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Imaginal Inspirations

David Lorimer

Imaginal cells are responsible for the metamorphosis of the caterpillar into a butterfly, 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.

In the podcast series Imaginal Inspirations, David Lorimer talks to transformational authors and scientists about the experiences, people and books that have shaped their life and work.

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Scientific and Medical Network: https://scientificandmedical.net

Galileo Commission: https://galileocommission.org

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  • Jan 24, 2025 · 31 min

    Will Keepin: Epistemology of the Heart

    William Keepin, PhD, is a mathematical physicist with extensive training in contemplative meditation and transpersonal psychology. His research on sustainable energy to mitigate climate change influenced international environmental policy, and he was a whistleblower in nuclear science policy. Will co-founded Gender Equity and Reconciliation International which has conducted 300 trainings in 14 countries on gender equality, and also Satyana Institute which organizes conferences to bring contemplative mystics together across the religions and science. His books include Belonging to God: Science, Spirituality, and a Universal Path of Divine Love (2016), and Gender Equity and Reconciliation: Thirty Years of Healing the Most Ancient Wound in the Human Family (2023). .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. scientificandmedical.net galileocommission.org beyondthebrain.org Works and links mentioned: https://www.eomega.org/workshops/teachers/william-keepin https://www.permanentpublications.co.uk/william-keepin/ https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/products/think-on-these-things-book-j-krishnamurti-9780060916091? https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/emerson-s-essays-the-first-and-second-series-complete-nature-self-reliance-friendship-compensation-oversoul-and-other-gre-ralph-waldo-emerson/2796945?ean=9781387780525 https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-art-of-loving-erich-fromm/302574?ean=9780062138927 Production: Martin Redfern Artwork: Amber Haas Music: Life is a River, by Magnus Moone

  • Dec 29, 2024 · 31 min

    Douglas Grunther - Quantum Dreams

    Douglas Grunther is the creator/host of the Woodstock Roundtable, a rollicking--and multi award-winning--radio talk show spiced with humor and informed by his love of philosophy, depth psychology, and spiritual insight. His guests have been among the most original visionaries of our time. Grunther graduated from Columbia University where he was a Rhodes Scholarship finalist. He has been the featured speaker in front of national audiences, and is a dreamwork facilitator certified by Dr. Jeremy Taylor, Co-Founder of the International Association for the Study of Dreams. Douglas is author of The Quantum and the Dream – Visionary Consciousness, AI and the New Renaissance. 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. scientificandmedical.net galileocommission.org beyondthebrain.org Works and links mentioned: https://douglasgrunther.com/ https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/memories-dreams-reflections-an-autobiography-carl-jung/13866?ean=9780006540274 https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-interpretation-of-dreams-the-psychology-classic-sigmund-freud/2440955?ean=9780857088444 https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-tao-of-physics-fritjof-capra/13879?ean=9780006544890 https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-master-and-his-emissary-the-divided-brain-and-the-making-of-the-western-world-iain-mcgilchrist/2956961?ean=9780300245929 https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-medium-is-the-massage-an-inventory-of-effects-marshall-mcluhan/3963302?ean=9780141035826 Mozart Requiem - Sergiu Celibidache https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Moc4d4hR_uo Production: Martin Redfern Artwork: Amber Haas Music: Life is a River, by Magnus Moone

  • Nov 21, 2024 · 39 min

    Laleh Quinn: Science and Intuition

    David's guest this month is Dr. Laleh Quinn, who has been a research faculty member in the Cognitive Science department at the University of California San Diego for 25 years specializing in Behavioural Neuroscience. She obtained her Ph.D. in Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Science, and Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of Arizona where her emphasis was on discovering whether there is a scientific explanation for consciousness. Her neuroscience research has ranged from neurophysiological recordings of brain activity in awake behaving animals to understanding the roots of empathy and compassion. After learning to meditate through being prescribed Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction by her doctor, in addition to becoming much less stressed, she began to become more spiritually awakened. This led her to begin teaching mindfulness and meditation to students and faculty at UCSD in hopes of helping with the extreme stress found in academia. Her spiritual awakening also led her to understand that there is much more to this world than what her materialist academic colleagues were dictating. In 2019 her close friend of 20 years and fellow neuroscientist died and she began experiencing signs and synchronicities and messages indicating that he still existed and was communicating with her. Thus began a dedicated and impassioned quest to discover whether consciousness can survive death and whether after-death communication is real. Through rigorous researching, through personal experimentation, and through a close personal relationship with a professional evidential medium, she found answers and she is currently devoting much of her time to writing and speaking about her experiences of an expanded reality beyond the confines of materialism. 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. scientificandmedical.net galileocommission.org beyondthebrain.org Works and links mentioned: https://profiles.ucsd.edu/laleh.quinn lalehquinn@gmail.com https://www.essentiafoundation.org/how-a-neuroscientist-came-to-embrace-the-reality-of-acausal-synchronicities/reading/ https://www.feedyourhead.blog/p/the-peace-of-no-time-69f https://independent.academia.edu/LalehQuinn https://suzannegiesemann.com/ psychicmediumreading.org Production: Martin Redfern Artwork: Amber Haas Music: Life is a River, by Magnus Moone

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