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Mark Vernon

Mark Vernon is a psychotherapist, writer and teacher, with a particular interest in ancient philosophy and why it matters today. He has a private psychotherapy practice, including constellations-based groups, and also works at the Maudsley hospital. He teaches at The Idler Academy and The School of Life. His latest book is The Idler Guide to Ancient Philosophy (Idler Books). For more information see www.markvernon.com.


January 2012

  • DNA cold cases

    Cif belief
    It's time for science to move on from materialism

    Mark Vernon

    Mark Vernon: The rigid 19th-century orthodoxy should be challenged to allow broader interpretations, as Rupert Sheldrake argues

  • Time past illustration

    Make the most of your time
    Time management: the past isn't a foreign place

    How do we learn to embrace our past? Mark Vernon reports

  • human brain

    Cif belief
    Faith that is known first in the body

    Mark Vernon
    Mark Vernon: Activity such as prayer should not be quarantined by interpreting it as of strictly aesthetic or instrumental merit

December 2011

  • St Paul's

    Cif belief
    Is Christianity compatible with wealth?

    Mark Vernon
  • David Cameron

    Cif belief
    Christian morality has the power to bring all things to account

    Mark Vernon

November 2011

  • Cif belief
    To be truly compassionate you need to be kind to yourself

    Mark Vernon
    Mark Vernon: Face to faith: Being kind is intrinsically good but it can also be risky. So aim high but start small

October 2011

  • Muslims pray Istiqlal grand mosqu

    Cif belief
    Can evolutionary theorists ever make sense of religion?

    Mark Vernon
    Mark Vernon: A new theory disregards the dominant evolutionary story, and explores instead religion's origins in playtime and ritual

August 2011

  • Office workers crossing street in downtown Melbourne

    Cif belief
    We can't forgive, we can only pretend to

    Mark Vernon
    Mark Vernon: Evolutionary doctrine teaches us that it's in our own self-interest to co-operate and to put up with others

July 2011

  • Jung Nietzsche

    How to believe
    Carl Jung, part 8: Religion and the search for meaning

    Mark Vernon

    Mark Vernon: Jung thought psychology could offer a language for grappling with moral ambiguities in an age of spiritual crisis

  • Bertrand Russell

    Cif belief
    Carl Jung, part 7: The power of acceptance

    Mark Vernon

    Mark Vernon: Like the AA movement, Jung believed that acceptance and spiritual interconnectedness were crucial to a person's recovery

  • diana athill

    How to believe
    Carl Jung, part 6: Synchronicity

    Mark Vernon
    Mark Vernon: With physicist Wolfgang Pauli, Jung explored the link between the disparate realities of matter and mind

June 2011

  • How to believe
    Carl Jung, part 5: Psychological types

    Mark Vernon
  • big society big religion

    Cif belief
    If you want big society, you need big religion

    Mark Vernon
  • Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra

    Cif belief
    Carl Jung, part 4: Do archetypes exist?

    Mark Vernon

  • Cif belief
    Human consciousness is much more than mere brain activity

    Mark Vernon

  • Cif belief
    Carl Jung, part 3: Encountering the unconscious

    Mark Vernon

  • Cif belief
    Carl Jung, part 2: A troubled relationship with Freud – and the Nazis

May 2011

  • Carl G. Jung

    Cif belief
    Carl Jung, part 1: Taking inner life seriously

    Mark Vernon
    Mark Vernon: Achieving the right balance between what Jung called the ego and self is key to his theory of personality development
  • peter singer

    Cif belief
    Without belief in moral truths, how can we care about climate change?

    Mark Vernon
    Mark Vernon: Peter Singer admits his brand of utilitarianism struggles with the challenge of climate change in a way Christian ethics does not

  • Cif belief
    Too much heat, not enough light in the creationism war

    Mark Vernon

    Mark Vernon: The near hysterical way in which intelligent design is treated online only suits those who seek to politicise evolution

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