This is the first of a landmark 60-part series of essays on personal, life-changing spiritual experiences shared by leading scientists and academics. Together, they comprise an audio book of the volume of the same name, published by The Academy for the Advancement of Postmaterialist Sciences and edited by Marjorie Woollacott and David Lorimer..

Todays essay is by Dr Athena D. Potari is Fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies at Harvard University (2022/23). She received her PhD from the University of Oxford, specializing in Political Philosophy, and holds an MA in Political Theory summa cum laude from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). In 2020, she was the youngest female scholar to receive the prestigious Academy of Athens Award of Philosophy. She is the founder of Atheonoa - a forum devoted to the study of Ancient Greek Philosophy as a non-dual wisdom tradition which combines scientific reasoning with the experiential realization of Logos and Being as Eudaimonia. She is the author of A Call for a Renaissance of the Spirit in the Humanities published by the Galileo Commission.

Links:

The Academy for the

Advancement of Postmaterialist Sciences  https://www.aapsglobal.com/

The book: https://spiritual-awakenings.net/

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

The Galileo Commission https://galileocommission.org/

Papers by Athena Potari https://harvard.academia.edu/DespoinaAthenaPotari

Producer: Martin Redfern