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Much of the modern world has become uncoupled from the transcendent in a cultural experiment Nietzsche called the death of God. But might this spiritual crisis prove to be a time of rebirth?
In this episode of the Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogues, recorded live at an event organised by the Temenos Academy, Rupert Sheldrake and Mark Vernon discuss the evolution of wisdom traditions from west and east alongside the great modern enterprise called science and its continuing development.
As the materialist, progressive ideology that has dominated the sciences for two centuries wanes, and as scientific studies show that religious and spiritual practices have major benefits for physical and mental health, what insights might we cultivate, as we live in and through these times?
For more on the Temenos Academy - temenosacademy.org
For more on Rupert - sheldrake.org
For more on Mark - markvernon.com
0:00 Introductions
4:09 Mark: The crisis of imagination
10:13 Rupert: But is there a crisis?
22:17 Mark: The encounter with presence
30:30 Rupert: The reality of the sacred
41:42 Mark: The universality of consciousness
49:44 Rupert: The interconnectivity of nature
Much of the modern world has become uncoupled from the transcendent in a cultural experiment Nietzsche called the death of God. But might this spiritual crisis prove to be a time of rebirth?
In this episode of the Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogues, recorded live at an event organised by the Temenos Academy, Rupert Sheldrake and Mark Vernon discuss the evolution of wisdom traditions from west and east alongside the great modern enterprise called science and its continuing development.
As the materialist, progressive ideology that has dominated the sciences for two centuries wanes, and as scientific studies show that religious and spiritual practices have major benefits for physical and mental health, what insights might we cultivate, as we live in and through these times?
For more on the Temenos Academy - temenosacademy.org
For more on Rupert - sheldrake.org
For more on Mark - markvernon.com
0:00 Introductions
4:09 Mark: The crisis of imagination
10:13 Rupert: But is there a crisis?
22:17 Mark: The encounter with presence
30:30 Rupert: The reality of the sacred
41:42 Mark: The universality of consciousness
49:44 Rupert: The interconnectivity of nature
