by Arthur Conan Doyle Centre | May 20, 2022 | Tuesday Talks, Spirituality
Being a Hero: Jung, Putin and Frodo Baggins Written by Professor Lance Butler. It may not be fashionable to say so but there is a difference between men and women – a difference whose recognition could easily and quickly transform our life on Earth. It is a...
by Arthur Conan Doyle Centre | Apr 21, 2022 | Book Reviews, Spirituality
Iain McGilchrist and The Matter with Things Written by Professor Lance Butler. After ten years of intense work Iain McGilchrist has now finished his second magnum opus. His first was The Master and his Emissary of 2010 and here, just published, is The Matter with...
by Arthur Conan Doyle Centre | Apr 13, 2022 | Tuesday Talks, Spirituality
Is Progress Possible? Written by Professor Lance Butler. What would ‘progress’ be in our spiritual thinking? We turn quite readily to the past, for instance to Plato, to English, German and Spanish mystics who lived as far back as the Middle Ages. We appeal to the...
by Arthur Conan Doyle Centre | Feb 18, 2022 | Spirituality
Detachment or Compassion? Written by Professor Lance Butler. We have learnt of these heavenly twins from Buddhism. We know we should be detached and we know that we should be compassionate, but for most of us, there can be something of a question hanging over this...
by Arthur Conan Doyle Centre | Jan 12, 2022 | Spirituality, Tuesday Talks
Buddhism, Detachment and Love Written by Professor Lance Butler. If you are interested in the work of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre it’s almost certain that you have thought about Buddhism. In fact words like mysticism and meditation may conjure up images of the...
by Arthur Conan Doyle Centre | Aug 3, 2021 | Spirituality, Astrology
August Astrology Forecast 2021 by Kat Wojdyla Significant Dates 9th August – New Moon in Leo12th August – Venus enters Libra17th August – Venus enters Libra20th August – Uranus goes Retrograde22nd August – Full Moon in Aquarius23rd August...