2026 Conference Programme

Transformative talks, panels, and workshops exploring the intersection of
mysticism and science

Mystics and Scientists Online Conference

The Coming Age of Enheartenment – Love as an Alchemy of Transformation

17th to 19th April 2026

Schedule – (All times UK, BST)

Session 1

Chair: Alan Malby

9.00 am

Introduction

Towards a Culture of Love

David Lorimer

9.30 am

Talk

Love Unleashed: How do we Rise in a World on the Edge?

Dr Nicola Amadora

10.45 am

Break

11.05 am

Talk

Love as Relational Intelligence: Navigating the Great Shift Together

Wendy Ellyatt

12.15 pm

Dialogue

Dialogue and Q & A

12.45 pm

Break

Break

Session 2

Chair: Arabella Thaïs

2.15 pm

Experiential

The Heart Sense Journey – Experiential Session

Dr Louise Livingstone

3.00 pm

Talk

The Heart’s Time is Now

Dr Louise Livingstone

4.10 pm

Break

Break

4.30 pm

Talk

Heart–Brain Harmony: Coherence, Intuition, and a Connected World

Dr Rollin McCraty

5.40 pm

Dialogue

Dialogue and Q & A

5.40 pm

Closing

Closing Remarks

6.30 pm

FRIDAY CLOSE and OPTIONAL VIRTUAL BAR

Session 3

Chair: Prof Scherto Gill

9.15 am

Talk

To be confirmed

To be confirmed

9.30 am

Talk

Exploring a Science of Unitive Love

Dr Jude Currivan

10.40 am

Break

Break

11.00 am

Talk

Connected by Love: The Extraordinary Power of Our Hearts to Communicate and Heal

Peter Granger and Claire Berry

12.10 am

Dialogue

Dialogue and Q&A

12.50 pm

Presentation

Presentation of SMN

David Lorimer

1.05 pm

Break

Lunch

Session 4

Chair: Prof Marjorie Woollacott

2.15 pm

Talk

Dreams and the Alchemy of Transformation – Experiential Session

Melinda Powell

3.00 pm

Talk

The Neuroscience of Falling and Staying in Love

Prof Richard Schwartz and Dr Jacqueline Olds

04.00 pm

Break

Break

4.20 pm

Talk

Epistemology of the Heart: Opening the Heart of Science through the Alchemy of Divine Love 

Dr William Keepin

5.30 pm

Dialogue

Dialogue

5.50 pm

Q&A

Q&A

6.15 pm

Closing

Closing Remarks

Chair

6.20 pm

SATURDAY CLOSE

Session 5

Chair: Dr Athena Potari

9.30 am

Talk

The Sacrament of the Bridal Chamber: A Practical Guide to Sacred Sex

Mary Sharpe

10.40 am

Break

Break

11.00 am

Talk

Mary Magdalene’s Ascension: Mary’s Journey to Becoming Light

Dr Annine van der Meer

12.10 pm

Dialogue

Dialogue

12.50 om

Break

Lunch

Session 6

Chair: David Lorimer

2.15 pm

Talk

Awakening the Universal Heart for a Happier and Healthier World

Dr Serge Beddington-Behrens

3.00 pm

Talk

Love as a Transformative Cosmological Power

Prof Ravi Ravindra

4.10 pm

Break

Break

4.30 pm

Talk

Turning to Saint Teresa of Avila as our Guide in Awakening to Divine Love

Dr James Finley

5.40 pm

Dialogue

Dialogue and Q & A

All Speakers

6.20 pm

Closing

Closing Remarks

David Lorimer

6.30 pm

CONFERENCE CLOSE, OPTIONAL MEDITATION AT 7PM (UK)

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