Temenos Academy Newsletter July 2026
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July 2026
Julian of Norwich was a fourteenth century mystic, writer and anchoress whose exquisite text Revelations of Divine Love was the first book by a woman to be published in English. The text describes sixteen visions which Julian received at the age of thirty in the liminal late night hours when she was in the crisis of a fever, together with her profound reflections on their meaning. She is a highly intelligent theologian but her text is above all poetic, with the power to transform its readers if we are willing. This talk will examine the value of reading her as disciples rather than critics to enable the transformation she offers, which is a restoration of our porosity to God, to each other and to the world. I will suggest that this above all what is needed to address the ecological crisis today Dr Claire Gilbert is an author, visiting professor at King's College, London and lay canon of Norwich Cathedral. She was formerly research fellow at KCL's Centre of Medical Law and Ethics, then Adviser to the Church of England on medical ethics and environmental issues. She was a lay canon of St Paul's Cathedral where she co-founded St Paul's Institute for ethics in finance and founding director of Westminster Abbey Institute for ethics in public life. Her publications include The Ethics of Medical Research on Humans, Sharing God's Planet, Miles to Go Before I Sleep, I, Julian, and Julian of Norwich and the Ecological Crisis: Restoring Porosity. Venue
& Admission
This talk has been postponed and will be rescheduled for next year. For more information for all our events click HERE
HINDUISM, TAOISM, ISLAMIC MYSTICISM A place has become available to join the second year of the 2-year Foundation Course in the Perennial Philosophy. The course will take place on Tuesday evenings in central London from October 2026 to June 2027. Over the course of three 10-week modules, students will be introduced to textual sources of three major Eastern traditions: Hinduism, Taoism and Islamic Mysticism. Through guided reading of the The Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads; the Tao Te Ching, Chuang Tzu and the Huai Nan Tzu; and 'Attar's The Conference of the Birds, along with the writings of the great Islamic metaphysician Ibn 'Arabi, this course will ground students in the wisdom traditions of the East. You
can find further details about the course
HERE
KAIROS SUMMER SCHOOL Our friends at Kairos will be holding their International Summer School from 18-20 September 2026 in Cambridge, UK. This year's focus will be based around the Cambridge Central Mosque, its garden and the connection it has to the Universe. Participants will be led through some of the geometry Keith Critchlow designed especially for the Mosque and will have a private group tour of the building, as well as the privilege to walk through the Islamic gardens, with the lead designer, Emma Clark. For
more information please click
HERE
BECOME A MEMBER You can support the Temenos Academy by becoming a member for £60/year. Members benefits include free admission to our lecture programme, concessionary rates to seminars, study days and online courses, a free copy Temenos Academy Review 28 and Ten Basic Principles that Inspire the Work of Temenos on joining, and complimentary copies of forthcoming Temenos Academy publications as they are issued. To
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Our website Archive hosts many audio and video recordings of lectures and the texts of many articles from Temenos Academy Review. New material is added regularly. https://www.temenosacademy.org/videoarchive Many of our audio recordings are available as PODCASTS.
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