The seven deadly sins

with Dr. Peter Jones

24.10.23

Venue: House of St. Barnabas 1 Greek St, London W1D 4NQ

Before the self-help industry, before mindfulness and before CBT, there was another system of therapy: The Seven Deadly Sins. Can a thousand-year-old system of self-help tell us something new about today’s most urgent social problems, from chronic depression and pornography addiction to social media shaming?

In this GEIST talk, Dr. Peter Jones explores Pride, Envy, Anger, Sloth, Greed, Gluttony, and Lust, which for over a thousand years were used to measure personality, identify inner demons, and give shape to human heartache.

Through a range of manuscripts and artworks, as well as reflecting on his own experience of teaching history and fighting sloth at a university in Siberia, Peter will reveal a forgotten map of the human mind.