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Mark is a psychotherapist, podcaster and writer with a PhD in ancient Greek philosophy and degrees in theology and physics. His books include ‘A Secret History of Christianity’; ‘Jesus: The Last Inkling and the Evolution of Consciousness’; ‘Dante’s Divine Comedy: A Guide for the Spiritual Journey’; and ‘Awake! – William Blake and the Power of the Imagination’. His online work includes nearly 100 dialogues with biologist and morphic resonance theorist Rupert Sheldrake.
In this presentation, Mark examines the profound changes AI is bringing, and how we can use it to throw a light on who we really are as human beings. Mark says: “Artificial intelligence, if that’s the right expression for machine learning, will undoubtedly bring much change, for good and ill. But its growing presence in our lives is also an opportunity: to understand human intelligence afresh. What is imagination and intuition? What difference is made by understanding and awareness? How does human intelligence relate to the intelligence of the wider cosmos and living world?” Using William Blake as a guide, this talk expands our sense of wisdom, insight and presence to renew the sense of being human for our times.
Recorded at the Glastonbury Symposium, July 2025
Mark is a psychotherapist, podcaster and writer with a PhD in ancient Greek philosophy and degrees in theology and physics. His books include ‘A Secret History of Christianity’; ‘Jesus: The Last Inkling and the Evolution of Consciousness’; ‘Dante’s Divine Comedy: A Guide for the Spiritual Journey’; and ‘Awake! – William Blake and the Power of the Imagination’. His online work includes nearly 100 dialogues with biologist and morphic resonance theorist Rupert Sheldrake.
In this presentation, Mark examines the profound changes AI is bringing, and how we can use it to throw a light on who we really are as human beings. Mark says: “Artificial intelligence, if that’s the right expression for machine learning, will undoubtedly bring much change, for good and ill. But its growing presence in our lives is also an opportunity: to understand human intelligence afresh. What is imagination and intuition? What difference is made by understanding and awareness? How does human intelligence relate to the intelligence of the wider cosmos and living world?” Using William Blake as a guide, this talk expands our sense of wisdom, insight and presence to renew the sense of being human for our times.
Recorded at the Glastonbury Symposium, July 2025
