Instructor, Philosophy and Humanities Department, Douglas College
Director, Institute for Ethics and Global Justice, Douglas College

B.A. (phil) 1966, McGill University
M.A. (phil) 1968, University of British Columbia
M.A. (Creative Writing & Theatre), 1970, University of British Columbia
Ph.D. (phil), 1974, University of British Columbia

  Areas of interest:
Philosophy of Religion, Mysticism, Meditation, Analytic Philosophy, Ethics, Theory of Knowledge, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Asian Philosophy, Critical Thinking (A Format for Multifactoral Reasoning) , Philosophical Counselling , and Secular Wisdom Cultivation

Principal Publications

• Philosophy
  • The Silence of the Mystic , 1983 (Philosophy in Canada Monographs)
  • How to Build a Conscious Machine , 1989 (Westview Press)
  • Enlightenment East and West, 1994 (SUNY Press)
• Fiction / Poetry
  • The Book of Miriam , 1997 (Mosaic Press)
• Plays
  • Incident After Antietam and Isadora and GBS , 1976 (Playwrights Union of Canada)
  • The Unveiling , 1982 (PUC)
  • Eleanor Marx , 1984 (PUC)

Recent Articles

 

Lorraine Milardo Bennington, 27 years experience blending counseling and hypnotherapy

Lorraine Bennington is a Registered Psychologist with a deep interest in the subconscious mind. She assists her clients to access this subconscious, also called the right brain, in order to achieve their goals, both personal and professional. Some of the patterns that respond very well to hypnotherapy and positive visualization include smoking, overeating, personal and/or professional sabotages to success, relationship issues, blocks to self esteem, fear of public speaking, writer’s or artist’s block and phobias, such as fear of flying, snakes, driving, and commitment.

Couple counseling

• Lorraine has worked with hundreds of couples
• to help them communicate more effectively
• to move beyond judgement
• to find new ways to hear from the heart.

Sports Performance

• tennis
• golf
• synchro swimming
• martial arts–karate, aikido
• kick boxing
• soccer