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Mark Vernon

HOW DANTE TEACHES THE POWER OF NOW

If there were one big lesson that Dante learns as he struggles through hell and up Mount Purgatory it would be this: the present moment…

4 min readApr 2, 2021

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HOW DANTE TEACHES THE POWER OF NOW

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Mark Vernon

Could 2021 offer more than healing?

Reverting to normal is a missed spiritual opportunity

5 min readDec 31, 2020

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Could 2021 offer more than healing?

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Mark Vernon

The Meaning of Soul

Pixar’s new film subverts the wisdom of our age

6 min readDec 26, 2020

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The Meaning of Soul

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Mark Vernon

How To Read The Greatest Secret by Rhonda Byrne

The new book sits uneasily alongside the bestseller that made her name

8 min readDec 22, 2020

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Mark Vernon

What Would Plato Do (about the pandemic)?

The ancient Greek philosopher had first experience of pestilence and has reflections for us now.

3 min readMay 20, 2020

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What Would Plato Do (about the pandemic)?

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Mark Vernon

Dante, Erotic Love, And The Path To God

Sexual passion is generally treated warily in Christianity. The poet of the Divine Comedy thought it was key.

7 min readMay 11, 2020

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Dante, Erotic Love, And The Path To God

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Mark Vernon

Did Jesus Bungle The Resurrection?

His re-appearances were questioned by the disciples. Only, it wasn’t about proof at all.

5 min readApr 13, 2020

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Did Jesus Bungle The Resurrection?

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Easter And The End Of Christianity

If Coronavirus turns Christian leaders into exemplary citizens, the gospel is lost

6 min readApr 9, 2020

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Easter And The End Of Christianity

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Mark Vernon

How Dante Can Save Your Life

This year, 2020, is the 700th anniversary of the Divine Comedy. It can enlighten dark times now, as it did then.

3 min readApr 2, 2020

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How Dante Can Save Your Life

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Zoom Fear and Skype Fatigue

What we lose in online meetings and how to survive them

5 min readMar 31, 2020

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Zoom Fear and Skype Fatigue

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Mark Vernon

Mark Vernon

Psychotherapist, writer, journalist. Inner life really matters. Don’t write off Plato. Do read Owen Barfield. Winnicott more than Freud. www.markvernon.com

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