Forthcoming SMN Events


Residential Conferences

  • 13 February 2012 - 17 February 2012 (Frenchman's Cove, Jamaica)

    Event
    Synchronicity and a New Science of Consciousness: in Frenchman's Cove, Jamaica
    Speaker: David Lorimer

    The Frenchman's Cove Experience is unlike any other. It is a unique setting for a remarkable combination of conference and recreation in an unspoilt area near Port Antonio, Jamaica.

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  • 20 April 2012 - 22 April 2012 (University of Winchester)

    Mystics and Scientists 35
    The Mystery of Consciousness and Western Meditation Traditions
    Fr. Laurence Freeman, Rabbi Nilton Bonder, Prof. Robert Frager, Dr. Anne L.C. Runehov, Dr Raymond Tallis

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    Chairs: Dr. Peter Fenwick, David Lorimer

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  • 6 July 2012 - 8 July 2012 (Horsley Park, East Horsley, Surrey )

    Annual Gathering
    Consciousness beyond Life: The Near-Death Experience and the Nature of Reality
    Dr. Pim van Lommel with Dr. Peter Fenwick and David Lorimer

    This conference is open to Scientific and Medical Network members only. For information about joining the Network, click here.

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  • 24 August 2012 - 26 August 2012 (Latimer Place, Chesham, Buckinghamshire)

    Body and Beyond 3
    Scientific and Spiritual Perspectives on the Subtle Body
    Prof Carlos Alvarado, Dr Edi Bilimoria, Sandie Gustus, Prof David Huffield, Prof Geoffrey Samuel

    Following our highly successful 2010 conference on Mind as Healer, Mind as Destroyer, we are turning our attention this year to the nature and interpretation of the subtle body. Conventional science recognises only the physical body, but there are many indications from our own experiences and from spiritual traditions of the existence of one or more subtle bodies interpenetrating the physical. Our speakers will address various aspects of this vital topic. Professor Carlos Alvarado is an expert in the history of psychical research and will explore the concept of the ‘double’ in apparitions and OBEs, while Professor David Hufford will discuss the concept of the subtle body in NDEs, after-death contacts and sleep paralysis. Professor Geoffrey Samuel will compare Eastern and Western views on the subtle body, while Dr. Edi Bilimoria will describe Theosophical models and their implications for our sense of self. Sandie Gustus will focus on experiential aspects of the subtle body and describe a new model of consciousness and reality which is able to accommodate them rather than explain them away.

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