Membership of the SMN

The Scientific and Medical Network is both an educational charity and a community of likeminded, open-minded individuals. Our membership is composed of all kinds of people who are looking to align their interest or work in science and secular philosophy with a belief in the spiritual dimension of life. It is a place to meet, to dialogue and discuss theory and research, and to nurture friendships. The SMN now has members in over 30 countries worldwide.

Current members give their thoughts on why they joined the SMN and what they value in their membership

Membership is open to anyone who is sympathetic to the aims and values of the Network. We would love to hear from you if you are interested in joining. Find out more about joining.

Current leading thinkers who are members of the Network (click on W for wikipedia entry):

• Sir John Polkinghorne FRS
  • fellow of the Royal Society, founder of the Society of Ordained Scientists (W)
• Sir John Houghton FRS
  • fellow of the Royal society and ex-professor of physics at Oxford (W)
• Sir Crispin Tickell
  • former british diplomat and expert on climate change (W)
• Dr Rupert Sheldrake
  • parapsychologist and biologist (W)
• Dr Edgar Mitchell
  • apollo astronaut and founder of the Institute of Noetic Sciences (W)
• Prof Ervin Laszlo
  • philosopher and founder of the Club of Budapest (W)
• Robert Muller
  • former assistant secretary general of the UN (W)
• Lord Rees-Mogg
  • ex-editor of The Times (W)
• Prof Karl Pribram
  • professor of Psychology, Georgetown University (W)
• Mary Midgley
  • philosopher (W)
• Edward Goldsmith
  • environmentalist, ecophilosopher, founder of the Ecologist magazine (W)
• Peter Russell
  • physicist and writer on consciousness (W)
• Prof Kurt Dressler
  • Distinguished Research Professor of Physical Chemistry at ETH, Zürich, Switzerland
• Prof Margaret Donaldson
  • emeritus professor of Psychology at University of Edinburgh
• Prof David Fontana
  • professor of transpersonal psychology, John Moores University, Liverpool
• Prof Chris Clarke
  • ex-professor of mathematics at Southamptom University
• Prof Vic Mansfield
  • professor of physics and astronomy at Colgate University
• Prof Bernard Carr
  • professor of physics at Queen Mary College and ex-president of SPR

Leading thinkers who were members of the Network in their lifetimes were:

• Sir John Eccles FRS (W)
• Professor David Bohm FRS (W)
• Vicomte Professor Ilya Prigogine (W)
• E.F. Schumacher (W)
• Arthur Koestler (W)