FREE Online Lecture
Premieres Thursday, April 23, 7:00 p.m. CT*
In the modern world, imagination is often regarded as a private possession, as if a creative person has more of it than a more prosaic soul. This contracted understanding can be traced back to the understanding of the mind developed by philosophers like John Locke.
But another account of the imagination is available to us through figures like William Blake, who understood that imagination is not something we possess but is, rather, the very activity of our being and all beings. “Nature is imagination itself!” he declared, also realizing that imagination is divine.
So how can Blake help us participate in this wider flow and foster a renewed connection?
Dr. Mark Vernon is a psychotherapist and writer, with degrees in physics and theology, and a PhD in Ancient Greek philosophy. His books include Awake! William Blake and the Power of the Imagination, Dante’s Divine Comedy: A Guide for the Spiritual Journey, and A Secret History of Christianity: Jesus, the Last Inkling, and the Evolution of Consciousness. His journalism includes a column for The Idler. He podcasts, including approaching 100 dialogues with Rupert Sheldrake. He is a director of the Realisation Festival and is currently Philosopher in Residence at Broughton Sanctuary. He has worked at the Maudsley Psychiatric Hospital and as an Anglican priest. For more, see www.markvernon.com.
Program Format
*This video lecture premieres on YouTube, Facebook, and our website on Thursday, April 23 at 7:00 p.m. CT. and can be watched any time after via YouTube.