Free Webcast with Edi Bilimoria
Thursday, November 13 | 7:00 p.m. CT | 1:00 a.m. London (GMT)
“Modern science is our best ally,” declared the Mahatmas in their celebrated letters—words that have long inspired Theosophical thinkers to recognise a deep kinship between the scientific and the spiritual quest. Yet the lesser-quoted sequel to that phrase adds a sharp reminder: “It is generally that same science which is made the weapon to break our heads with.”
In this thought-provoking webcast, Dr Edi Bilimoria—award-winning engineer, philosopher and author of Unfolding Consciousness—examines the evolving and often paradoxical relationship between scientific inquiry and Theosophical philosophy. Are these two great domains natural allies in the pursuit of truth, or adversaries divided by differing methods and aims?
Edi traces how scientific principles have alternately supported and challenged Theosophical teachings through time. He highlights key figures—scientists who were also Theosophists—whose contributions reveal the productive tensions and luminous intersections between empirical investigation and the Wisdom Tradition.
Bridging two worlds with rare authority, Edi has served as consultant and project director for major engineering works including the Channel Tunnel, the London Underground and offshore installations, while being a lifelong student of the esoteric philosophy that lies behind all religions and sciences.
His four-volume masterwork Unfolding Consciousness received the 2025 People’s Book Prize for Best Achievement and the 2022 Grand Prize Award from the Scientific and Medical Network. His earlier book The Snake and the Rope was awarded the SMN Book Prize in 2007.
Edi’s forthcoming publication Consciousness Came First: Revealing Evidence for Universal Intelligence and Mind Beyond the Brain (Collective Ink, 2026, now available for preorder) continues the Theosophical mission to reunite scientific understanding with spiritual insight. Drawing on both perennial philosophy and cutting-edge research, it affirms that consciousness—not matter—is the true foundation of existence.
Join us for this illuminating exploration of how reason and revelation, science and spirit, may once again work together to unveil the deeper purpose of human evolution and the timeless truths of the Ancient Wisdom.
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Thursday, November 13 at 7:00 p.m. CT | 1:00 a.m. London (GMT)
