David's guest this month is Arabella Thaïs, who is a transdisciplinary philosopher whose work explores the deep structure of reality. She earned a First-Class Honours degree in English Literature from the University of Bristol, followed by a Master’s in Modernism and Comparative Literature from University College London. She is currently completing her Ph.D. in philosophy and physics from the California Institute of Integral Studies. Alongside her academic work, Arabella runs The Temple—an online platform for philosophical education—and hosts The Cosmic Codex podcast. She is committed to the evolution of humanity, and her work explores the intersection of poetry, mathematics, beauty, and time, which she teaches at her school of consciousness & self-realisation. She uses various aesthetic mediums – such as music, film, and experience design – in order to communicate ideas and propel human transformation. Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. Imaginal cells are responsible for the metamorphosis of the caterpillar into a butterfly, which is the Greek symbol for the soul. These cells are dormant in the caterpillar but at a critical point of development they create the new form and structure which becomes the butterfly. Do try  Our other Podcast, 'WISE SCIENTISTS' now available on this platform. scientificandmedical.net galileocommission.orgbeyondthebrain.org Works and links mentioned:https://www.arabellathais.com/https://open.spotify.com/show/0ZiHsFVsygckskvdZVW9MLhttps://kosmosjournal.org/kj_article/depth-cosmology-new-paradigm-physics/https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/four-quartets-t-s-eliot/237356?ean=9780571068944&next=thttps://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/to-the-lighthouse-to-the-lighthouse-signature-editions-virginia-woolf/e4ce55676cda65ed?ean=9781435172869&next=thttps://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-poetics-of-space-gaston-bachelard/3481541?ean=9780143107521&next=thttps://www.waterstones.com/book/cosmos-and-psyche/richard-tarnas/9780452288591https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/being-and-time-martin-heidegger/56057?ean=9780061575594&next=t Production: Martin Redfern https://www.beaconhillbroadcast.com/Artwork: Amber HaasMusic: Life is a River, by Magnus Moone

David's guest this month is Fr. Seán ÓLaoire who was born in Ireland and earned a B.Sc. degree (major in Mathematics) from the National University of Ireland. Ordained a catholic priest in 1972, he spent 14 years working in Kenya.  He is multi-lingual and has an M.A. and Ph.D. in Transpersonal Psychology; he is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in private practice.  He is co-founder and the Spiritual Director of a non-denominational community called “Companions on the Journey” based in Palo Alto. He is the author of five books and co-author of a sixth:1. “Ukweli ni Nini?” (What is Truth?) – written and published in Swahili in 19832. “Spirits in Spacesuits”- published in 20033. “Souls on Safari” - published in 20064. “A Sensible God” – published in 20085. “Why?  What Your Life Is Telling You about Who You Are and Why You’re Here”         - published in 2013 (with Matthew McKay, PhD and Ralph Metzner, PhD) 6. ”Setting God Free: Moving Beyond the Caricature We’ve Created in Our Own Image”- published in 2021 Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. Imaginal cells are responsible for the metamorphosis of the caterpillar into a butterfly, which is the Greek symbol for the soul. These cells are dormant in the caterpillar but at a critical point of development they create the new form and structure which becomes the butterfly.Do try  OUR PODCAST SERIES, 'WISE SCIENTISTS' now available on this platform. scientificandmedical.net galileocommission.orgbeyondthebrain.org Works and links mentioned:https://spiritsinspacesuits.com/https://spiritsinspacesuits.com/books.htmlhttps://companionsonthejourney.org/https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/products/irish-sagas-and-folk-tales-book-eileen-o-faolain-9780905169712?https://www.waterstones.com/book/beyond-the-brain/stanislav-grof/9780873958998 Production: Martin Redfern https://www.beaconhillbroadcast.com/Artwork: Amber HaasMusic: Life is a River, by Magnus Moone

David's guest this month is Dr Jude Currivan, who's a cosmologist, planetary healer, futurist, award-winning author and film maker, Evolutionary Leaders Circle council member, Associate Member of the Club of Rome and previously a senior UK-based international business woman. She has a Masters in Physics from the University of Oxford and PhD in Archaeology from the University of Reading in the UK and is a life-long researcher into the unitive nature of reality. Having travelled to over 80 countries, since 1998 she has been in service to collective and planetary healing and conscious evolution and co-founded WholeWorld-View in 2017 to further serve transformational change.Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. Imaginal cells are responsible for the metamorphosis of the caterpillar into a butterfly, which is the Greek symbol for the soul. These cells are dormant in the caterpillar but at a critical point of development they create the new form and structure which becomes the butterfly. Do try  OUR NEW PODCAST SERIES, 'WISE SCIENTISTS' now available on this platform. scientificandmedical.net galileocommission.orgbeyondthebrain.org Works and links mentioned:http://www.judecurrivan.com/https://uk.bookshop.org/beta-search?keywords=jude+currivanhttps://www.wholeworld-view.org/https://mysticsandscientists.org/https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-upanishads-valerie-j-roebuck/56a8af2e3836b053?ean=9780140447491&next=thttps://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/lord-rings-single-v-p-aa-vv/6952052?ean=9780008537760&next=t Production: Martin Redfern https://www.beaconhillbroadcast.com/Artwork: Amber HaasMusic: Life is a River, by Magnus Moone

David's guest this month is James Finley, Ph.D. who is faculty member of the Center for Action and Contemplation founded by Fr. Richard Rohr. Fr. Thomas Merton was Finley’s novice master and spiritual director while he was a monk at the Trappist monastery of the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky. He earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology and primarily works with people suffering from the long-term effects of internalized trauma and how contemplative prayer can increase their quality of life. He has written numerous books and currently hosts the podcast Turning to the Mystics. Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. Imaginal cells are responsible for the metamorphosis of the caterpillar into a butterfly, which is the Greek symbol for the soul. These cells are dormant in the caterpillar but at a critical point of development they create the new form and structure which becomes the butterfly.Do try OUR NEW PODCAST SERIES, 'WISE SCIENTISTS' now available on this platform. scientificandmedical.net galileocommission.orgbeyondthebrain.org Works and links mentioned:https://cac.org/about/cac-faculty/james-finley/https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/products/healing-path-book-james-finley-9781626985100?https://cac.org/podcast/turning-to-the-mystics/https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/selected-writings-meister-eckhart/14568?ean=9780140433432&next=t Production: Martin Redfern https://www.beaconhillbroadcast.com/Artwork: Amber HaasMusic: Life is a River, by Magnus Moone

Alex Gómez-Marín is a physicist turned neuroscientist investigating human consciousness in the real world. He holds a degree in physics, a masters in biophysics, and PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Barcelona, followed by two postdoctoral fellowships as a neuroscientist at the EMBL Centre for Genomic Regulation and at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown in Lisbon. For the last decade Alex has been a principal investigator at the Institute of Neurosciences in Alicante, Spain, and director of the Behaviour of Organism Laboratory. He is currently a senior researcher there and an associate professor of the Spanish Research Council. He was director of the Pari Centre from 2022 to 2025. In 2023 he was awarded the Linda O'Bryant research prize by the Institute of Noetic Sciences. He is currently a member of the advisory board of the Dutch Brain Interface Initiative and of the Bamberg Mathematical Consciousness Science Initiative. He is also executive editor of Robert Kuhn's the Landscape of Consciousness Website. Alex has published over a hundred articles in science journals, including Nature Neuroscience, Neuron and Science. He is also the author of The Science of the Last Threshold: a Journey to the Limits of Life, Death, and Consciousness, recently published in Spanish by Planeta. Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. Imaginal cells are responsible for the metamorphosis of the caterpillar into a butterfly, which is the Greek symbol for the soul. These cells are dormant in the caterpillar but at a critical point of development they create the new form and structure which becomes the butterfly. Do listen to our podcast series 'WISE SCIENTISTS' now available on this platform.scientificandmedical.net galileocommission.orgbeyondthebrain.org Works and links mentioned:Alex Gomez-Marin websites:https://alexgomezmarin.com/https://behavior-of-organisms.org/read-us/Alex's new book (in Spanish):https://www.planetadelibros.com/libro-la-ciencia-del-ultimo-umbral/426278Conversations with Rupert Sheldrake:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQNvVzO_W4Ey7PMrmkMtyG1kiOfdTjSUnConversations with Iain McGilchrist:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqBHk3itxyPBWvU7N2ZNCRXpjzMStjgm6Conversations with Edi Bilimoriahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfTXnMCtFTg&list=PL4rGdOl4mCsLRxr-CNvzn4JDNkV9y6dk5Conversations at the Pari Center:https://paricenter.com/?s=Alex+Gomez-MarinConversation at the Essentia Foundation:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7NIicE_h9wConversation at the Institute of Arts and Ideas:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6OHF4mJvKYRecommended books:Sri Aurobindo's Savitri:https://www.sriaurobindoashram.org/sriaurobindo/downloadpdf.php?id=43Henri Bergson's Matter and Memory:https://dn790009.ca.archive.org/0/items/matterandmemory00berguoft/matterandmemory00berguoft.pdfProduction: Martin Redfern https://www.beaconhillbroadcast.com/Artwork: Amber HaasMusic: Life is a River, by Magnus Moone

David's guest this month is Professor Harald Walach,  a clinical psychologist, philosopher of science, and researcher at the interface between medicine, psychology and consciousness studies. He is a professorial research fellow with the Next Society Institute at Kazimieras Simonavicius University in Vilnius, Lithuania. He is founding director of the Change Health Science Institute in Basel, Switzerland, where he lives as a freelance scientist and author. He is author of more than 200 peer reviewed papers, 14 books, and 100 book chapters. He is one of the 100,000 most highly cited scientists worldwide. His recent work focuses on the role of spirituality and consciousness within science, for our health system and our culture. He is the author of the Galileo Commission Report and the recent GC Report on Transhumanism. Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. Imaginal cells are responsible for the metamorphosis of the caterpillar into a butterfly, which is the Greek symbol for the soul. These cells are dormant in the caterpillar but at a critical point of development they create the new form and structure which becomes the butterfly.Do try  OUR NEW PODCAST SERIES, 'WISE SCIENTISTS' now available on this platform.scientificandmedical.net galileocommission.orgbeyondthebrain.org Works and links mentioned:https://galileocommission.org/reporthttps://harald-walach.info/about-harald-walach/https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-ever-present-origin-jean-gebser/4089059?ean=9780821407691&next=tHarald with Michael Kapsner, singing Schumann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMU_GYFFlog&list=RDDMU_GYFFlog&start_radio=1 Production: Martin Redfern https://www.beaconhillbroadcast.com/Artwork: Amber HaasMusic: Life is a River, by Magnus Moone

David's guest this month is  Dr Lorna Green. Lorna has been on the trail of metaphysics for a long time. She grew up in a household of a physicist, who could answer the kind of questions children ask. Her father's love was the stars, while hers was small animals and a fascination with life. What happened when a small wounded bird lying in her hands gradually stopped breathing and went stiff and cold? She wanted to understand life, and she followed my questions into the life sciences, first at McGill and then at Rockefeller University in New York in the 1960's--a heavy time to be in New York and in science (the code is cracked). In the heart of the life sciences, she discovered that science could not explain the universe, and she began the study of philosophy to find out the wider truth of things. By the time she was forty, she had picked up most of the learning of these times and went into a fourteen-year wilderness life to work the whole things out for herself. She made her first pass at a new metaphysics in her first book, Earth Age, a New Vision of God, the Human, and the Earth, in 1988, that came out in 1994. She has been working out a mystical vision ever since, something she now wants to share with you all, and will take it from there.Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. Imaginal cells are responsible for the metamorphosis of the caterpillar into a butterfly, which is the Greek symbol for the soul. These cells are dormant in the caterpillar but at a critical point of development they create the new form and structure which becomes the butterfly. Do try  OUR NEW PODCAST SERIES, 'WISE SCIENTISTS' now available on this platform.scientificandmedical.net galileocommission.orgbeyondthebrain.orgWorks and links mentioned:https://lornagreen.ca/https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/products/earth-age-book-lorna-green-9780595279548?https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/plato-s-phaedo-literally-translated-classic-reprint-plato-plato/9c49251cd1a2faba?ean=9780266747871&next=thttps://www.abebooks.co.uk/first-edition/Revolt-Against-Dualism-Inquiry-Concerning-Existence/30864969689/bdhttps://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/seth-speaks-the-eternal-validity-of-the-soul-jane-roberts/eb95d37c746e27b2?ean=9781878424075&next=thttps://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/handbook-of-neardeath-experiences-9780313358654/ Production: Martin Redfern https://www.beaconhillbroadcast.com/Artwork: Amber HaasMusic: Life is a River, by Magnus Moone

David's guest this month is  Kyriacos C. Markides, a native of Cyprus who is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Maine and author of ten books. Six of his books, including “THE MOUNTAIN OF SILENCE,” “GIFTS OF THE DESERT” and  “INNER RIVER” are on Christian mystics spiritual guides and elders of Eastern Christianity. Professor Markides is the recipient in 2002 of the best professor award in Arts and Sciences at the University of Maine and the 2006 Presidential Research and Creative Achievement Award of the same university. His latest book “THE ACCIDENTAL IMMIGRANT: A Quest for Spirit in a Skeptical Age” (Hamilton Books, 2021) is his capstone work.  He lives in Stillwater Maine with his wife Emily J. Markides, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Peace and Reconciliation Studies at the University of Maine. Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. Imaginal cells are responsible for the metamorphosis of the caterpillar into a butterfly, which is the Greek symbol for the soul. These cells are dormant in the caterpillar but at a critical point of development they create the new form and structure which becomes the butterfly. WATCH OUT FOR OUR NEW PODCAST SERIES, 'WISE SCIENTISTS' now available on this platform.scientificandmedical.net galileocommission.orgbeyondthebrain.org Works and links mentioned:https://umaine.edu/sociology/faculty-and-staff/kyriacos-markides/https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-accidental-immigrant-a-quest-for-spirit-in-a-skeptical-age-kyriacos-c-markides/77181ef925d13199?ean=9780761872870&next=thttps://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Kyriacos-Markides/The-Magus-of-Strovolos--The-Extraordinary-World-of-a-Spiritual-Healer/345160https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9780385500920/Mountain-Silence-Search-Orthodox-Spirituality-0385500920/plpWounded by Love: The Life and Wisdom of Saint PorphyriosSorokin: social and cultural dynamicshttps://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/man-s-search-for-meaning-classic-editions-viktor-e-frankl/3000874?ean=9781846046384&next=thttps://biblio.co.uk/book/anatomy-human-destructiveness-erich-fromm/https://www.amazon.co.uk/Saint-Silouan-Athonite-St-Sophrony-dp-0881416819/dp/0881416819/ref=dp_ob_image_bk Production: Martin Redfern https://www.beaconhillbroadcast.com/Artwork: Amber HaasMusic: Life is a River, by Magnus Moone

David's guest this month is Susan Plunket, who is a writer and Jungian psychologist in private practice in New York City. She received her doctorate from The New School for Social Research in 1989. She works with dreams as a form of transcendent consciousness. From 2006 to 2009 she served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Jung Foundation. Currently, she is on the Advisory Board of Quadrant, the Journal of the C.G. Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology. Her office is in Greenwich Village. Her most recent work is A Jungian Understanding of TranscendentExperiencesImaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. Imaginal cells are responsible for the metamorphosis of the caterpillar into a butterfly, which is the Greek symbol for the soul. These cells are dormant in the caterpillar but at a critical point of development they create the new form and structure which becomes the butterfly.WATCH OUT FOR OUR NEW PODCAST SERIES, 'WISE SCIENTISTS' now available on this platform.scientificandmedical.net galileocommission.orgbeyondthebrain.org Works and links mentioned:https://www.susanplunket.com/https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/paranormal-perspectives-the-paranormal-experiences-of-a-jungian-psychologist-susan-plunket/f3e1f2a781465d50?ean=9781803415239&next=t&next=thttps://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/memories-dreams-reflections-an-autobiography-carl-jung/13866?ean=9780006540274&next=thttps://www.hive.co.uk/Product/C-G-Jung/The-Red-Book--A-Readers-Edition/12780387?utm_source=webgains&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_campaign=196673&wgu=10671_196673_17581476055599_86aab37e13&wgexpiry=1789683605https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dgz83bhijMIrina Tweedie Daughter of Fire  Production: Martin Redfern https://www.beaconhillbroadcast.com/Artwork: Amber HaasMusic: Life is a River, by Magnus Moone

David's guest this month is. is Max Vermans, Emeritus Professor (BSc PhD CPsychol FBPsS FAcSS) of Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London, currently focusing on Consciousness Studies, His main book Understanding Consciousness was short listed for the BPS book prize in 2001 and 2002 and he has over 130 publications in this area (over 100 on-line at Research Gate and Academia.edu). Max has given over 120 keynote addresses or plenary papers at conferences, In 1997 Max co-founded the Consciousness and Experiential Psychology Section of the BPS and has organised or helped to organise many conferences, workshops and symposia on consciousness, including international ones sponsored by the CIBA foundation (London), the Fetzer Institute (USA) and the Templeton Foundation (USA). From 2006 onwards he also founded Totnes Consciousness Café with visiting speakers at monthly meetings in Totnes, where he now lives. He is on the Editorial Advisory Board of a number of journals including the Journal of Consciousness Studies, The Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research and Practice (American Psychological Association), Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, NeuroPsychoanalysis, and Journal of Parapsychology. Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. Imaginal cells are responsible for the metamorphosis of the caterpillar into a butterfly, which is the Greek symbol for the soul. These cells are dormant in the caterpillar but at a critical point of development they create the new form and structure which becomes the butterfly. WATCH OUT FOR OUR NEW PODCAST SERIES, 'WISE SCIENTISTS' coming soon on this platform. scientificandmedical.net galileocommission.orgbeyondthebrain.org Works and links mentioned:https://www.gold.ac.uk/psychology/staff/velmans/https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/products/understanding-consciousness-book-max-velmans-9780415224925?skuhttps://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-outsider-colin-wilson/1278674?ean=9780753814321https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-book-on-the-taboo-against-knowing-who-you-are-alan-watts/2435208?ean=9780285638532https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/sceptical-essays-bertrand-russell/3298077?ean=9780415325080 Production: Martin RedfernArtwork: Amber HaasMusic: Life is a River, by Magnus Moone