Clash of Beliefs: Culture, Spirituality and Health Week by Week Course Synopsis Presented by Dr Natalie Tobert this comprehensive course Clash of Beliefs: Culture, Spirituality and Health: offers seminars that explore new spiritual and cultural frameworks for understanding unusual experiences. It explores what it means to be human in today’s world. The case studies […]
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By Jo de Groot BSW PhD DipEd 30th March 2017 Introduction In this paper I present the historical development of the Catholic Church’s position on the acceptance of priesthood for males only. Whatever the reasons given, they are without reasonable foundation. I show that the Church is not keeping […]
[contact-form][contact-field label=”Name” type=”name” required=”true” /][contact-field label=”Email” type=”email” required=”true” /][contact-field label=”Website” type=”url” /][contact-field label=”Message” type=”textarea” /][/contact-form] Charlotte Lorimer has recently completed her dissertation which accounts for the popularity of The Kiss (1907-1908) by Gustav Klimt. Her interdisciplinary approach explored Art, Science and Spirituality, particularly appropriate to fin-de-siècle Vienna which strove to […]
Belief without Borders: Inside the Minds of the Spiritual but not Religious by Linda A. Mercadante Reviewed by Oliver Robinson There is a demographic revolution going on in the Western world. Several decades back, the label of ‘spiritual but not religious’ (SBNR) did not exist. Now surveys suggest that up to […]
Science and Spirituality: Making Room for Faith in the Age of Science by Michael Ruse Reviewed by Oliver Robinson Michael Ruse is a British philosopher and vocal proponent of science. He often debates proponents of intelligent design, leading the charge for Darwin. He is also believes that science has clear limits […]
Dear Friends and Colleagues Under the auspices of the Scientific and Medical Network (www.scimednet.org) and following the publication of a number of manifestos calling for a wider and deeper science, we are proposing to establish a Commission for Extended Science. You will see the rationale and remit of the Commission […]
Dr Jude Currivan is a cosmologist, planetary healer, futurist and international author. She has a Masters Degree in Physics from Oxford University, specialising in quantum physics and cosmology and a PhD in Archaeology researching ancient cosmologies from the University of Reading in the UK, where she is based. Working with […]
By Kathleen M. Stranks Paper presented to the Scientific and Medical Network Continental Meeting 2016 – Convergent Evolution, Attractors and Love, October 2016, Casa San Bernado, Rome 1/10/16 Synopsis This paper is concerned with attempting to offer some insight into how psychic processes occur. To do this properly we need to […]
Dr. Sheela James discusses how mindfulness techniques borrowed from Eastern spiritual practices may be helpful for psychiatric patients.