The Learning of the Imagination:
THESE SEVERAL STREAMS
Wednesday 19 March 2025
Speakers: Rowan Wiliams, Jane Clark, Valentin Gerlier
Temenos Academy & The Harmony Institute, University of Wales Trinity St David
at the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David Campus
in Lampeter, Ceredigion SA48 7ED
Chair: Hilary Davies, Fellow of the Temenos Academy
WELCOME from Dr Nick Campion, Director of the Harmony Institute and Professor Bettina Schmidt
Vernon Watkins and the Taliesin Tradition
ROWAN WILLIAMS
Dr Rowan Williams is a former Archbishop of Canterbury and was until 2020 Master of Magdalene College at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of many books, including Looking East in Winter, Holy Living, The Edge of Words, and Passions of the Soul. He lives in Cardiff and continues to broadcast, preach and lecture internationally. He is a Fellow of the Temenos Academy.
The Eternal Youth: Vision and Imagination in the work of the Poet and Mystic, Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi
JANE CLARK
Jane Clark is a teacher and independent researcher who lives in Oxford. She has been studying the Islamic mystical tradition for more than forty years and until her retirement last year, was a Senior Research Fellow of the Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi Society. She is the editor of Beshara Magazine and has edited two books: The New Metaphysics of Modern Science (IONS, 1994) with Willis Harman and The Kiss: The Beshara talks of Dom Sylvester Houédard (Beshara Publications, 2023) with Charles Verey.
Imagination: The Ligature of Being
VALENTIN GERLIER
Dr Valentin Gerlier is Lecturer at Schumacher Wild and Research Associate at the Institut Catholique de Toulouse, France. He is author of Shakespeare and the Grace of Words (Routledge, 2022) and regularly teaches and lectures at the Temenos Academy.
Advance bookings only – Admission free
TIME: 9.30am for 10am – 4.30pm
VENUE: The Old Hall, Lampeter Campus NB. The OLD HALL is opposite the CHAPEL in the Old Building
A light vegetarian lunch, and tea/coffee will be served, free of charge.
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Accommodation
There is a variety of accommodation available in Lampeter town. To enquire about B&B accommodation on the Lampeter campus please contact the Accommodation Office accommodation@uwtsd.ac.uk
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