Simon Jackson - Fuzzy definitions and personal choice
The 2014 Swarthmore Lecture, ‘Open for Transformation’, by Ben Pink Dandelion, was presented at Quakers’ Britain Yearly Meeting. Ben characterises Quakerism at its core as being based in the reality of spiritual experience, which is prioritised over doctrine. However, he suggests that the absence of teaching Quakerism within the Society of Friends has allowed everything to be questioned and related to personal choice. Some questions emerge - can Quakerism be taught, or, is it ‘caught’ by association and intuition?
It is hoped to be able to show a video of this lecture.
Simon Jackson trained in Art at St Martin’s School, London, then as an Art Therapist at St Albans. He later obtained a degree in the Philosophy and Ethics of Mental Health at Warwick University in 2005, before moving to Scotland, where he became a Quaker in 2008, attending Central Edinburgh meeting.
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