Dr Iain McGilchrist
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The official Twitter page for Dr Iain McGilchrist - The Matter with Things / The Master and His Emissary. See https://t.co/0DYFrmHFK5 for latest news
Joined April 2020
Stay Free with Russell Brand and Iain McGilchrist - LIVE from 5pm BST | 12pm ET.Follow the link below.
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Resist the Machine Apocalypse - article for First Things - America's most influential journal of religion and public life.by Iain McGilchrist.March 2024.
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IAIN MCGILCHRIST CHALLENGES RICHARD DAWKINS ON THE VALUE OF TRUTH IN SCIENCE.
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The Future of Humanity: Lecture One - The Sovereignty of Truth.
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Trailer: the psychological drivers of the metacrisis with @vervaeke_john, McGilchrist and @DanielSchmacht1 .
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The Hidden Potential of the Human Brain with Curt Jaimungal
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The Mystery of Consciousness - my talk at Wonderstruck’s symposium on Consciousness, Kinross House, Scotland, August 2024.
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“Iain McGilchrist's Top 3 Mind-Bending Theories on Consciousness".
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On the Nature of Reality - in conversation with Dr Rowan Williams at the IAI Festival. You will be prompted to add your email address after a few mins to listen to the whole conversation, but it is free. @RowanWInfo .
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The Great Right Brain Debate.Iain McGilchrist interviewed by Scott Barry Kaufman.
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It was a pleasure to speak with Jonathan Pageau. This discussion will be out at 3.30pm UK time today.
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The Sophia Lectures - Lecture III: Finitude and the Infinite, the final lecture in his three-part series, Wholeness, Imagination, and the Cosmos @RalstonCollege March 2024
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The divided brain, attention and how we see the world - in conversation with Jon Evans for the Uncensored CMO podcast.
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Why Contemplation & Wonder Are Essential for the Future of Humanity - in conversation with @NJHagens .
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In conversation with Larry Arnn, Hillsdale College President. We discuss the divided brain and how it relates to mankind’s search for meaning.
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A Conversation with William Blake . In this conversation, Malcolm Guite, Roger Wagner and I discuss and reflect on William Blake's life, his poetry, and his art.
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The Matter with Things, published by Perspectiva Press, has finally arrived on my desk. Pre-orders with a discount are still available in the UK before the official publication of 9th November. @Perspecteeva See
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The Weekend University - Aligning with the Creative Impulse of the Universe.
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@jim_rutt Science is never the problem;the problem is those who think that a simple-minded interpretation of science can answer all questions. That simple-minded interpretation is scientism;& stands in relation to the true & humble practice of science as superstition does to spirituality.
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“Having read close to 300 books over the past 7-8 years, this is among my top 3 - the kind of spot reserved for a watershed moment in perspective.”
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In conversation with Bernardo Kastrup for @TheWeekendUni .Consciousness, God, Truth, & The Purpose of Life.
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Who are we? What is the world? How can we understand consciousness, matter, space and time? What happens if we neglect the sacred and divine?. @WisdomRebel.
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If you missed this event in November with Philip Pullman it is a now available. The conversation was masterfully guided by Hannah MacInnes @hannahmacin @howtoacademy @PhilipPullman
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Tickets are now available for .The Future of Humanity – Dr Iain McGilchrist: Live event in London. An in-person hybrid event on.Saturday 26th October 2024 9.45am – 7.00pm.with guest speakers @DesmetMattias and Elizabeth Oldfield, hosted by David Lorimer.
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After How To Academy’s event with John Cleese in conversation about art and science, creativity, the value and limits of intuition and imagination and more. @JohnCleese @howtoacademy
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Online event, Friday 17th January 2025, 5.00pm- 6.00pm (UK).Exploring the Marvelous Mystery of the Human Brain – with Illuman, a global non-profit committed to helping men become healthier, more authentic men.
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The Matter with Things - my recent conversation with Jordan Peterson
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‘…In a world filled with millions of pages of everything from cultish mumbo-jumbo to carefully rationalized but nevertheless “short-of-the-mark” scientific and philosophical efforts, for me at least, this is the one for our time to read and consider.’
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Finally meeting Dr Alex Gomez-Marin in person. A new discussion will be released soon. @behaviOrganisms
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In conversation with Rupert Sheldrake on the intersection of consciousness and matter for the Beyond the Brain event @scimednet .
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The Matter with Things will be back in stock by mid Jan. It is not 'unavailable' as Amazon states. We have been swept off our feet with the demand and couldn't get enough printed in time - so thank you!
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The Matter with Things: the case for shifting our attention. Lecture recorded at the Geneva Graduate Institute’s Fabrique de La Paix on 9th May 2023.
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Stocks have now been replenished for The Matter with Things! Thank you for your patience. We hadn’t anticipated such an overwhelming response and couldn’t get enough printed in time to meet the demand.
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Philosophy, Cultural Evolution, and the Hemisphere Hypothesis: A Lecture and Dialogue between Iain McGilchrist and Steve McIntosh.Thursday March 27, 2025 at 10:30 am - 12:00 pm PDT.Webinar.from Center for Process Studies, Institute for Cultural Evolution.
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Mind, Metaphysics and Meaning with Iain McGilchrist, Mark Solms & Hyman Schipper
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". This work has some critical implications for various aspects of our lives -partly in medicine and science, and in philosophy - but also, less obviously perhaps, for education, art, economics, commerce, politics. " Review of The Matter with Things
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Faith needs right-brain thinking.Iain McGilchrist’s thesis can be applied fruitfully to religious beliefs, says Hugh Dickinson.
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My lecture for the Ian Ramsey Centre, Oxford University, Feb 2024.Dominus Illuminatio Mea: Our Brains, Our Delusions and the Future of the University.
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John Vervaeke and I recently spoke to Curt Jaimungal about God, Meaning, Consciousness and Being. @vervaeke_john .
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The divided brain, truth, beauty and consciousness
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The Education of Iain McGilchrist Part 1: From Winchester College to All Souls The first instalment of a two-part conversation between Dr Iain McGilchrist, the renowned polymath, and Dr Stephen Blackwood, President of @RalstonCollege
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This will be my only live full day's seminar in London of 2023 and possibly 2024 where I will be presenting two new lectures: What is the matter with things? Our brains our delusions and the unmaking of the world and Recovering our humanity.
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What is our culture preventing us from seeing? A discussion with Kenneth Primrose.
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The Weekend University.Mysteries of Consciousness: Bernardo Kastrup, Iain McGilchrist, Donald Hoffman, and Rupert Sheldrake.
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We Need To Act - it was a pleasure to return to speak with David Fuller of Rebel Wisdom. @WisdomRebel @fullydavid .
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The Matter with Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions and the Unmaking of the World, published by Perspectiva Press, is now available for pre-order on Channel McGilchrist via this link @Perspecteeva
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To mark the publication of the paperback edition of The Matter with Things on 1st March 2023, the book’s publisher, @Perspecteeva, will be launching a series of free online conversations. Follow this link to register
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The final episode in Understanding The Matter with Things Dialogues: Epilogue with Alex Gomez-Marin @behaviOrganisms .
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'It is almost as though the book took over me and my life and demanded to be written. In it, I try to convey a whole way of looking at - or better - being in the world. ' Pre-order The Matter with Things at a discount on Channel McGilchrist.
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In conversation with Modern Wisdom's Chris Williamson on The Wisdom of Intuition.@chriswillx .Follow this link to the Apple podcast
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'Iain McGilchrist explains how our brains model reality and the true nature of the world' - my recent conversation with Demetri Kofinas for the Hidden Forces podcast. @kofinas.
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Perspectives on the nature of reality to inform systemic change - lecture recorded at Ideasquare, CERN.
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I will be taking part in this conference with Bernardo Kastrup’s Essentia Foundation on 4th November 2021 and discussing Consciousness as relational. @BernardoKastrup @EssentiaFounda1 .
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A medicine more fit for humanity - the John P McGovern lecture, Duke University .
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At stake right now is nothing less than the future of humanity. Last chance to register for The Future of Humanity Saturday 26th October at the Royal Institution, Mayfair. In- person tickets are almost sold out, livestream available.
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Thank you @PhilipPullman for your mention of The Master and His Emissary and The Matter with Things.
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Right Brain, Creativity and Meaning in Life with Scott Kaufman.
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Iain McGilchrist, Rupert Sheldrake @RupertSheldrake and Alex Gomez-Marin @behaviOrganisms in conversation.
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Re-enchanting: in conversation with Justin Brierly and Belle Tindall
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The Master and his Emissary - A conversation with Dr. Iain McGilchrist and Charles Eisenstein as part of Eisenstein's Sanity project.
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If you would like to keep up to date with recent conversations and interviews in video and print, as well as upcoming talks, you can sign up for a free newsletter here
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I had a conversation with Julian Leeks for this podcast which will be coming out shortly. In the meantime do search for A land without music? at your preferred podcast provider or click/tap below to listen on Apple Podcasts.
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Understanding The Matter with Things Dialogues. I am delighted to have started this series of conversations with Dr Alex Gomez-Marin to discuss my latest book. Here is Episode 1 which covers the introduction and what I wanted to explore in the book.
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The Sophia Lectures - Lecture II: Symmetry and Asymmetry, the second lecture in his three-part series, Wholeness, Imagination, and the Cosmos @RalstonCollege
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The paperback edition of The Matter with Things is now available to order on Channel McGilchrist before its official release date of 1st March 2023. Please note that this only for UK customers.
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California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) & Center for Process Studies (CPS).Metaphysics and the Matter With Things: Thinking With Iain McGilchrist.Friday 29th March to Sunday 31st March 2024 .(in-person) Only livestream tickets now available
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