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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.


April 2011

  • Refugees flee Libya into Tunisia

    Tunisians' welcoming of Libyan refugees is altruism in action

    Mark Vernon
    Mark Vernon: Tunisian willingness to house fleeing Libyans reminds us that caring for others is really a human, not a technical, act
  • james frey holy bible

    Cif belief
    The Final Testament of the Holy Bible is shocking. Shockingly bad, that is

    Mark Vernon
    Mark Vernon: The problem with James Frey's book isn't blasphemy per se. Good blasphemy, unlike this adolescent theology, is valuable
  • Martin Rees

    Cif belief
    Martin Rees's Templeton prize may mark a turning point in the 'God wars'

    Mark Vernon
    Mark Vernon: Awarding the Templeton prize to Rees suggests science is rejecting the advocacy of the likes of Richard Dawkins

March 2011

  • Meditation

    Cif belief
    Buddhism is the new opium of the people

    Mark Vernon

  • The question
    Rob Bell's intervention in the often ugly world of American evangelicalism

    Mark Vernon
  • ash wednesday

    Cif belief
    On Ash Wednesday, consider the gift of death

    Mark Vernon

  • Cif belief
    In praise of doubt, maybe

    Mark Vernon

February 2011

  • Cif belief
    Ultra-Darwinists and the pious gene

    Mark Vernon
    Mark Vernon: Richard Dawkins won't like it, but he and creationists are singing from similar hymn sheets, according to a new book

  • Cif belief
    Uncertainty's promise

    Mark Vernon
    Mark Vernon: Face to Faith: Whether with science or religion, only by embracing doubt can we learn and grow

  • Cif belief
    Mind may be more real than matter

    Mark Vernon
    Mark Vernon: Energy, information or something like consciousness may in fact be the real basic stuff of the cosmos

January 2011

  • Mindfulness meditation

    How to meditate
    How to meditate: An introduction

    'Mindfulness meditation' – getting to know the here and now – could be the key to a calmer, happier, healthier you. Mark Vernon reveals what's involved

  • Cif belief
    How a Marxist might see the creed

    Mark Vernon
    Mark Vernon: My take on Terry Eagleton's interpretation of Christianity unites it with Marxism in a rejection of progress
  • Gravestone

    Cif belief
    Death and loss belong to us all

    Mark Vernon
    Mark Vernon: A vicar who removed silk flowers from a child's grave might be right – graveyards and mourning are part of the public sphere

December 2010

  • Piano playing

    Cif belief
    'The pull of love' – or why music can be a quasi-spiritual practice

    Mark Vernon

  • Cif belief
    William James part 8: Agnosticism and pragmatic pluralism

    Mark Vernon

November 2010

  • Cif belief
    William James, part 7: Agnosticism and the will to believe

    Mark Vernon
    Mark Vernon: James observes that the idea you can will belief in God is 'simply silly', as the nature of real assent consists of many strands

  • Cif belief
    William James, part 6: Mystical states

    Mark Vernon
    Mark Vernon: How to believe: James's discussion of mysticism is not unproblematic, but there is significant value in the way he frames the subject

    • Cif belief
      William James, part 5: Saintliness

      Mark Vernon

    • Don't let civil partnerships become marriage-lite

      Mark Vernon

    • Cif belief
      William James, part 4: The psychology of conversion

      Mark Vernon
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