Phillip Medhurst

Phillip Medhurst was born in Leicester, England in 1948. Educated at Alderman Newton’s Grammar School, he read English at Wadham College, Oxford. After graduation he trained for the Anglican ministry. On ordination he served in a South London parish while qualifying as a schoolteacher at Goldsmiths’ College. For over two decades he taught religious education in both state-funded and private denominational schools. In 1982 his son was permanently disabled as result of a road traffic accident, and this caused Phillip to radically re-assess his religious beliefs – leading to his realisation as a Christian Gnostic and a sustained interest in the insights of Buddhist dharma. He is now retired and devotes his time entirely to writing, fine art and meditation. He is no longer affiliated to any of the churches of Christendom and lives with his two cats in Calais, France.