakers
- Dr Bhakti Niskama Shanta
- Dr Bhakti Vijnana Muni
- Catherine Thom
- Prof Keith Ward FBA
- Prof Ursula King
- Dr Joan Walton
- Prof Max Velmans
2017
Location: Horsley Park, East Horsley
The Continuing Quest for Unity and Integration
Speakers
- Dr Fritjtof Capra
- Dr Jude Currivan
- Prof Marilyn Monk
- Prof Ravi Ravindra
- Dr Merlin Sheldrake
MYSTICS AND SCIENTISTS 2016
Non-locality and the Oneness of Mind. How we are more connected to
each other than we realise (and why it matters)
Location: Horsley Park, East Horsley.
Speakers
- Dr. Helen Ford
- Dr. Larry Dossey
- David Lorimer
- Prof. Tom McLeish FRS
- Marja de Vries
MYSTICS AND SCIENTISTS 2015
Harmony: Cosmos, Nature and Self
Location: Horsley Park, East Horsley.
Speakers
- Dr. Lucy King
- Satish Kumar
- Dr. Chika Robertson
- Ian Skelly
- Prof. Paul Robertson
- Dr. Jean-Philippe Uzan
- Prof. Charles Jencks
- David Lorimer
MYSTICS AND SCIENTISTS 2014
Consciousness and the Experience of Time
Location: University of Warwick
Speakers
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Prof. Bernard Carr
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Dr. James d’Angelo
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Narian Ishaya
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Dr. Barbara Magnani
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Prof. Jacob Needleman (via Skype)
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David Lorimer
MYSTICS AND SCIENTISTS 2013
The Nature of Inspiration in Art, Science and Spirituality
Location: University of Warwick
Speakers
- Rt Revd. Lord Richard Harries
- Shakti Maira
- Ruth Padel
- Prof. Paul Robertson
- Prof. Robert Turner
- David Lorimer
MYSTICS AND SCIENTISTS 2012
The Mystery of Consciousness and Western Meditation Traditions
Location: University of Winchester
Speakers
- Fr. Laurence Freeman
- Prof. Robert Frager
- Rabbi Nilton Bonder
- Dr. Anne Runehov
- Prof. Raymond Tallis
- David Lorimer
MYSTICS AND SCIENTISTS 2011
The Nature of Dreams: On the Threshold of Other Realities
Location: University of Winchester
Speakers
- Prof. Mark Blagrove
- Paul Devereux
- Dr. Larry Dossey
- Prof. Charles Laughlin
- Dr. Morton Schatzmann
- Dr. Ann Yeoman
- David Lorimer
MYSTICS AND SCIENTISTS 2010
Order out of Chaos: Possibilities for Transformation?
Location: University of Winchester
Speakers
- Prof. Stuart Kauffman
- Prof. Basil Hiley
- Brother David Steindl-Rast
- Prof. Wolfgang Michalski
- Barnaby Brown
- Prof. Simon Conway-Morris FRS
- Dr. Marie Angelo
- David Lorimer
MYSTICS AND SCIENTISTS 2009
The Science of Happiness and the Experience of Bliss
Location: University of Winchester
Speakers
- Rev. Dr. Matthew Fox
- Lord Richard Layard FBA
- Shakti Maira
- Dr. Peter Malinowski
- Dr. Carol Craig
- David Lorimer
MYSTICS AND SCIENTISTS 2008
Frontiers in Consciousness and Healing
Location: St John’s College, Cambridge.
Speakers
- Jennifer Cole
- Prof. Keith Critchlow
- Prof. Brian Goodwin
- Dr. Michael Hastings
- Sr. Eva Heymann
- Alexander Lauterwasser
- David Lorimer
MYSTICS AND SCIENTISTS 2007
Spirit and Cosmos: an Undivided Whole
Location: St John’s College, Cambridge.
Speakers
- Prof. Christopher Alexander
- Dr. Margaret Colquhoun,
- Dr. James d’Angelo
- Alain Forget
- Prof. Keith Ward FBA
- Dr. Lawrence LeShan
- Prof. Eric Priest FRS
- David Lorimer
MYSTICS AND SCIENTISTS 2006
The Spirit of Mountains: Inner and Outer Explorations
Location: St John’s College, Cambridge.
Speakers
- Julie-Ann Clyma
- David Lorimer
- Jim Perrin
- Geshe Jampel Senge
- Father Silouan
- Paul Devereux
MYSTICS AND SCIENTISTS 2005
Healing the Split: An Alchemy of Transformation
Location: Sparsholt College, Winchester
Speakers
- Ven Sogyal Rinpoche
- Anne Baring
- Dr. Julian Candy
- Prof. Chris Clarke
- Dr. Stephen Karcher
- Dr. Elisabet Sahtouris
- David Lorimer
MYSTICS AND SCIENTISTS 2004
Time and the Timeless
Location: University of Winchester
Speakers
- Beata Bishop
- Andrew Cohen
- Dr. Larry Culliford
- Murry Hope
- Dr. David Peat
- Wolfgang Schad
- Dr. Helen Sills
- David Lorimer
MYSTICS AND SCIENTISTS 2003
The Nature of Space, Inner and Outer
Location: University of Winchester
Speakers
- Prof. Chris Bache
- Prof. Bernard Carr
- Prof. Keith Critchlow
- Paul Wertheim
- David Lorimer
MYSTICS AND SCIENTISTS 2002
The Nature of Space, Inner and Outer
Location: University of Winchester
Speakers
- Prof. Chris Bache
- Prof. Bernard Carr
- Prof. Keith Critchlow
- Paul Wertheim
- David Lorimer
MYSTICS AND SCIENTISTS 2001
Trees of Life: Humanity and the Harmony of Nature
Location: University of Winchester
Speakers
- Professor Huston Smith
- Andrew Mitchell
- Patrice Bouchardon
- Dr. Apela Colorado
- Fred Hageneder
- Jorg Schauberger
- Dr Richard Betts
- David Lorimer
MYSTICS AND SCIENTISTS 2000
Vision: A New Millennium Demands a New Vision
Location: University of Winchester
Speakers
- Dr. Leonard Shlain
- Prof. Richard Gregory FRS
- Dr. Marie Angelo
- Clive Hicks
- Jay Ramsay
- Fred Hageneder
- Dr Peter Fenwick
- Thetis Blacker
- David Lorimer
MYSTICS AND SCIENTISTS 1999
The Science and Symbolism of the Sun
Location: University of Winchester
Speakers
- Peter Bunyard
- Prof. Bernard Carr
- Hazel Henderson
- John Moriarty
- Prof. Ravi Ravindra
- Jane Ridder Patrick
- David Lorimer
MYSTICS AND SCIENTISTS 1998
The Breath of Life
Location: University of Warwick
Speakers
- Dr. Neil Douglas-Klotz
- James Gregory
- Peter Glover
- Dr. Philip Kilner
- Dr. Joy Manne
- Jill Purce
- David Lorimer
MYSTICS AND SCIENTISTS 1997
The Spirit of Science and the Science of the Spirit – 20th Anniversary
Conference
Location: University of Winchester
Speakers
- Prof. Derek Bryce-Smith
- Dr. John Crook
- Prof. Kurt Dressler
- Prof. Arthur Ellison
- Dr. Peter Fenwick
- Warren Kenton
- Prof. Ursula King
- Malcolm Lazarus
- Dr. Rupert Sheldrake
- David Lorimer
MYSTICS AND SCIENTISTS 1996
The Nature of Energy: Science and the Subtle
Location: University of Winchester
Speakers
- Dr. Joan Borysenko
- Paul Devereux
- Prof. Chris Clarke
- Peter Harper
- Mary Ison
- Fr William Johnston
- Prof. Ervin Laszlo
- Dr. Hermann Scheer
- Gillian Wright
- David Lorimer
MYSTICS AND SCIENTISTS 1995
The Water of Life
Location: University of Winchester
Speakers
- Prof. Vithold Bakhir
- Dr. Jacques Benveniste
- Beata Bishop
- Alan Hall
- Dr. Michel Odent
- Dr. Rowena Pattee Kryder
- John Wilkes
- David Lorimer
MYSTICS AND SCIENTISTS 1994
Birth and Rebirth
Location: University of Winchester
Speakers
- Viscountess Bronwen Astor
- Peter and Bojanka Ganev
- Pearl Goodwin
- Dr. Michel Odent
- Prof. Ravi Ravindra
- Sir George Trevelyan
- Dr. Roger Woolger
- David Lorimer
MYSTICS AND SCIENTISTS 1993
The Life of the Heart
Location: University of Winchester
Speakers
- Anne Baring
- Dr. Larry Dossey
- Dr. Helen Ford
- Fr. Matthew Fox
- Dr.Philip Kilner
- Satish Kumar
- Catherine Thom
- Sir George Trevelyan
- David Lorimer
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