Nicholas Maxwell – Can Universities Save Us from Disaster?
Grave global problems threaten our future: population growth, destruction of natural habitats, loss of wild life, rapid extinction of species, lethal modern war, nuclear weapons ready to be unleashed at the touch of a button, pollution of earth, sea and air, undermining of democracy by the internet, and worst of all, the impending disasters of […]
Gary Lachman – Dark Star Rising: Magick and Power in the Age of Trump
Did positive thinking and mental science help put Donald Trump in the White House? And are there any other hidden powers of the mind and thought at work in today’s world politics? In Dark Star Rising: Magick and Power in the Age of Trump, historian and cultural critic Gary Lachman takes a close look at the […]
Mirror of the Present: The I Ching and Synchronicity
An oracular seminar with Shantena Augusto Sabbadini and Cruz Manas Sabbadini Marlborough Room, Oxford and Cambridge Club, 71 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5HD March 21-22, 2020 The I Ching is a formidable psychological system that endeavours to organize the play of archetypes… into a certain pattern, so that a reading becomes possible. (C.G. Jung) […]
Prof John Clarke – Beyond Nihilism: what can we learn from Nietzsche?
Nietzsche famously announced the ‘death of God’ and prophesied the inevitable onset of an age of nihilism in which ‘everything lacks meaning’ and ‘our “why” finds no answer. The SMN has long been concerned with this issue and has debated from various points of view the possibility of a new paradigm or worldview ‘beyond nihilism’. […]
Mystics & Scientists 2020
MYSTICS AND SCIENTISTS 43, 2020 Re-enchanting the World – Consciously Connecting with the Deep Wisdom of Nature Horsley Park, Surrey, 17-19 April 2020 Speakers: Anna Breytenbach, Prof. Paco Calvo, Fred Hageneder, Heidi Herrmann, Pea Horsley, David Lorimer, Shakti Caterina Maggi, Judith Prager, Dr Rupert Sheldrake Come and join us at the 2020 annual Mystics […]
Dr. Philip Goff – Is Consciousness Everywhere? Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness
According to our standard view of things, consciousness exists only in the brains of highly evolved organisms, and hence consciousness exists only in a tiny part of the universe and only in very recent history (cosmically speaking). According to panpsychism, in contrast, consciousness pervades the universe and is a fundamental feature of it. The view […]
Prof Jerry Kroth – Can you really be sure all crop circles are fakes?
Jerry Kroth, Ph.D. wonders if all crop circles may not be human fakes and counterfeits after all. He analyzes three mysterious, intricate, and amazing pictograms in this talk and astonishes the viewer with the prospect that these actually may be extraterrestrial communications which we have been steadfastly taught to ignore and disregard. Disinformation propaganda through […]