A Western Path of Non-Duality with Athena Potari & Bernardo Kastrup

A dialogue with Athena and Bernardo exploring the roots of Western philosophy as a non-dual spiritual path.

They will discuss the foundations of Western philosophy in Greece, its roots as a path to self-realisation, science and spirituality, and the rediscovering of ancient Western spirituality.

Dr Athena Potari founded Athenoa , a School of Hellenic Philosophy based in Greece where Hellenism is approached as a living wisdom tradition whose core consists in the inextricable synthesis of scientific reason and spirituality.

She was a Fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies at Harvard University, received her PhD from the University of Oxford specializing in Political Philosophy, and her MA in Political Theory with Distinction from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

She is recipient of the Academy of Athens Award of Philosophy (2020), author of “A Call for a Renaissance of the Spirit in the Humanities” published by the Galileo Commission, and Member of the Galileo Commission Steering Committee.

Her work aims to revive the deeper spiritual and experiential dimensions of Hellenic Philosophy as a living spiritual lineage, combining discursive rigor and embodied meditative practices, with the aim of awakening to the ever-present mystery of being – our true Self.

Find her at https://athenoa.academy and
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@athenoa
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/athenapotari
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.athena\_potari

Photo by Pedro Henrique Casarin

**Bernardo Kastrup's ** work has been leading the modern renaissance of the philosophical position, ‘metaphysical idealism’ that reality is essentially mental, an appearance in ‘mind.’

Bernardo has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist, Bernardo has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the 'Casimir Effect' of Quantum Field Theory was discovered).

Formulated in detail in many academic papers and books, his ideas have been featured on _Scientific American_, the _Institute of Art and Ideas_, the _Blog of the American Philosophical Association_ and _Big Think_, among others. Bernardo's most recent book is _The Idea of the World: A multi-disciplinary argument for the mental nature of reality_. For more information, freely downloadable papers, videos, etc., please visit www.bernardokastrup.com.