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Mark Vernon is a British psychotherapist and writer. [1] [2]
Vernon has a degree in theology from the University of Oxford and another theology degree and a physics degree from Durham University [ citation needed ]. He received a PhD in ancient Greek philosophy from the University of Warwick. [3]
Vernon is the author of several books on subjects from friendship and belief, to wellbeing and love, including A Secret History of Christianity: Jesus, the Last Inkling, and the Evolution of Consciousness (2019), [4] [5] based upon the ideas of the Oxford Inkling, Owen Barfield, [6] Dante's Divine Comedy: A Guide for the Spiritual Journey., [7] [3] and most recently, Spiritual Intelligence in Seven Steps. [8]
He is a columnist for The Idler , and has written for Aeon , Church Times and The Tablet , amongst other publications. [9] [2] He has appeared on BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze , In Our Time , alongside other programmes, and also regularly podcasts and posts YouTubes, including the Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogues with Rupert Sheldrake. [10] [2] [11] Vernon was formerly a Church of England priest. [3]
Vernon has a private psychotherapy practice and has also worked at the Maudsley Hospital. [1] [12]