David Lorimer’s  guest today is  Dr. Anneloes Smitsman, a futurist, entrepreneur, systems scientist, bestselling author, keynote speaker, and award-winning pioneer in human development and systems change. She is the founder and CEO of EARTHwise Centre, co-founder of the EARTHwise DAO, initiator and architect of the EARTHwise Constitution for a Planetary Civilization, and lead architect of the EARTHwise Game for Civilizational Transformation. She received a degree of Doctor from Maastricht University, the Netherlands, for her pioneering research on systemic transformation. She is the co-author with Dr. Jean Houston of the bestsellers The Quest of Rose, which won the 2022 Silver Nautilus Book award, and Return of the Avatars, which won the 2023 Gold Nautilus Book award. For more information, visit website:

Imaginal Inspirations is hosted by David Lorimer, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network and Chair of the Galileo Commission, an academic movement dedicated to expanding the evidence base of a science of consciousness. Imaginal cells are responsible for the metamorphosis of the caterpillar into a butterfly, which is the Greek symbol for the soul. These cells are dormant in the caterpillar but at a critical point of development they create the new form and structure which becomes the butterfly.

Works and links mentioned

https://www.earthwisecentre.org/anneloes-smitsman

https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Anneloes-Smitsman/The-Quest-of-Rose–The-Cosmic-Keys-of-Our-Future-Becoming/26373194

https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Anneloes-Smitsman/Return-of-the-Avatars–The-Cosmic-Architect-Tools-of-Our-Future-Becoming/27098197

Dancing the Dream The Seven Sacred Paths to Human Transformation by Jamie Sams https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9780062515148?gC

https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Paramahansa-Paramahansa-Yogananda-Yogananda/Autobiography-of-a-Yogi–Mass-Market-Paperback-New-Cover/2634038

https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-prince-niccolo-machiavelli/37898?ean=9781513269061