1997 - Science of the Spirit and the Spirit of Science

An International Conference of the Scientific and Medical Network

Mystics and Scientists 20

The Science of the Spirit and the Spirit of Science

Mystics and Scientists 20th Anniversary Conference 11th-13th April 1997

King Alfred's College, Winchester

Conference Chairmen: Dr. Peter Fenwick, David Lorimer

Life would be stunted and narrow if we could feel no significance in the world around us beyond that which can be weighed and measured with the tools of the physicist or described by the metrical symbols of the mathematician. -- Sir Arthur Eddington, OM, FRS, 1927.

Science has done the inestimable service of showing us a world much more complex than we ever imagined. But in its modern, materialist, one-dimensional form, it cannot explain everything. --HRH, The Prince of Wales, 1996

The twentieth anniversary Mystics and Scientists conference celebrates the progress made in our understanding of the relationship between science and mysticism since the inaugural conference in 1978. We will be joined by two eminent lecturers who spoke at that conference - Professors Arthur Ellison and Derek Bryce Smith, as well as by the initiator of the series, Malcolm Lazarus. Biologist Dr. Rupert Sheldrake, Kabbalist Warren Kenton and neuroscientist Dr. Peter Fenwick have spoken at a number of events, while we will be welcoming. Professor Kurt Dressler from Switzerland, Professor Ursula King, Dr. John Crook and Danah Zohar to the conference for the first time. Caroline McCausland, who made a cassette with Sir George Trevelyan, will be providing musical interludes and helping us celebrate in style on the Saturday evening.

The program is as follows:

Friday 11th April

The Pursuit of Truth: Experiment and Experience, with David Lorimer

Soul, Spirit and Science, with Dr. Rupert Sheldrake.

Saturday 12th April

Soul at the Edge, with Danah Zohar. (Video available for download)

A Kabbalistic View of Existence, with Warren Kenton.

The Crucial Importance for Science of Experience in Psychical Research, with Prof. Arthur Ellison.

Kabbalistic Psychology - a Workshop Introducing Silent Illumination with Warren Kenton. Introducing Silent Illumionation, with Dr. John Crook. Spirit & Substance - A Scientific Perspective, with Prof. Derek Bryce-Smith

Science, Spirituality and Mysticism: Some Post-modern Explorations, with Prof. Ursula King

Celebration Dinner, with contributions from Malcolm Lazarus, Prof. Arthur Ellison, Prof. Derek Bryce-Smith. Dr. Peter Fenwick, David Lorimer and songs from Caroline McCausland.

Sunday 13th April

The Experience of Unity at the Origin of Religion, Philosophy and Psychology, and at the Ultimate Horizon of Physics, Cosmology and Consciousness, with Prof. Kurt Dressler

Science, Reality and the Nature of Transcendence, with Dr. Peter Fenwick

Zen: Experiments with Self, with Dr. John Crook

Open Forum: Feedback and Discussion, with The Lecturing Panel