Mark Vernon
@platospodcasts
Psychotherapist, writer, podcaster. Awake! William Blake and the Power of the Imagination (forthcoming, Hurst, June 2025)
William Blake is sometimes claimed as a left-wing radical, for all that his formative years and political youth fell before there was a left or right. I think he’s offering something else, much needed now, which the review kindly acknowledges. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/blake-…
What did William Blake say about King Arthur, Druids and Glastonbury? It’s probably not what you think…
My review of Mark Vernon's @platospodcasts delightful new book on William Blake is now online @TheCriticMag
“Vernon’s background as an Anglican priest and a psychotherapist renders him a highly sensitive and sympathetic reader of Blake” — @Nina_Power_ reviews Awake! William Blake and the Power of the Imagination, by Mark Vernon thecritic.co.uk/issues/july-20…
“Vernon’s background as an Anglican priest and a psychotherapist renders him a highly sensitive and sympathetic reader of Blake” — @Nina_Power_ reviews Awake! William Blake and the Power of the Imagination, by Mark Vernon thecritic.co.uk/issues/july-20…
WATCH LIVE: The UnHerd Club welcomes @EsmeLKPartridge and @platospodcasts for an exclusive masterclass on the meaning and mythos of William Blake, the painter and poet, who has become a model for a new kind of rebellious spirituality.
A joy to talk William Blake with the brilliant @EsmeLKPartridge @unherd club.
Waiting in Basil Blackwell’s study, kept like a shrine. William Blake the subject of today’s Philosophy in the Bookshop.
Anxieties about AI reveal a sorely depleted account of what it is to know, remark Rowan Williams and Sarah Coakley. Knowing is treated as if the decanting of facts. Forgotten are factors from recognition & comprehension, to participation & alignment, to formation & imagination.
Manifesting William Blake! With thanks to master printmaker Michael Phillips.
Next week! With @EsmeLKPartridge Book tickets here - club.unherd.com/event/william-…
Great talking with Jane Clark and Nikos Yiangou @besharamagazine about things we love. See besharamagazine.org/podcast/mark-v…
Delighted to speak with Jane and Nikos at the brand new Beshara podcast. “Blake is a person who a lot of people have affection for… but quite where to go next is often not clear.” besharamagazine.org/podcast/mark-v…
Great speak with George Holliday at This Mind of Ours podcast. youtube.com/watch?v=9--1Hx…
Q: Lewis or JRR Tolkien? RW: CS Lewis [Me: Sharp intake of breath!]
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The Good Samaritan: the paradigmatic case of the parables of Jesus teaching moral truths, right? Well, St Augustine says that the parable is about Jesus. The injured man rides on the Good Samaritan’s donkey to the inn, is Jesus placing us in his body to carry us to heaven.
A World Where Dust Breathes Forth Its Joy. Can panpsychism liberate us from meaningless materialism? A new essay at my Substack, A Golden String. markvernon942268.substack.com/p/a-world-wher…
Oxford and London events coming up with @unherd with @EsmeLKPartridge and at Blackwells with @NigelWarburton.
