About us
A place for free thinkers - for Humanists in North East Hampshire and West Surrey around Farnham, Alton, Aldershot and Farnborough.
We're an active and friendly group and have monthly pub meetings and talks which are open to everyone. You don't have to join or become a member. We support the local community and have social events. Come and try us out!
Our website is http://farnham.humanist.org.uk/ and for more information our email is info@farnham.humanist.org.uk
Humanism is a positive world view centred on people.
We are atheists and agnostics who share a non-religious ethical outlook based on empathy, reason and evidence. We seek to create a more open, just and caring society.
Upcoming events
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WILLIAM BLAKE: Radical Mind & Creative Imagination
The Hop Blossom, Long Garden Walk, Farnham, GBhttps://farnham.humanist.org.uk/william-blake-radical-mind-creative-imagination/
WILLIAM BLAKE: Radical Mind & Creative Imagination
Sunday October 25th 7.15 for 7.30pmHop Blossom Pub, Long Garden Walk, Farnham, GU9 7HX
Tricia Wallis, English Literature teacher, will share her thoughts on William Blake’s poem “London” (1794) and how his vision of social deprivation, institutional decay and human misery resonates with our society today.
Lindsey Harris has taught Art History, and is now a Jungian psychoanalyst. She will examine Blake’s enigmatic Arlington Court picture, looking at the mythological content, underlying philosophy and archetypal theme of Odysseus’s return to Ithaca.
Do come along. Everyone is welcome!!
Non-members £3. Members free.
Drinks are available at the Pub3 attendees
Is free will just an illusion?
The Hop Blossom, 50 Long Garden Walk, Farnham GU9 7HX, UK, Farnham, GBhttps://farnham.humanist.org.uk/is-free-will-just-an-illusion/
Sunday November 22nd 7.15 for 7.30pm
Hop Blossom Pub, Long Garden Walk, Farnham, GU9 7HXIt feels that we have agency and that we consciously make our own choices but we also know that every event has a cause.
So our decisions must be influenced by an array of prior events.
When I am confronted with picking one of two items, am I genuinely free or am I a prisoner of my past experiences?
Can we reconcile a scientific mindset with a subjective sense that we are free.
Reading Humanists’ Resident Philosopher, Mike Douglas, will explore this tension.
Do come along and join in the discussion.
Everyone is welcome!!Non-members £3. Members free.
Drinks are available at the Pub4 attendees
Past events
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