Mark Vernon
Psychotherapist and writer, London
Mark Vernon is a psychotherapist and writer, and works with the research group Perspectiva. He has a PhD in ancient Greek philosophy, and degrees in theology and physics. He is the author of A Secret History of Christianity: Jesus, the Last Inkling, and the Evolution of Consciousness (2019), and his latest book, Dante’s Divine Comedy: A Guide for the Spiritual Journey, is forthcoming from Angelico Press in September 2021. He lives in London.
Written by Mark Vernon
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Stories and literature
The divine Dante
At 700, Dante’s Divine Comedy is as modern as ever – a lesson in spiritual intelligence that makes us better at being alive
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Stories and literature
The four-fold imagination
William Blake saw angels and ghosts and the Hallelujah sunrise, even on the darkest day. We need to foster his state of mind
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Rituals and celebrations
Divine transports
Whether via music, dance or prayer, the trance state was key to human evolution, forging society around the transcendent
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Language and linguistics
The say of the land
Is language produced by the mind? Romantic theory has it otherwise: words emerge from the cosmos, expressing its soul
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History of ideas
What is love?
Forget the modern romantic notion of ‘the one’. True love means looking beyond the couple and out towards life
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