2000 - Vision: A New Millennium Demands a New Vision

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MYSTICS AND SCIENTISTS 23

Vision A new millenium demands a new vision.

The Mystics and Scientists conferences have been dedicated to forging a creative understanding between the complementary roles of science and mysticism, outer and inner.This year's conference focuses on the many aspects and levels of seeing. We have created an exciting programme to explore the theme as it relates to our experience and are delighted to welcome our eminent international team of speakers: neuropsychologist Professor Richard Gregory FRS, writer and surgeon Dr. Leonard Shlain, who is making a special trip from California, mystical writer Anne Bancroft, psychologist Dr. Marie Angelo, poet Jay Ramsay, architect and photographer Clive Hicks, visionary painter Thetis Blacker, and harpist Fred Hageneder. Neuropsychiatrist Dr. Peter Fenwick will be making a presentation as well as co-chairing the conference.We look forward to welcoming you.

CONFERENCE CHAIRMEN: Dr. Peter Fenwick. David Lorimer

PROGRAMME

FRIDAY 7th APRIL

7.45 p.m.       Seeing with the Eye of the Heart       David Lorimer
8.30 p.m.       Introductory panel exploring the theme, with audience participation

SATURDAY 8th APRIL

9:15 a.m.       The Alphabet vs. the Goddess: the Conflict between Word and Image       Dr Leonard Shlain
11:30 a.m.     Brain and Visual Perception       Prof Richard Gregory
2:45 p.m.       Optional workshops
                     The Luminous Vision: Women in Search of the Sacred       Anne Bancroft
                     Alchemy and the Art of Seeing: Cultivating the Archetypal Eye       Dr Marie Angelo
                     The Eye Wide Open - Deep in the Brain: Poetry and Vision       Jay Ramsey
5:00 p.m.       Vision and Super-vision: Perspectives from Inside the Image       Dr Marie Angelo
7:45 p.m.       See for Yourself: Vision as Experience - An Anthology of Words, Music & Pictures       Clive Hicks
8:45 p.m.       Poetry and Harp: a Bardic Evening       Jay Ramsey and Fred Hageneder

SUNDAY 9th APRIL

9.15 a.m.       Dreams and Visions: a Neurophysiological and Psychospiritual Understanding       Dr Peter Fenwick
11.30 a.m.     The Phoenix Eye: Visionary Experience and Art       Thetis Blacker
2.30-4 p.m.    Open Forum        The Lecturing Panel

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