The Sacred | Iain McGilchrist on The Divided Brain and Perceiving the Sacred @thesacredpodcast | Uploaded November 2023 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
Iain McGilchrist is a globally acclaimed psychiatrist and writer author of groundbreaking books ‘The Master And His Emissary’ and ‘The Matter With Things’.
Iain (@DrIainMcGilchrist) spoke with Elizabeth about the varying exposures he had to religion in his childhood, how he went from being an English academic to psychiatry, and the effect left-hemispheric dominant thinking has had on our society.
Find out more about Iain's work here: channelmcgilchrist.com
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
03:16 What Is sacred to you? Iain McGilchrist’s response
06:17 Growing up at Winchester College: Iain McGilchrist
15:13 Iain McGilchrist’s first impressions of Christianity, and difficulty around the word “God”
19:23 The problem with academic critique: Iain’s stint as an English Fellow at All Souls
27:59 The Origins of Iain McGilChrist’s of the Two Hemisphere Hypothesis
36:39 Unpacking Iain McGilchrist’s two hemispheres hypothesis
41:39 The consequences of living in a left hemisphere society
56:57 How we can use right hemispheric thinking to cure tribalism
01:07:09 Elizabeth’s Reflection
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Iain McGilchrist is a globally acclaimed psychiatrist and writer author of groundbreaking books ‘The Master And His Emissary’ and ‘The Matter With Things’.
Iain (@DrIainMcGilchrist) spoke with Elizabeth about the varying exposures he had to religion in his childhood, how he went from being an English academic to psychiatry, and the effect left-hemispheric dominant thinking has had on our society.
Find out more about Iain's work here: channelmcgilchrist.com
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
03:16 What Is sacred to you? Iain McGilchrist’s response
06:17 Growing up at Winchester College: Iain McGilchrist
15:13 Iain McGilchrist’s first impressions of Christianity, and difficulty around the word “God”
19:23 The problem with academic critique: Iain’s stint as an English Fellow at All Souls
27:59 The Origins of Iain McGilChrist’s of the Two Hemisphere Hypothesis
36:39 Unpacking Iain McGilchrist’s two hemispheres hypothesis
41:39 The consequences of living in a left hemisphere society
56:57 How we can use right hemispheric thinking to cure tribalism
01:07:09 Elizabeth’s Reflection
*****
The Sacred is a podcast produced by the think tank Theos. Be sure to connect with us below to stay up-to-date with all our content, research and events.
CONNECT WITH THE SACRED
Twitter: twitter.com/sacred_podcast
Instagram: instagram.com/sacred_podcast
CONNECT WITH ELIZABETH OLDFIELD
Twitter: twitter.com/ESOldfield
Instagram: instagram.com/elizabethsaraholdfield
Substack: morefullyalive.substack.com
CONNECT WITH THEOS
Theos monthly newsletter: confirmsubscription.com/h/d/E9E17CAB71AC7464
Twitter: twitter.com/Theosthinktank
Facebook: facebook.com/theosthinktank
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/theos---the-think-tank
Website: theosthinktank.co.uk
CHECK OUT OUR PODCASTS
The Sacred: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-sacred/id1326888108
Reading Our Times: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/reading-our-times/id1530952185
