David Lorimer
David Lorimer, MA, PGCE, FRSA is a writer, lecturer and editor who is Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network (www.scimednet.org), editor of Paradigm Explorer and Chief Consultant of Character Education Scotland. He is also a former President of Wrekin Trust and of the Swedenborg Society and Vice-President of the International Association for Near-Death Studies (UK). Originally a merchant banker then a teacher of philosophy and modern languages at Winchester College, he is the author and editor of over a dozen books. He has a long-standing interest in the perennial wisdom and has translated and edited books about the Bulgarian sage Peter Deunov. His book Prophet for our Times was re-issued in September 2015 with a foreword by Dr Wayne Dyer.
He is a founding member of the International Futures Forum and was editor of its digest, Omnipedia – Thinking for Tomorrow. He was also a Trustee of the St Andrews Prize and a Churchill Fellow. His book on the ideas and work of the Prince of Wales – Radical Prince – has been translated into Dutch, Spanish and French. He is the originator of the Inspiring Purpose Values Poster Programmes, which have reached over 300,000 young people. See www.inspiringpurpose.org.uk and www.character.scot