Imaginal cells are responsible for the metamorphosis of the caterpillar into a butterfly, the Greek symbol for the soul. These cells are dormant in the caterpillar but at a critical point of development they create the new form and structure which becomes the butterfly. In the podcast series Imaginal Inspirations, David Lorimer talks to transformational authors and scientists about the experiences, people and books that have shaped their life and work.

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David Lorimer&#39;s Guest today is  Mark Gober who is an award-winning author of four books: &#34;An End to Upside Down Thinking&#34; (2018), &#34;An End to Upside Down Living&#34; (2020), &#34;An End to Upside Down Liberty&#34; (2021), and &#34;An End to Upside Down Contact&#34; (2022). He is also the host of the podcast &#34;Where Is My Mind?&#34; Gober serves on the Board of Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell’s Institute of Noetic Sciences and the School of Wholeness and Enlightenment. Previously, he was a partner at Sherpa Technology Group in Silicon Valley and worked as an investment banking analyst with UBS in New York. He has been named one of IAM’s Strategy 300: The World’s Leading Intellectual Property Strategists. Gober graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University, where he was elected a captain of its Division I tennis team.  Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. Imaginal cells are responsible for the metamorphosis of the caterpillar into a butterfly, which is the Greek symbol for the soul. These cells are dormant in the caterpillar but at a critical point of development they create the new form and structure which becomes the butterfly.<a href="http://scientficandmedical.net/" rel="nofollow">scientficandmedical.net</a> <a href="http://www.galileocommission.org/" rel="nofollow">www.galileocommission.org</a><a href="http://www.beyondthebrain.org/" rel="nofollow">www.beyondthebrain.org</a> Works and links mentioned: Books by Mark Gober <a href="https://markgober.com/" rel="nofollow">https://markgober.com/</a>An End to Upside Down Thinking&#34; (2018), <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/an-end-to-upside-down-thinking-dispelling-the-myth-that-the-brain-produces-consciousness-and-the-implications-for-everyday-lif/9781947637856" rel="nofollow">https://uk.bookshop.org/books/an-end-to-upside-down-thinking-dispelling-the-myth-that-the-brain-produces-consciousness-and-the-implications-for-everyday-lif/9781947637856</a>&#34;An End to Upside Down Living&#34; (2020), <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/an-end-to-upside-down-living-reorienting-our-consciousness-to-live-better-and-save-the-human-species/9781949001044" rel="nofollow">https://uk.bookshop.org/books/an-end-to-upside-down-living-reorienting-our-consciousness-to-live-better-and-save-the-human-species/9781949001044</a>&#34;An End to Upside Down Liberty&#34; (2021), <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/End-Upside-Down-Liberty-Traditional-ebook/dp/B09HL83BY1/ref" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.co.uk/End-Upside-Down-Liberty-Traditional-ebook/dp/B09HL83BY1/ref</a>&#34;An End to Upside Down Contact&#34; (2022).  <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/End-Upside-Down-Contact-Spirits-ebook/dp/B0B43TH5JZ/" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.co.uk/End-Upside-Down-Contact-Spirits-ebook/dp/B0B43TH5JZ/</a>Your Soul&#39;s Plan by Robert Schwartz <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/your-soul-s-plan-discovering-the-real-meaning-of-the-life-you-planned-before-you-were-born/9781583942727" rel="nofollow">https://uk.bookshop.org/books/your-soul-s-plan-discovering-the-real-meaning-of-the-life-you-planned-before-you-were-born/9781583942727</a>&#34;Where Is My Mind?&#34; podcast <a href="https://markgober.com/podcast/" rel="nofollow">https://markgober.com/podcast/</a> Production: Martin RedfernArtwork: Amber HaasMusic: Life is a River, by Magnus Moone

Mark Gober on an end to upside-down thinking

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David Lorimer&#39;s Guest today is  Dr Dean Radin who is Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (<a href="http://noetic.org/" rel="nofollow">IONS</a>), Associated Distinguished Professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies (<a href="http://ciis.edu/" rel="nofollow">CIIS</a>), and chairman of the biotech company, <a href="http://cognigenics.io/" rel="nofollow">Cognigenics</a>. He earned an MS (electrical engineering) and a PhD (psychology) from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and in 2022 was awarded an Honorary DSc from the Swami Vivekananda University in Bangalore, India (an institution of higher learning accredited by the Indian government and specializing in yoga practice and research). Before joining the IONS research staff in 2001, Radin worked at AT&amp;T Bell Labs, Princeton University, University of Edinburgh, and SRI International. He has given over 650 talks and interviews worldwide, and he is author or co-author of some 300 scientific and popular articles, four dozen book chapters, and nine books, four of which have been translated into 15 foreign languages.  Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. Imaginal cells are responsible for the metamorphosis of the caterpillar into a butterfly, which is the Greek symbol for the soul. These cells are dormant in the caterpillar but at a critical point of development they create the new form and structure which becomes the butterfly.<a href="http://scientficandmedical.net/" rel="nofollow">scientficandmedical.net</a> <a href="http://www.galileocommission.org/" rel="nofollow">www.galileocommission.org</a><a href="http://www.beyondthebrain.org/" rel="nofollow">www.beyondthebrain.org</a> Works and links mentioned: Books by Dean Radin:The Conscious Universe (1997, HarperCollins), <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-conscious-universe-the-scientific-truth-of-psychic-phenomena/9780061778995" rel="nofollow">https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-conscious-universe-the-scientific-truth-of-psychic-phenomena/9780061778995</a>Entangled Minds (2006, Simon &amp; Schuster), <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/entangled-minds-extrasensory-experiences-in-a-quantum-reality/9781416516774" rel="nofollow">https://uk.bookshop.org/books/entangled-minds-extrasensory-experiences-in-a-quantum-reality/9781416516774</a>Supernormal (2013, RandomHouse), <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/supernormal-science-yoga-and-the-evidence-for-extraordinary-psychic-abilities/9780307986900" rel="nofollow">https://uk.bookshop.org/books/supernormal-science-yoga-and-the-evidence-for-extraordinary-psychic-abilities/9780307986900</a>Real Magic (2018, PenguinRandomHouse). <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/real-magic-unlocking-your-natural-psychic-abilities-to-create-everyday-miracles/9781524758820" rel="nofollow">https://uk.bookshop.org/books/real-magic-unlocking-your-natural-psychic-abilities-to-create-everyday-miracles/9781524758820</a> ESP: A Scientific Evaluation by CEM Hansel <a href="https://www.biblio.com/book/esp-scientific-evaluation-cem-hansel/d/1276130291" rel="nofollow">https://www.biblio.com/book/esp-scientific-evaluation-cem-hansel/d/1276130291</a>C P Broad: Lectures on Psychical Research <a href="https://www.routledge.com/Lectures-on-Psychical-Research-Routledge-Revivals-Incorporating-the-Perrott/Broad/p/book/9780415610865" rel="nofollow">https://www.routledge.com/Lectures-on-Psychical-Research-Routledge-Revivals-Incorporating-the-Perrott/Broad/p/book/9780415610865</a>Ram Das: Be Hesre Now <a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/Be-Here-Now-Ram-Dass/9780517543054" rel="nofollow">https://www.bookdepository.com/Be-Here-Now-Ram-Dass/9780517543054</a> Production: Martin RedfernArtwork: Amber HaasMusic: Life is a River, by Magnus Moone

Dr Dean Radin on Noetic Science

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David Lorimer&#39;s Guest today is  Dr Athena D. Potari,  Fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies at Harvard University (2022/23). She received her PhD from the University of Oxford, specializing in Political Philosophy, and holds an MA in Political Theory summa cum laude from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). In 2020, she was the youngest female scholar to receive the prestigious Academy of Athens Award of Philosophy. She has previously taught at the Universities of Oxford, University of Patras and University of Toulouse 1-Capitol (Athens branch). In 2019 she founded Atheonoa - a school of philosophy based in Greece devoted to the study of Ancient Hellenic Philosophy as an experiential path to the lived realization of non-dual awareness (gnosis) and eudaimonia, combining rigorous textual study with meditation and other embodied practices inspired by the ancient scriptures. She is a Member of the Galileo Commission Steering Group and the author of “A Call for a Renaissance of the Spirit in the Humanities” published by the Galileo Commission.  Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. Imaginal cells are responsible for the metamorphosis of the caterpillar into a butterfly, which is the Greek symbol for the soul. These cells are dormant in the caterpillar but at a critical point of development they create the new form and structure which becomes the butterfly.<a href="http://scientficandmedical.net/" rel="nofollow">scientficandmedical.net</a> <a href="http://www.galileocommission.org/" rel="nofollow">www.galileocommission.org</a><a href="http://www.beyondthebrain.org/" rel="nofollow">www.beyondthebrain.org</a> Works and links mentioned: Papers by Athena Potari <a href="https://harvard.academia.edu/DespoinaAthenaPotari" rel="nofollow">https://harvard.academia.edu/DespoinaAthenaPotari</a><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/1605839924_shining-light-on-transcendence-the-unconventional-journey-of-a-neuroscientist/9781786771070" rel="nofollow">https://uk.bookshop.org/books/1605839924_shining-light-on-transcendence-the-unconventional-journey-of-a-neuroscientist/9781786771070</a>Plato: The Republic <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-republic-9780008480080/9780008480080" rel="nofollow">https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-republic-9780008480080/9780008480080</a>Kahlil Gibran: The Prophet <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-prophet/9781513263229" rel="nofollow">https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-prophet/9781513263229</a>Yogananda Paramahansa: Autobiography of a Yogi <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/autobiography-of-a-yogi-9788189535513/9788189535513" rel="nofollow">https://uk.bookshop.org/books/autobiography-of-a-yogi-9788189535513/9788189535513</a> Production: Martin RedfernArtwork: Amber HaasMusic: Life is a River, by Magnus Moone

Dr Athena D. Potari on Plato and Non-Duality

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David Lorimer&#39;s Guest today is his old friend and long-time colleague Dr Peter Fenwick who is Emeritus Consultant Neuropsychiatrist, Maudsley Hospital and Emeritus Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry. His other appointments included Consultant Neurophysiologist at St. Thomas’s, Westminster and Broadmoor Hospitals. For ten years he was a Trustee of the Prince of Wales Foundation for Integrated Health. He is Emeritus President of the Scientific and Medical Network and former Chair of the Board of The Study Society. He is one of the world’s foremost authorities on the dying process and is the author, with his wife Elizabeth, of many books on consciousness and death, including The Art of Dying and his autobiography Shining Light on Transcendence.  Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. Imaginal cells are responsible for the metamorphosis of the caterpillar into a butterfly, which is the Greek symbol for the soul. These cells are dormant in the caterpillar but at a critical point of development they create the new form and structure which becomes the butterfly.<a href="http://scientficandmedical.net/" rel="nofollow">scientficandmedical.net</a> <a href="http://www.galileocommission.org/" rel="nofollow">www.galileocommission.org</a><a href="http://www.beyondthebrain.org/" rel="nofollow">www.beyondthebrain.org</a> Works and links mentioned: <a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-art-of-dying/dr-peter-fenwick/elizabeth-fenwick/9780826499233" rel="nofollow">https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-art-of-dying/dr-peter-fenwick/elizabeth-fenwick/9780826499233</a><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/1605839924_shining-light-on-transcendence-the-unconventional-journey-of-a-neuroscientist/9781786771070" rel="nofollow">https://uk.bookshop.org/books/1605839924_shining-light-on-transcendence-the-unconventional-journey-of-a-neuroscientist/9781786771070</a><a href="https://www.abebooks.co.uk/ESP-Enigma-Scientific-Case-Psychic-Phenomena/30938224156/bd?cm_mmc=ggl-_-UK_Shopp_Tradestandard-_-product_id%3DUK9780802716064USED" rel="nofollow">https://www.abebooks.co.uk/ESP-Enigma-Scientific-Case-Psychic-Phenomena/30938224156/bd?cm_mmc=ggl-_-UK_Shopp_Tradestandard-_-product_id=UK9780802716064USED</a><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-outsider-9780753814321/9780753814321" rel="nofollow">https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-outsider-9780753814321/9780753814321</a><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-doors-of-perception-and-heaven-and-hell/9780099458203" rel="nofollow">https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-doors-of-perception-and-heaven-and-hell/9780099458203</a><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/1605841226_the-rise-of-the-new-physics-vol-i/9781406749755" rel="nofollow">https://uk.bookshop.org/books/1605841226_the-rise-of-the-new-physics-vol-i/9781406749755</a> By A. D&#39;Abro<a href="https://www.studysociety.org/" rel="nofollow">https://www.studysociety.org/</a> Production: Martin RedfernArtwork: Amber HaasMusic: Life is a River, by Magnus Moone

Dr Peter Fenwick on Neuroscience and Consciousness

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David Lorimer&#39;s Guest today is Dr Diane Hennacy Powell, who is a Johns Hopkins-trained neuropsychiatrist and neuroscientist, former Harvard faculty member, and an award-winning author and clinician. She began studying autism in 1987, when she spent six months with Sir Michael Rutter at the Institute for Psychiatry in London. She has served as a member of a think tank on the evolution of human consciousness at the Salk Institute, and as the Director of Research for the John E. Mack Institute. Her experimental research focuses on investigating reports of telepathy in autistic children and has been presented at international science conferences in the US and abroad. She is a polymath whose theoretical work bridges multiple scientific disciplines in its analysis of case studies in neuropsychiatry that challenge materialism’s neuro-centric model. Her 2008 book, The ESP Enigma: A Scientific Case for Psychic Phenomena, presents a rational argument for a new paradigm, which is elaborated upon further in her chapter entitled Beyond Materialism and Madness in the first volume published by the Academy for the Advancement of Postmaterialist Sciences: Is Consciousness Primary? Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. Imaginal cells are responsible for the metamorphosis of the caterpillar into a butterfly, which is the Greek symbol for the soul. These cells are dormant in the caterpillar but at a critical point of development they create the new form and structure which becomes the butterfly.<a href="http://scientficandmedical.net/" rel="nofollow">scientficandmedical.net</a> <a href="http://www.galileocommission.org/" rel="nofollow">www.galileocommission.org</a><a href="http://www.beyondthebrain.org/" rel="nofollow">www.beyondthebrain.org</a> Works and links mentioned:<a href="http://www.drdianehennacy.com/" rel="nofollow">www.DrDianeHennacy.com</a><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/flatland-a-romance-of-many-dimensions/9781907523632" rel="nofollow">https://uk.bookshop.org/books/flatland-a-romance-of-many-dimensions/9781907523632</a><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/dibs-in-search-of-self-personality-development-in-play-therapy/9780140134599" rel="nofollow">https://uk.bookshop.org/books/dibs-in-search-of-self-personality-development-in-play-therapy/9780140134599</a><a href="https://www.abebooks.co.uk/ESP-Enigma-Scientific-Case-Psychic-Phenomena/30938224156/bd?cm_mmc=ggl-_-UK_Shopp_Tradestandard-_-product_id%3DUK9780802716064USED" rel="nofollow">https://www.abebooks.co.uk/ESP-Enigma-Scientific-Case-Psychic-Phenomena/30938224156/bd?cm_mmc=ggl-_-UK_Shopp_Tradestandard-_-product_id=UK9780802716064USED</a>  Production: Martin RedfernArtwork: Amber HaasMusic: Life is a River, by Magnus Moone

Diane Hennacy Powell on Telepathy in Autism

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David Lorimer&#39;s guest today is Dr. Mario Beauregard, a neuroscientist currently affiliated with the Department of Psychology, University of Arizona.   He received a bachelor degree in psychology and a doctorate degree in neuroscience from the University of Montreal. Dr. Beauregard is the author of more than 100 publications in neuroscience, psychology, and psychiatry. He was the first neuroscientist to use neuroimaging to investigate the neural underpinnings of voluntary control in relation to emotion. Because of his research into the neuroscience of consciousness, he was selected (2000) by the World Media Net to be one of the “One Hundred Pioneers of the 21st Century.” In addition, his groundbreaking research on the neurobiology of spiritual experiences has received international media coverage.  As an author, Dr. Beauregard has published The Spiritual Brain, <a href="https://drmariobeauregard.com/en/books/brain-wars/" rel="nofollow">Brain Wars</a> and Expanding Reality. He actively contributes to the articulation of the new postmaterialist scientific paradigm. Moreover, he is one of the founders of the Academy for the Advancement of Postmaterialist Sciences (AAPS)..Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. Imaginal cells are responsible for the metamorphosis of the caterpillar into a butterfly, which is the Greek symbol for the soul. These cells are dormant in the caterpillar but at a critical point of development they create the new form and structure which becomes the butterfly.<a href="http://scientficandmedical.net/" rel="nofollow">scientficandmedical.net</a> <a href="http://www.galileocommission.org/" rel="nofollow">www.galileocommission.org</a><a href="http://www.beyondthebrain.org/" rel="nofollow">www.beyondthebrain.org</a> Works and links mentioned: <a href="https://drmariobeauregard.com/en/home/" rel="nofollow">https://drmariobeauregard.com/en/home/</a> Academy for the Advancement of Postmaterialist Sciences <a href="https://www.aapsglobal.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.aapsglobal.com/</a><a href="https://drmariobeauregard.com/en/expanding-reality-emergence-postmaterialist-science/" rel="nofollow">https://drmariobeauregard.com/en/expanding-reality-emergence-postmaterialist-science/</a><a href="https://drmariobeauregard.com/en/the-spiritual-brain/" rel="nofollow">https://drmariobeauregard.com/en/the-spiritual-brain/</a><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/consciousness-confessions-of-a-romantic-reductionist/9780262533508" rel="nofollow">Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist by Cristof Koch</a>  Production: Martin RedfernArtwork: Amber HaasMusic: Life is a River, by Magnus Moone

Dr Mario Beauregard on Postmaterialist Science

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David Lorimer&#39;s guest today is Dr Jeffrey Mishlove, who is host and producer of the New Thinking Allowed channel on YouTube.  He is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series that was shown throughout North America. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in &#34;Parapsychology&#34; ever awarded by an accredited, American university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is also the 1st Prize winner of the 2021 Bigelow Institute essay competition regarding the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death. Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. Imaginal cells are responsible for the metamorphosis of the caterpillar into a butterfly, which is the Greek symbol for the soul. These cells are dormant in the caterpillar but at a critical point of development they create the new form and structure which becomes the butterfly.<a href="http://scientficandmedical.net/" rel="nofollow">scientficandmedical.net</a> <a href="http://www.galileocommission.org/" rel="nofollow">www.galileocommission.org</a><a href="http://www.beyondthebrain.org/" rel="nofollow">www.beyondthebrain.org</a> Works and links mentioned:<a href="http://www.newthinkingallowed.com/" rel="nofollow">www.newthinkingallowed.com</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Roots-Consciousness-Classic-Encyclopedia-Expanded/dp/1569247471" rel="nofollow">Jeffrey Mishlove: The Roots of Consciousness</a><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ways-Power-Love-Techniques-Transformation/dp/1890151866/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=Pitrim+Sorokin&qid=1639338214&s=books&sr=1-6-spell" rel="nofollow">Pitirim Sorokin The Ways and Power of Love</a> <a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Pitirim-A-Sorokin/The-Crisis-of-Our-Age/7090233" rel="nofollow">Pitirim Sorokin The Crisis of Our Age</a><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/journeys-out-of-the-body/9780285627536" rel="nofollow">Robert Monroe: Journeys out of the Body</a><a href="https://holmesinstitute.edu/links/centers-for-spiritual-living/" rel="nofollow">Holmes Institute Centers for Spiritual Living</a><a href="https://bigelowinstitute.org/contest_winners3.php" rel="nofollow">Bigelow Essay Contest</a>  Production: Martin RedfernArtwork: Amber HaasMusic: Life is a River, by Magnus Moone

Dr Jeffrey Mishlove on Consciousness

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David Lorimer&#39;s guest today is Dr Natalie Dyer, PhD who spoke at the 2021 Beyond the Brain conference on universal love and who is a research scientist studying the therapeutic effects of integrative medicine and spiritual practices, including yoga, meditation, Reiki, psychedelics, and universal love. She completed her doctorate in neuroscience at Queen’s University Ontario and postdoctoral fellowships in psychology at Harvard University and Harvard Medical School. She currently works as a research scientist with Connor Integrative Health Network, and as President of the non-profit organization the Center for Reiki Research. She has published many scientific papers and presented her research to diverse audiences throughout North America and Europe. Together with over 300 other scientists and physicians, Natalie was the first signee of the Manifesto for a Postmaterialist Science, a declaration for science to move beyond the outdated materialist paradigm. Natalie is also an energy medicine practitioner specializing in Reiki and North American, European, and Tibetan shamanic practices. Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. Imaginal cells are responsible for the metamorphosis of the caterpillar into a butterfly, which is the Greek symbol for the soul. These cells are dormant in the caterpillar but at a critical point of development they create the new form and structure which becomes the butterfly.<a href="http://scientficandmedical.net/" rel="nofollow">scientficandmedical.net</a> <a href="http://www.galileocommission.org/" rel="nofollow">www.galileocommission.org</a><a href="http://www.beyondthebrain.org/" rel="nofollow">www.beyondthebrain.org</a> Works and links mentioned:<a href="http://www.drnataliedyer.com/" rel="nofollow">www.drnataliedyer.com</a><a href="https://centerforreikiresearch.com/" rel="nofollow">Center for Reiki Research</a><a href="https://opensciences.org/about/manifesto-for-a-post-materialist-science" rel="nofollow">The Manifesto for a Postmaterialist Science</a><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-spiritual-brain-a-neuroscientist-s-case-for-the-existence-of-the-soul/9780061625985" rel="nofollow">The Spiritual Brain by Mario Beauregard</a><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-miracle-of-mindfulness-the-classic-guide-to-meditation-by-the-world-s-most-revered-master/9781846046407" rel="nofollow">The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh</a><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/a-new-earth-the-life-changing-follow-up-to-the-power-of-now-my-no-1-guru-will-always-be-eckhart-tolle-chris-evans/9780141039411" rel="nofollow">A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle</a><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-sense-of-being-stared-at-and-other-aspects-of-the-extended-mind/9780099441533" rel="nofollow">The Sense of Being Stared at by Rupert Sheldrake</a>  Production: Martin RedfernArtwork: Amber HaasMusic: Life is a River, by Magnus Moone

Dr Natalie Dyer on Universal Love

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David Lorimer&#39;s guest today is his dear friend Satish Kumar, who was the Editor-in-Chief of Resurgence (now with the Ecologist) Magazine for 43 years and was the Founder of Schumacher College in Dartington. At nine years of age, Satish renounced the world and joined the brotherhood of Jain monks. At the age of eighteen, he left the monastic order and became a campaigner working to turn Gandhi’s vision of a peaceful world into reality. He undertook an 8,000-mile peace pilgrimage, walking without any money, to deliver packets of ‘peace tea’ to the leaders of the four nuclear powers. Satish is the author of six books, including his most recent one Pilgrimage for Peace, which describes this remarkable pilgrimage. His autobiography, No Destination, first published by Green Books in 1978, has sold over 50,000 copies. Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. Imaginal cells are responsible for the metamorphosis of the caterpillar into a butterfly, which is the Greek symbol for the soul. These cells are dormant in the caterpillar but at a critical point of development they create the new form and structure which becomes the butterfly.<a href="http://scientficandmedical.net/" rel="nofollow">scientficandmedical.net</a> <a href="http://www.galileocommission.org/" rel="nofollow">www.galileocommission.org</a><a href="http://www.beyondthebrain.org/" rel="nofollow">www.beyondthebrain.org</a> Works and links mentioned:<a href="https://www.resurgence.org/satish-kumar/" rel="nofollow">https://www.resurgence.org/satish-kumar/</a> <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/pilgrimage-for-peace-the-long-walk-from-india-to-washington/9780857845290" rel="nofollow">Pilgrimage for Peace: The Long Walk from India to Washington by Satish Kumar</a><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-intimate-and-the-ultimate/9781903998397" rel="nofollow">The Intimate and the Ultimate. By Vinoba Bhave</a><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Talks-Gita-HEARTFULNESS-WAY-Book-ebook/dp/B084624MJT/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Vinoba+Bhave&qid=1634855960&s=books&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">Talks on the Gita by Vinoba Bhave (Kindle edition)</a><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/stride-toward-freedom-the-montgomery-story/9780285639010" rel="nofollow">Stride Toward Freedom by Martin Luther King</a><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/small-is-beautiful-a-study-of-economics-as-if-people-mattered/9780099225614" rel="nofollow">Small is Beautiful by E F Schumacher</a>  Production: Martin RedfernArtwork: Amber HaasMusic: Life is a River, by Magnus Moone

Satish Kumar on Pilgrimage

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David Lorimer&#39;s guest today is Felicity Warner, founder of the global Soul Midwives Movement, who lectures both nationally and internationally and runs The Soul Midwives’ School, based in Dorset. She has won many awards for her work with the dying and created the idea of soul midwifery after sitting with many hundreds of people at the end of life. Her pioneering work has brought a new dimension to holistic and spiritual palliative care. She was named “End of Life Care champion” by the National Council for Palliative Care and also in “End of Life Doula”in 2017. She is author of four acclaimed books – Gentle Dying and A Safe Journey Home, The Soul Midwives’ Handbook and Sacred Oils - 20 Precious Oils to heal Spirit and Soul Her website: <a href="http://www.soulmidwives.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">www.soulmidwives.co.uk</a>Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. Imaginal cells are responsible for the metamorphosis of the caterpillar into a butterfly, which is the Greek symbol for the soul. These cells are dormant in the caterpillar but at a critical point of development they create the new form and structure which becomes the butterfly.<a href="http://www.scimednet.org/" rel="nofollow">www.scimednet.org</a><a href="http://www.galileocommission.org/" rel="nofollow">www.galileocommission.org</a><a href="http://www.mysticsandscientists.org/" rel="nofollow">www.mysticsandscientists.org</a><a href="http://www.beyondthebrain.org/" rel="nofollow">www.beyondthebrain.org</a> Works and links mentioned:<a href="http://www.soulmidwives.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Felicity Warner&#39;s website</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Felicity-Warner/A-Safe-Journey-Home--A-Simple-Guide-to-Achieving-a-Peaceful-Death/7057102" rel="nofollow">A Safe Journey Home : A Simple Guide to Achieving a Peaceful Death</a> by<a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Search?Author=Felicity+Warner" rel="nofollow">Felicity Warner</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Felicity-Warner/Sacred-Oils--Working-with-20-Precious-Oils-to-Heal-Spirit-and-Soul/22561465" rel="nofollow">Sacred Oils : Working with 20 Precious Oils to Heal Spirit and Soul</a> by <a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Search?Author=Felicity+Warner" rel="nofollow">Felicity Warner</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Felicity-Warner/The-Soul-Midwives-Handbook--The-Holistic-and-Spiritual-Care-of-the-Dying/14705851" rel="nofollow">The Soul Midwives&#39; Handbook : The Holistic and Spiritual Care of the Dying by Felicity Warner</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Claire-Nahmad/The-Secret-Teachings-of-Mary-Magdalene--Including-the-Los/16588880" rel="nofollow">The Secret Teachings of Mary Magdalene by Claire Nahmad, Margaret Bailey</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Search/Keyword?keyword=LUCY+BOSTON&productType=0" rel="nofollow">Books by Lucy Boston</a> Production: Martin RedfernArtwork: Amber HaasMusic: Life is a River, by Magnus Moone

Felicity Warner on Soul Midwifery

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David Lorimer&#39;s guest today is Steve Taylor PhD,  the author of several best-selling books on psychology and spirituality, and a senior lecturer in psychology at Leeds Beckett University. He is the current chair of the Transpersonal Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society. His books include Waking From Sleep, The Fall, The Leap, Spiritual Science, The Clear Light (poetry) and his new book Extraordinary Awakenings: When Trauma Leads to Transformation. His books have been published in 20 languages and Eckhart Tolle has described his work as ‘an important contribution to the shift in consciousness which is happening on our planet at present.’ His website is <a href="http://www.stevenmtaylor.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.stevenmtaylor.com</a>  Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. Imaginal cells are responsible for the metamorphosis of the caterpillar into a butterfly, which is the Greek symbol for the soul. These cells are dormant in the caterpillar but at a critical point of development they create the new form and structure which becomes the butterfly.<a href="http://www.scimednet.org/" rel="nofollow">www.scimednet.org</a><a href="http://www.galileocommission.org/" rel="nofollow">www.galileocommission.org</a><a href="http://www.mysticsandscientists.org/" rel="nofollow">www.mysticsandscientists.org</a><a href="http://www.beyondthebrain.org/" rel="nofollow">www.beyondthebrain.org</a> Works and links mentioned:<a href="http://www.stevenmtaylor.com/" rel="nofollow">Steve Taylor&#39;s website</a><a href="https://www.stevenmtaylor.com/books/" rel="nofollow">Books by Steve Taylor</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Colin-Wilson/The-Outsider/1995282" rel="nofollow">The Outsider by Colin Wilson</a><a href="https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/books/f-c-happold/mysticism/9780140137460?gclid=CjwKCAjwyIKJBhBPEiwAu7zll5d5RJKqwQJrlOkadbg6bdSrg16qU6kAZ6xe5guQiXfPTcEnBoHntxoC_-8QAvD_BwE" rel="nofollow">Mysticism by F C Happold</a><a href="https://www.aleftrust.org/academic-learning/masters-degree/" rel="nofollow">MSc course in Transpersonal Psychology</a> Production: Martin RedfernArtwork: Amber HaasMusic: Life is a River, by Magnus Moone

Dr Steve Taylor on Panspirtism

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David Lorimer&#39;s guest today is Dr. Yvonne Kason MD, MEd, CCFP, FCFP, who is the President and Co-Founder of Spiritual Awakenings International, and is the Co-Leader and Co-Founder of Toronto Awakenings Sharing Group. She has had five Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), two in her childhood and three in her adult life, as well as multiple Spiritually Transformative Experiences (STEs). She is the Past-President of IANDS, the International Association for Near-Death Studies. Yvonne is a retired family physician and transpersonal MD-psychotherapist, previously on faculty at the University of Toronto, and an internationally renowned medical expert on NDEs and other STEs.  In 1990, Yvonne was the first Canadian medical doctor to specialize her medical practice in the research and counselling of patients with diverse types of STEs. She has 40 years of experience counselling STE Experiencers. She co-founded the Kundalini Research Network in 1990, and later co-founded the Spirituality in Health-Care Network in 2000. Dr. Kason is the person who first coined the phrase “Spiritually Transformative Experiences” or “STEs” in 1994. Dr. Kason has five published books, her most recent, Touched by the Light: Exploring Spiritually Transformative Experiences (2019).  Yvonne lives in Toronto, Canada, and enjoys “snowbirding” during the winter months, in Encinitas, CA. The Prayer of Saint Francis:Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.Where there is hatred, let me bring love.Where there is offence, let me bring pardon.Where there is discord, let me bring union.Where there is error, let me bring truth.Where there is doubt, let me bring faith.Where there is despair, let me bring hope.Where there is darkness, let me bring your light.Where there is sadness, let me bring joy.O Master, let me not seek as muchto be consoled as to console,to be understood as to understand,to be loved as to love,for it is in giving that one receives,it is in self-forgetting that one finds,it is in pardoning that one is pardoned,it is in dying that one is raised to eternal life. Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. Imaginal cells are responsible for the metamorphosis of the caterpillar into a butterfly, which is the Greek symbol for the soul. These cells are dormant in the caterpillar but at a critical point of development they create the new form and structure which becomes the butterfly.<a href="http://www.scimednet.org/" rel="nofollow">www.scimednet.org</a><a href="http://www.galileocommission.org/" rel="nofollow">www.galileocommission.org</a><a href="http://www.mysticsandscientists.org/" rel="nofollow">www.mysticsandscientists.org</a><a href="http://www.beyondthebrain.org/" rel="nofollow">www.beyondthebrain.org</a> Works and links mentioned:<a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Yvonne-Kason/Touched-by-the-Light--Exploring-Spiritually-Transformative-Experiences/24450749" rel="nofollow">Touched by the Light: Exploring Spiritually Transformative Experiences. By Yvonne Kason</a><a href="https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Awakening-Kundalini-Gopi-Krishna-ebook/dp/B00R6PVVP0/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1&keywords=gopi+krishna&qid=1626524047&s=books&sr=1-7" rel="nofollow">The awakening of Kundalini. By Gopi Krishna</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Gopi-Krishna/Living-with-Kundalini--The-Autobiography-of-Gopi-Krishna/2641566" rel="nofollow">Living with Kundalini - The Autobiography of Gopi Krishna</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Paramahansa-Paramahansa-Yogananda-Yogananda/Autobiography-of-a-Yogi--Mass-Market-Paperback-New-Cover/2634038" rel="nofollow">Autobiography of the Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Evelyn-Underhill/Mysticism--A-Study-in-the-Nature-and-Development-of-Mans-/1172321" rel="nofollow">Mysticism by Evelyn Underhill</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Thomas-Cleary/The-Secret-of-Golden-Flower/24978560" rel="nofollow">The Secret of the Golden Flower. Thomas Cleary</a><a href="https://spiritualawakeningsinternational.org/" rel="nofollow">Spiritual Awakenings International</a><a href="https://www.kundalininet.org/" rel="nofollow">Kundalini Research Network</a><a href="https://www.spiritualityinhealthcare.net/" rel="nofollow">Spirituality in Health-Care Network</a> Production: Martin RedfernArtwork: Amber HaasMusic: Life is a River, by Magnus Moone

Yvonne Kason on Spiritual Awakening

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Dr Rosy Daniel is a holistic doctor, health coach, workplace wellness consultant, broadcaster, speaker, teacher and author specialising in new paradigms for proactive health creation. She practices at her Bath clinic where she guides the regeneration of positive health for those with cancer, heart disease, diabetes, depression, overweight, arthritis and stress-related illness. Her healthcare approach combines sensitive, compassionate warmth in her own style of highly personalised holistic medicine. She was Medical Director of the Bristol Cancer Help Centre (now Penny Brohn Cancer Care) whose patron is the Prince of Wales.  After leaving the Bristol Centre she set up Health Creation, offering motivational health coaching and consultancy for individuals and in the workplace. Rosy has developed a unique coaching approach known as ‘Life Energy Management’ for individuals and organisations that wish to achieve peak performance and fulfilment in life to live and work with high vitality health and wellbeing. In 2007 Rosy became Project Leader of the Health and Wellbeing Trust charity to train doctors and nurses in Integrative Medicine. In 2021, the charity opened its Health-e-Leaning platform, taking its educational work digital, thereby increasing access to people worldwide to some of the world’s finest holistic health teachers; opening with in the charity the International College of Regenerative Health. She is inviting subscription, support and engagement via <a href="http://www.healthelearning.online/" rel="nofollow">www.healthelearning.online</a> Rosy is a passionate advocate for positive health and environmental protection through the promotion of full potential conscious living based upon developing our emotional, physical, spiritual and ecological intelligence. Her own health and wellbeing stems from a life-long practice of yoga. She is a dedicated health activist, working determinedly to promote healthy change for the sustainability of people and planet. She is Patron of the British Wheel of Yoga and the Healing Trust, placing highest value on ancient meta-physical wisdom and the power of spiritual healing. Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness.<a href="http://www.scimednet.org/" rel="nofollow">www.scimednet.org</a><a href="http://www.galileocommission.org/" rel="nofollow">www.galileocommission.org</a><a href="http://www.mysticsandscientists.org/" rel="nofollow">www.mysticsandscientists.org</a><a href="http://www.beyondthebrain.org/" rel="nofollow">www.beyondthebrain.org</a> Works and links mentioned:<a href="https://www.drrosydaniel.org/" rel="nofollow">Dr Rosy Daniel</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Dr-Rosy-Daniel/The-Cancer-Directory/13969084" rel="nofollow">The Cancer Directory by Rosy Daniel</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Dr-Rosy-Daniel/Cancer-A-Nutritional-Guide-with-40-Delicious-Recipes-Eat-to-Beat/14232885" rel="nofollow">Eat to Beat Cancer by Rosy Daniel and Jane Sen</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Pat-Rodegast/Emmanuels-Book--A-Manual-for-Living-Comfortably-in-the-Cosmos/16122079" rel="nofollow">Emmanuel&#39;s Book: A guide for living comfortably in the cosmos. By Pat Rodegast</a><a href="https://healthelearning.online/" rel="nofollow">Health e-learning online</a><a href="https://www.pennybrohn.org.uk/find-help?gclid=CjwKCAjwiLGGBhAqEiwAgq3q_rE7uiC70MSNu3Vwg4I7ScgJ1PnVP-1hLxvvJr_m2n4oFwOJ4uPmnRoC7dUQAvD_BwE" rel="nofollow">Penny Brohn Cancer Care</a> Production: Martin RedfernArtwork: Amber HaasMusic: Life is a River, by Magnus Moone

Rosy Daniel on Love and Health

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Federico Faggin has led what he calls four lives: as a physicist, engineer and inventor, entrepreneur, and author. He developed the MOS silicon gate technology at Fairchild (1968) and designed the world&#39;s first microprocessor at Intel (1971). Faggin also founded and led Zilog, Synaptics, and other high-tech companies. The Zilog Z80 microprocessor (1976), and the Z8 microcontroller (1978) are still in volume production in 2021. At Synaptics he pioneered the Touchpad (1994) and the Touchscreen (1999), - solutions that have revolutionized the way we interface with mobile devices.Federico has received many prizes and awards in the United States, Europe, and Japan. These include the Marconi Prize (1988), the Kyoto Prize for Advanced Technology (1997), and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation (2009), from President Barack Obama. In 1996, Faggin was inducted in the National Inventor&#39;s Hall of Fame. He has also received many honorary degrees in Computer Science and Electronic EngineeringFederico is currently president of the Federico and Elvia Faggin Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the scientific study of consciousness, an interest that has become a passionate full-time activity. In 2019, Federico published his autobiography SILICON, through Mondadori, Italy’s premier book publisher, where it has been a bestseller. Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness.<a href="http://www.scimednet.org/" rel="nofollow">www.scimednet.org</a><a href="http://www.galileocommission.org/" rel="nofollow">www.galileocommission.org</a><a href="http://www.mysticsandscientists.org/" rel="nofollow">www.mysticsandscientists.org</a><a href="http://www.beyondthebrain.org/" rel="nofollow">www.beyondthebrain.org</a> Works and links mentioned:<a href="http://www.fagginfoundation.org/" rel="nofollow">Federico and Elvia Faggin Foundation</a><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Silicon-Invention-Microprocessor-Science-Consciousness/dp/1949003418/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1621431274&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">Silicon: From the Invention of the Microprocessor to the New Science of Consciousness by Federico Faggin</a>.<a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Douglas-R-Hofstadter/Godel-Escher-Bach--An-Eternal-Golden-Braid/14981514" rel="nofollow">Godel, Escher, Bach : An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Plotinus/The-Enneads/351191" rel="nofollow">The Enniads by Plotinus</a> Production: Martin RedfernArtwork: Amber HaasMusic: Life is a River, by Magnus Moone

Federico Faggin on Silicon and Consciousness

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Dr. Vasilieios Basios is a senior researcher at the Physics of Complex Systems Department of the University of Brussels, where he conducts interdisciplinary research on self-organisation and emergence in complex matter as well as on aspects of the foundations of complex systems. We first met in the early 1990s in Greece where a number of pioneering meetings on a science of consciousness were arranged by his mentor and our mutual friend Emilios Bouratinos, author of the seminal work Science, Objectivity and Consciousness. During his formative years Vasili worked within the team of Ilya Prigogine (Nobel laureate and honorary SMN Member) at the Solvay Institutes for Physics and Chemistry in Brussels. He is interested in the history of ideas in science and their role in the transformation of science beyond the prevailing mechanistic world-view. As a board member of the Scientific &amp; Medical Network, he also maintains a keen interest in contemporary research avenues that have started to lead us to a new renaissance, concerned with the renewal of a “re-enchanted” nature. Vasili is also a Member of the Steering Group of the Galileo Commission.  Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. <a href="http://www.scimednet.org/" rel="nofollow">www.scimednet.org</a><a href="http://www.galileocommission.org/" rel="nofollow">www.galileocommission.org</a><a href="http://www.mysticsandscientists.org/" rel="nofollow">www.mysticsandscientists.org</a><a href="http://www.beyondthebrain.org/" rel="nofollow">www.beyondthebrain.org</a> Works mentioned:  <a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Emilios-Bouratinos/Objectivity-and-Consciousness-Science/22513556" rel="nofollow">Science, Objectivity and Consciousness by Emilios Bouratinos</a><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/chaos-information-processing-and-paradoxical-games-the-legacy-of-john-s-nicolis/9789814602129" rel="nofollow">Chaos, Information Processing and Paradoxical Games: The Legacy of John Nicolis. By Gregoire Nicolis and Vasilieios Basios</a>Exploring Complexity by <a href="https://smile.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?field-author=Gregoire+Nicolis&ie=UTF8&search-alias=books-uk&sort=relevancerank&text=Gregoire+Nicolis" rel="nofollow">Gregoire Nicolis</a> and <a href="https://smile.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_2?field-author=Ilya+Prigogine&ie=UTF8&search-alias=books-uk&sort=relevancerank&text=Ilya+Prigogine" rel="nofollow">Ilya Prigogine</a> <a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Richard-Tarnas/The-Passion-Of-The-Western-Mind--Understanding-the-Ideas-/6997864" rel="nofollow">The Passion Of The Western Mind by Richard Tarnas</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Search/Search?Author=Ilya+Prigogine" rel="nofollow">Order Out of Chaos : Man&#39;s New Dialogue with Nature by Ilya Prigogine, </a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Richard-Bach/Jonathan-Livingston-Seagull--A-Story/11521" rel="nofollow">Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Arthur-Koestler/The-Sleepwalkers--A-History-of-Mans-Changing-Vision-of-the-Universe/15916629" rel="nofollow">The Sleepwalkers : A History of Man&#39;s Changing Vision of the Universe by Arthur Koestler</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Frances-A-Yates/Giordano-Bruno-and-the-Hermetic-Tradition/588312" rel="nofollow">Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition by Frances A. Yates</a> Production: Martin RedfernArtwork: Amber HaasMusic: Life is a River, by Magnus Moone

Vasileios Basios on Consciousness and Complex Systems

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Bruce Greyson is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He was the immediate successor to the Carlsson Chair after the legendary Ian Stevenson, who founded the Department of Perceptual Studies in the University of Virginia in 1967. Ian is famous for his meticulous studies of children who remember previous lives but he also researched near-death experiences in India. Bruce was a co-founder and President of the International Association for Near-Death Studies and Editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies for many years and author of The Handbook of Near-Death Studies. Bruce’s research for the past four decades has focused on near-death experiences and particularly their after-effects and implications. He established the standard and widely used Greyson Scale on NDEs. His academic work has been translated into twenty languages and used in hundreds of studies worldwide. He has published more than a hundred scholarly articles about near-death experiences and gives regular addresses at international conferences on the matter. After is Bruce’s first book to bring his ground-breaking research to general readers and has been widely reviewed. He will be a keynote speaker at the 2021 Beyond the Brain conference in November and is speaking on his book at a meeting on Friday April 23rd 2021.  Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. <a href="http://www.scimednet.org/" rel="nofollow">www.scimednet.org</a><a href="http://www.galileocommission.org/" rel="nofollow">www.galileocommission.org</a><a href="http://www.mysticsandscientists.org/" rel="nofollow">www.mysticsandscientists.org</a><a href="http://www.beyondthebrain.org/" rel="nofollow">www.beyondthebrain.org</a> Works mentioned:<a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/MD-Dr-Bruce-Greyson/After--A-Doctor-Explores-What-Near-Death-Experiences-Reve/25523446" rel="nofollow">After by Bruce Greyson</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Dr-Raymond-Moody/Life-After-Life/1766305" rel="nofollow">Life After Life by Raymond Moody</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Dr-Raymond-Moody/The-Light-Beyond--The-extraordinary-sequel-to-the-classic-Life-After-Life/6948381" rel="nofollow">The Light Beyond by Raymond Moody</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Ian-Stevenson/Children-Who-Remember-Previous-Lives-A-Question-Of-Reincarnation/15240917" rel="nofollow">Children Who Remember Previous Lives by Ian Stevenson</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Emily-Williams-Kelly/Science-the-Self-and-Survival-after-Death--Selected-Writi/14626193" rel="nofollow">Science, the Self, and Survival after Death : Selected Writings of Ian Stevenson</a> Production: Martin RedfernArtwork: Amber HaasMusic: Life is a River, by Magnus Moone

Bruce Greyson on the After life

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Marjorie Woollacott, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus of Human Physiology and Neuroscience at the University of Oregon. Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and includes both rehabilitation medicine and alternative forms of therapy such as tai chi and meditation. She is president of the Academy for the Advancement of Postmaterialist Sciences (AAPS) – one of the key partners of the Galileo Commission, the Research Director of the International Association of Near Death Studies (IANDS), and has written more than 200 peer-reviewed research articles—several of which were on spiritual awakening and meditation, which was the topic that motivated her to write her latest book, Infinite Awareness: The Awakening of a Scientific Mind. Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. <a href="http://www.scimednet.org/" rel="nofollow">www.scimednet.org</a><a href="http://www.galileocommission.org/" rel="nofollow">www.galileocommission.org</a><a href="http://www.mysticsandscientists.org/" rel="nofollow">www.mysticsandscientists.org</a><a href="http://www.beyondthebrain.org/" rel="nofollow">www.beyondthebrain.org</a> Works mentioned:<a href="https://marjoriewoollacott.com/" rel="nofollow">Marjorie Woollacott</a> <a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Marjorie-Hines-Woollacott/Infinite-Awareness--The-Awakening-of-a-Scientific-Mind/21208259" rel="nofollow">Infinite Awareness: The Awakening of a Scientific Mind by Marjorie Woollacott</a> <a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/William-James/The-Varieties-of-Religious-Experience/9005958" rel="nofollow">The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James</a> <a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Edward-F-Kelly/Irreducible-Mind--Toward-a-Psychology-for-the-21st-Century/6398391" rel="nofollow">Irreducible Mind: Towards a Psychology for the 21sr Century by Edward Kelly</a> <a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Iain-McGilchrist/The-Master-and-His-Emissary--The-Divided-Brain-and-the-Ma/11439547" rel="nofollow">The Master and his Emissary by Iain McGilchrist</a> <a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/James-Finley/Mertons-Palace-of-Nowhere--40th-Anniversary-Edition/2642773" rel="nofollow">Merton&#39;s Palace of Nowhere by James Finley</a> <a href="https://jamesfinley.org/" rel="nofollow">James Finley</a> Centre for Action and Contemplation <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F7TVM8m95Y" rel="nofollow">Bach B Minor Mass</a>. See 1:33:20 for flute obbligato (Benedictus)  Production: Martin RedfernArtwork: Amber HaasMusic: Life is a River, by Magnus Moone

Marjorie Woollacott on The Awakening of a Scientific Mind

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<a href="https://www.davidlorimer.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">David Lorimer</a> is a writer, poet, lecturer, editor and host of Imaginal Inspirations. He is also the Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. His new book A Quest for Wisdom: Inspiring Purpose on the Path of Life is a collection of essays covering philosophy, consciousness and ethics. It is published on 25th March 2020 by Aeon Books. <a href="http://www.scimednet.org/" rel="nofollow">www.scimednet.org</a><a href="http://www.galileocommission.org/" rel="nofollow">www.galileocommission.org</a><a href="http://www.mysticsandscientists.org/" rel="nofollow">www.mysticsandscientists.org</a><a href="http://www.beyondthebrain.org/" rel="nofollow">www.beyondthebrain.org</a> Works mentioned: <a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Charles-Pierre-Baudelaire/Selected-Poems/351246" rel="nofollow">Selected Poems, Charles Baudelaire</a><a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9781846042843?gC=5a105e8b&gclid=CjwKCAiA6aSABhApEiwA6Cbm_4YDqrt7sIAoNLvlSxm82YSaJVWccixY9D_QM2VK0EAxoNOR9fZe5hoCYaIQAvD_BwE" rel="nofollow">Man&#39;s Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Colin-Wilson/The-Outsider/1995282" rel="nofollow">The Outsider, Colin Wilson</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Dr-Raymond-Moody/Life-After-Life/1766305" rel="nofollow">Life After Life, Dr Raymond Moody</a> Production: Charlotte LorimerArtwork: Amber HaasMusic: Mary McDougall

David Lorimer on purpose, consciousness and Colin Wilson

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Apela Colorado is the founder of the Worldwide Indigenous Science Network (<a href="https://wisn.org/" rel="nofollow">WISN</a>). The organisation fosters the revitalisation, growth, and worldwide exchange of traditional knowledge and safeguards the lives and work of the world’s endangered traditional cultural practitioners. She has Oneida-Gaul ancestry and deep roots in Chartres in France, where she revived the Mystery School. Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. <a href="http://www.scimednet.org/" rel="nofollow">www.scimednet.org</a><a href="http://www.galileocommission.org/" rel="nofollow">www.galileocommission.org</a><a href="http://www.mysticsandscientists.org/" rel="nofollow">www.mysticsandscientists.org</a><a href="http://www.beyondthebrain.org/" rel="nofollow">www.beyondthebrain.org</a> Production: Charlotte LorimerArtwork: Amber HaasMusic: Mary McDougall

Apela Colorado on trees, dream work and indigenous wisdom

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<a href="https://cosmosandpsyche.com/" rel="nofollow">Richard Tarnas</a> is the founding director of the graduate programme in Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness at the California Institute of Integral Studies, where he currently teaches. His two books - The Passion of the Western Mind and Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View - are the result of decades of deep thinking, thorough research and original connections across religion, history, philosophy and cosmology. Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. <a href="http://www.scimednet.org/" rel="nofollow">www.scimednet.org</a><a href="http://www.galileocommission.org/" rel="nofollow">www.galileocommission.org</a><a href="http://www.mysticsandscientists.org/" rel="nofollow">www.mysticsandscientists.org</a><a href="http://www.beyondthebrain.org/" rel="nofollow">www.beyondthebrain.org</a> Works mentioned: <a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Stanislav-Grof/Realms-of-the-Human-Unconscious--Observations-from-LSD-Research/24081519" rel="nofollow">Realms of the Human Unconscious, Stanislav Grof</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Joseph-Campbell/The-Hero-with-a-Thousand-Faces/12747847" rel="nofollow">The Hero with a Thousands Faces, Joseph Campbell</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Gregory-Bateson/Steps-to-an-Ecology-of-Mind--Collected-Essays-in-Anthropo/578753" rel="nofollow">Steps to an Ecology of Mind, Gregory Bateson</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Huston-Smith/The-Worlds-Religions/68447" rel="nofollow">The World&#39;s Religions, Huston Smith</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Leo-Tolstoy/Anna-Karenina/7112889" rel="nofollow">Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Fyodor-Dostoevsky/The-Karamazov-Brothers/6864759" rel="nofollow">The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoevsky</a><a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9780226458120?gC=5a105e8b&gclid=CjwKCAiAgJWABhArEiwAmNVTB0M6Vdi31pcHdTMexQ5S3basAtl4Gq6y7koj_s8pAbO6KA0pM3GlIxoCXI8QAvD_BwE" rel="nofollow">The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Khun</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Ram-Dass/Be-Here-Now/1202068" rel="nofollow">Be Here Now, Ram Dass</a><a href="https://www.abebooks.co.uk/Re-Visioning-Psychology-Hillman-James-William-Morrow/30148758800/bd?cm_mmc=ggl-_-UK_Shopp_Tradestandard-_-product_id%3DCOUK9780060905637USED-_-keyword%3D&gclid=CjwKCAiAgJWABhArEiwAmNVTB9uDHeXd9a4nLl74A1cyqFkUPtWqew5lKHFTKeaPKXpzzgAACuLZ2BoCynQQAvD_BwE" rel="nofollow">Re-Visioning Psychology, James Hillman</a><a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/Answer-to-Job-C.-G.-Jung/9780691150475?gclid=CjwKCAiAgJWABhArEiwAmNVTBzR8dpOSq843FgtBqw115YXzeCpQ-NqrlLJuVdnn-NNPQH7tx7lANxoCJJ8QAvD_BwE&pdg=pla-293946777986%3Acmp-10333021322%3Aadg-104437772098%3Acrv-443151537351%3Apos-%3Adev-c&redirected=true&selectCurrency=GBP&utm_campaign=Base1&utm_content=Answer-to-Job&utm_medium=Google&utm_source=UK&w=AFC7AU9SRN3BXUA8VR11" rel="nofollow">Answer to Job, Carl Jung</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Charles-Taylor/Sources-of-the-Self--The-Making-of-the-Modern-Identity/15612607" rel="nofollow">Sources of the Self, Charles Taylor</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Catherine-Keller/From-A-Broken-Web/19985024" rel="nofollow">From a Broken Web, Catherine Keller</a><a href="https://www.abebooks.co.uk/Reflections-Gender-Science-Keller-Yale-University/30780348400/bd?cm_mmc=ggl-_-UK_Shopp_Tradestandard-_-product_id%3DCOUK9780300036367USED-_-keyword%3D&gclid=CjwKCAiAgJWABhArEiwAmNVTB2y8IU6WVtZqc4fZH3eHj3uURR9LHfPeZRSpHw-v-peI2obWTtdUpRoCgvQQAvD_BwE" rel="nofollow">Reflections on Gender and Science, Evelyn Fox Keller</a><a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9780140192926?gC=5a105e8b&gclid=CjwKCAiAgJWABhArEiwAmNVTB0TxMH0-9xcYcOOm2vZRBCeCXYzHUdDeeg67ESE4fGQvkUGVicdRrBoCkhQQAvD_BwE" rel="nofollow">The Myth of the Goddess, Anne Baring and Jules Cashford</a> Production: Charlotte LorimerArtwork: Amber HaasMusic: Mary McDougall

Richard Tarnas  on trusting the unfolding of life and revolutions of thought

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<a href="https://www.beyondthebrain.org/j-kim-penberthy/" rel="nofollow">Kim Penberthy</a> is a professor of research in psychiatric medicine at the University of Virginia. Her key interests include consciousness and psychology at the end of life and research on how mindfulness can enhance the abilities and performance of humans. She is also a founding member of Be Wise, an organisation dedicated to promoting wisdom, compassion and mindfulness in medicine. Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. <a href="http://www.scimednet.org/" rel="nofollow">www.scimednet.org</a><a href="http://www.galileocommission.org/" rel="nofollow">www.galileocommission.org</a><a href="http://www.mysticsandscientists.org/" rel="nofollow">www.mysticsandscientists.org</a><a href="http://www.beyondthebrain.org/" rel="nofollow">www.beyondthebrain.org</a> People mentioned: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2778055.Kurt_Vonnegut_Jr_" rel="nofollow">Kurt Vonnegut</a><a href="https://swedenborg.com/emanuel-swedenborg/about-life/" rel="nofollow">Emmanuel Swedenborg</a><a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-James" rel="nofollow">William James</a> Production: Charlotte LorimerArtwork: Amber HaasMusic: Mary McDougall

Kim Penberthy on gratitude for our parents and non-dualistic experiences

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<a href="http://www.ravindra.ca/" rel="nofollow">Ravi Ravindra</a> is a professor of Comparative Religion, Philosophy and Physics. He is the author of many books, including The Spiritual Roots of Yoga, The Gospel of St John in light of Indian Mysticism, and The Yoga of the Christ. As an international speaker, he often illuminates the common ground between Eastern and Western religions. Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. <a href="http://www.scimednet.org/" rel="nofollow">www.scimednet.org</a><a href="http://www.galileocommission.org/" rel="nofollow">www.galileocommission.org</a><a href="http://www.mysticsandscientists.org/" rel="nofollow">www.mysticsandscientists.org</a><a href="http://www.beyondthebrain.org/" rel="nofollow">www.beyondthebrain.org</a> Works mentioned: <a href="https://biblescripture.net/John.html" rel="nofollow">Gospel of St John</a><a href="https://jkrishnamurti.org/" rel="nofollow">J. Krishnamurti</a><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/basho" rel="nofollow">Basho</a> Production: Charlotte LorimerArtwork: Amber HaasMusic: Mary McDougall

Ravi Ravindra on Krishnamurti, effort and grace

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<a href="https://widerhorizons.events/portfolio-items/professor-marilyn-monk/" rel="nofollow">Marilyn Monk</a> is a molecular biologist. Studies include the mechanisms of replication and repair of DNA, cell signalling and intercellular communication, regulation of gene expression in development, deprogramming and formation of totipotent stem cells and transgenerational epigenetic inheritance. She also has a longstanding interest in philosophy, psychology, religion and spirituality and is qualified as a Psychosynthesis Counsellor and Alexander Technique Teacher. Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. <a href="http://www.scimednet.org/" rel="nofollow">www.scimednet.org</a><a href="http://www.galileocommission.org/" rel="nofollow">www.galileocommission.org</a><a href="http://www.mysticsandscientists.org/" rel="nofollow">www.mysticsandscientists.org</a><a href="http://www.beyondthebrain.org/" rel="nofollow">www.beyondthebrain.org</a> Works mentioned: <a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Albert-Camus/The-Fall/24817485" rel="nofollow">The Fall, Albert Camus</a><a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/18837/soren-kierkegaard.html" rel="nofollow">Fear and Trembling, Soren Kierkegaard</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Andre-Gide/The-Immoralist/358829" rel="nofollow">The Immoralist, André Gide</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Simone-de-Beauvoir/The-Second-Sex-Vintage-Feminism-Short-Edition/16588201" rel="nofollow">The Second Sex, Simone du Beavoir</a><a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9780312650605?gC=5a105e8b&gclid=CjwKCAiA25v_BRBNEiwAZb4-ZWsGUqQr65MQx-xP47_HKirl_6zO7u7Xjg8-kfO0MWoL0A8ODMrGjBoCKsoQAvD_BwE" rel="nofollow">The Book of Secrets, Osho</a><a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9780199554607?gC=5a105e8b&gclid=CjwKCAiA25v_BRBNEiwAZb4-ZSUoySTAJgSrl-x7si2eKDO3OFCcCv90DYVGsvQ_7yTmFvziwgNpLRoCAQ4QAvD_BwE" rel="nofollow">Corrine, Madame de Stael</a> Production: Charlotte LorimerArtwork: Amber HaasMusic: Mary McDougall

Marilyn Monk on curiosity, belonging and trust

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<a href="https://kripal.rice.edu/bio.html" rel="nofollow">Jeffrey Kripal</a> is an author and Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice University. His latest book, <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/316/316824/the-flip/9780141992563.html" rel="nofollow">The Flip</a>, synthesises neuroscience, ecology, quantum physics, evolutionary biology, philosophy of mind and comparative mysticism with his own personal experiences. Its aim is to bring humanity back into the humanities. Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. <a href="http://www.scimednet.org/" rel="nofollow">www.scimednet.org</a><a href="http://www.galileocommission.org/" rel="nofollow">www.galileocommission.org</a><a href="http://www.mysticsandscientists.org/" rel="nofollow">www.mysticsandscientists.org</a><a href="http://www.beyondthebrain.org/" rel="nofollow">www.beyondthebrain.org</a> Works mentioned: <a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/William-James/The-Principles-of-Psychology-Vol-1/1164793" rel="nofollow">The Principles of Pyschology, William James</a><a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9781442202061?gC=5a105e8b&gclid=CjwKCAiA25v_BRBNEiwAZb4-ZdeRgdBurd9j2ywqCYleFFV3JRwGcChOdzCOLZ5BKWTqp1MXPXj61BoCYZ8QAvD_BwE" rel="nofollow">Irreducible Mind, Edward F Kelly</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Edward-F-Kelly/Beyond-Physicalism--Toward-Reconciliation-of-Science-and-Spirituality/16404704" rel="nofollow">Beyond Physicalism, Edward F Kelly</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Edward-F-Kelly/Consciousness-Unbound--Liberating-Mind-from-the-Tyranny-of-Materialism/25502635" rel="nofollow">Consciousness Unbound, Edward F Kelly</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Alfred-Russell-Wallace/The-Malay-Archipelago/6788002" rel="nofollow">The Malay Archipelago, Alfred Russell Wallace</a> Production: Charlotte LorimerArtwork: Amber HaasMusic: Mary McDougall

Jeffrey Kripal on 'impossible' experiences, precognition and the Esalen Institute

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<a href="https://www.annebaring.com/" rel="nofollow">Anne Baring</a> is a Jungian analyst and author. Her most recent book, The Dream Of The Cosmos: A Quest for the Soul, is a poetic, heartfelt and spiritual quest to understand the causes of human suffering and reconnect with a deeper reality. It builds on her work on the divine feminine and dream analysis. Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. <a href="http://www.scimednet.org/" rel="nofollow">www.scimednet.org</a><a href="http://www.galileocommission.org/" rel="nofollow">www.galileocommission.org</a><a href="http://www.mysticsandscientists.org/" rel="nofollow">www.mysticsandscientists.org</a><a href="http://www.beyondthebrain.org/" rel="nofollow">www.beyondthebrain.org</a> Works mentioned: <a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Alan-Jacobs/The-Gnostic-Gospels--Including-the-Gospel-of-Thomas-the-G/19911458" rel="nofollow">The Gnostic Gospels, Including the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Mary Magdalene</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Dr-Geza-Vermes/The-Complete-Dead-Sea-Scrolls-in-English-7th-Edition/9004521" rel="nofollow">The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls</a><a href="https://www.abebooks.co.uk/Modern-Man-Search-Soul-Jung/30767036543/bd?cm_mmc=ggl-_-UK_Shopp_Tradestandard-_-product_id%3DCOUK9781684220908USED-_-keyword%3D&gclid=CjwKCAiA7939BRBMEiwA-hX5J6GX32-FBngxgRdtW2waiThrJoPADl05cElcP9sLdNH-92CeePjAxhoCQKEQAvD_BwE" rel="nofollow">Modern Man in Search for a Soul, C G Jung</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Joseph-Campbell/Primitive-Mythology--The-Masks-of-God-Volume-1/25439888" rel="nofollow">Primitive Mythology: The Masks of God, Joseph Campbell</a><a href="https://www.netflix.com/browse" rel="nofollow">A Life on Our Planet, David Attenborough</a> Production: Charlotte LorimerArtwork: Amber HaasMusic: Mary McDougall

Anne Baring on the divine feminine and Catharism

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<a href="https://dosseydossey.com/larry/default.html" rel="nofollow">Larry Dossey</a> is a physician and author of nine books. He has become an internationally influential advocate of the role of the mind in health and the role of spirituality in healthcare. Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. <a href="http://www.scimednet.org/" rel="nofollow">www.scimednet.org</a><a href="http://www.galileocommission.org/" rel="nofollow">www.galileocommission.org</a><a href="http://www.mysticsandscientists.org/" rel="nofollow">www.mysticsandscientists.org</a><a href="http://www.beyondthebrain.org/" rel="nofollow">www.beyondthebrain.org</a> Works mentioned: <a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9780061724947?gC=5a105e8b&gclid=CjwKCAiA7939BRBMEiwA-hX5J0RLHhpkODKlfciPxl8OEw-OB0J9Q6viyI5R7Mz0_8pd8OmxYchPyhoC5MYQAvD_BwE" rel="nofollow">The Perennial Philosophy, Aldous Huxley</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Peter-Fenwick/The-Art-of-Dying/2436272" rel="nofollow">The Art of Dying, Peter Fenwick</a> Production: Charlotte LorimerArtwork: Amber HaasMusic: Mary McDougall

Larry Dossey on pre-cognitive dreams and spirituality in healthcare

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<a href="http://marilynschlitz.com/" rel="nofollow">Marilyn Schlitz</a> is a social scientist, author, and speaker. Her clinical, laboratory and field-based research centres on consciousness, human transformation, and healing. Her latest book Death Makes Life Possible was accompanied by a film of the same title and explores the idea that facing our mortality inspires us to live our lives more fully. Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. <a href="http://www.scimednet.org/" rel="nofollow">www.scimednet.org</a><a href="http://www.galileocommission.org/" rel="nofollow">www.galileocommission.org</a><a href="http://www.mysticsandscientists.org/" rel="nofollow">www.mysticsandscientists.org</a><a href="http://www.beyondthebrain.org/" rel="nofollow">www.beyondthebrain.org</a> Works mentioned: Earthrise: My Adventures as an Apollo 14 Astronaut, Edgar Mitchell<a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Alice-Walker/The-Temple-of-My-Familiar/15919940" rel="nofollow">The Temple of My Familiar, Alice Walker</a> Production: Charlotte LorimerArtwork: Amber HaasMusic: Mary McDougall

Marilyn Schlitz on fiction, mortality and Edgar Mitchell

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<a href="https://iainmcgilchrist.com/" rel="nofollow">Iain McGilchrist</a> is writer, lecturer and former Consultant Psychiatrist. He is committed to the idea that the whole of our physical and spiritual existence and wider human culture helps to mould, and in turn is moulded by, our minds and brains. His latest work, The Matter With Things, a book of epistemology and metaphysics, will be published by Penguin/Random House. You can read written pieces by Iain and watch videos of him on <a href="https://channelmcgilchrist.com/" rel="nofollow">Channel McGilchrist.</a> Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. <a href="http://www.scimednet.org/" rel="nofollow">www.scimednet.org</a><a href="http://www.galileocommission.org/" rel="nofollow">www.galileocommission.org</a><a href="http://www.mysticsandscientists.org/" rel="nofollow">www.mysticsandscientists.org</a><a href="http://www.beyondthebrain.org/" rel="nofollow">www.beyondthebrain.org</a> Works mentioned: <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/_/IlBjQgAACAAJ?hl=en" rel="nofollow">Against Criticism, Iain McGilchrist</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Iain-McGilchrist/The-Master-and-His-Emissary--The-Divided-Brain-and-the-Ma/23062249" rel="nofollow">Master and His Emissary, Iain McGilchrist</a><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45527/lines-composed-a-few-miles-above-tintern-abbey-on-revisiting-the-banks-of-the-wye-during-a-tour-july-13-1798" rel="nofollow">Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, William Wordsworth</a><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/awakenings-9780330523677/9780330523677" rel="nofollow">Awakenings, Oliver Sacks</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/A-N-Whitehead/An-Introduction-to-Mathematics/392556" rel="nofollow">An Introduction to Mathematics, A N Whitehead</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Alan-Watts/The-Two-Hands-of-God--The-Myths-of-Polarity/25065317" rel="nofollow">The Two Hands of God: The Myths of Polarity, Alan Watts</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/J-Honorary-Senior-Lecturer-Honorary-Senior-Lecturer-Insti-Cutting/Principles-of-Psychopathology--Two-Worlds---Two-Minds---Two-Hemispheres/377198" rel="nofollow">Principles of Pyschopathology, J Cutting</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/William-James/A-Pluralistic-Universe/12725067" rel="nofollow">A Pluralistic Universe, William James</a><a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9780972718417?gC=5a105e8b&gclid=CjwKCAiA7939BRBMEiwA-hX5J7Agmr9H4oW9q0ECSJuDfVDCdBsWfu8D1r-nzsaYHWh-n05zJyrG1hoCNkAQAvD_BwE" rel="nofollow">Creative Mind, Ernest Holmes</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Bertrand-Russell/History-of-Western-Philosophy/943006" rel="nofollow">History of Western Philosophy, Bertrand Russell</a> Production: Charlotte LorimerArtwork: Amber HaasMusic: Mary McDougall

Iain McGilchrist on spaciousness, Wordsworth and the soul

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<a href="http://sahtouris.com" rel="nofollow">Elisabet Sahtouris</a> is an internationally known evolution biologist, futurist, professor and author. Her latest book Gaia&#39;s Dance: The Story of Earth &amp; Us explores the earth not as a machine, but as a living being. She tells the story of its evolution over billions of years and includes research on bacterial cooperatives and maturation cycles. She has also written and spoken about the significance of imaginal cells and their transformative power. Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. <a href="http://www.scimednet.org/" rel="nofollow">www.scimednet.org</a><a href="http://www.galileocommission.org/" rel="nofollow">www.galileocommission.org</a><a href="http://www.mysticsandscientists.org/" rel="nofollow">www.mysticsandscientists.org</a><a href="http://www.beyondthebrain.org/" rel="nofollow">www.beyondthebrain.org</a> Works mentioned: <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-chalice-and-the-blade-riane-eisler?variant=32203950424098" rel="nofollow">The Chalice and the Blade, Riane Eisler</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Jane-Roberts/Seth-Speaks--The-Eternal-Validity-of-the-Soul/7316724" rel="nofollow">Seth Speaks, Jane Roberts</a><a href="https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9780971119826/Afterdeath-Journal-American-Philosopher-View-0971119821/plp" rel="nofollow">The Afterdeath Journal of an American Philosopher; The View of William James, Jane Roberts</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Hazrat-Inayat-Khan/Music-of-Life--The-Inner-Nature--Effects-of-Sound/2785113" rel="nofollow">Music of Life, the Inner Nature &amp; Effects of Sounds, Hazrat Inayat Khan</a><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/man-s-search-for-meaning-the-classic-tribute-to-hope-from-the-holocaust-with-new-material/9781846042843" rel="nofollow">Man&#39;s Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl</a><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/books/umknown-world-notes-on-the-meaning-of-the-earth/9780399165092" rel="nofollow">An Unknown World: Notes on the Meaning of the Earth, Jacob Needleman </a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/DT-Suzuki/An-Introduction-To-Zen-Buddhism/1767091" rel="nofollow">An Introduction to Zen Buddhism, D T Suzuki</a><a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Dr-Deepak-Chopra/The-Love-Poems-Of-Rumi/1767892" rel="nofollow">The Poems of Rumi, Deepak Chopra</a> Production: Charlotte LorimerArtwork: Amber HaasMusic: Mary McDougall

Elisabet Sahtouris on imaginal cells, transformation and presence

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