Wholeness, Imagination, and the Cosmos with Dr Iain McGilchrist

Dr Iain McGilchrist stands as one of the preeminent thinkers of our age, a scholar whose profound insights into the divided brain illuminate the deepest currents of human history and culture.

Formerly a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and a Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr McGilchrist is the celebrated author of The Master and His Emissary and The Matter With Things, works that combine rigorous neuroscience with an unmatched depth of philosophical and cultural understanding. His intellectual courage and clarity of vision have placed him at the very forefront of efforts to understand the interplay between the hemispheric structures of the brain and the wider crisis of meaning, coherence, and value in contemporary life.

In 2024, Ralston College was honored to welcome Dr McGilchrist as the guest lecturer for the Sophia Lectures, our flagship series dedicated to exploring the perennial questions of truth, beauty, and human flourishing. His presence on campus was a vivid embodiment of our commitment to intellectual inquiry of the highest order, and his lectures electrified audiences with their breadth and brilliance. We are now thrilled to make these exceptional lectures available online, extending their transformative insights to a global audience hungry for the renewal of thought and spirit that such work inspires.