Seeing God Again for the First Time

John Vervaeke's work examines the role of the imaginal in bridging abstract cognition and embodied lived meaning, arguing that this mode of knowing is central to religious and transformative experiences.

He traces how imaginal practices support insight, wisdom, and moral transformation, critiquing purely abstract or propositional approaches.

The book (and related course material) draws on cognitive science, philosophy, and contemplative traditions to show practical ways of realizing the sacred.

Vervaeke emphasizes dialogical practices and ritual as means of re‑centering and recovering agency.

He addresses contemporary cultural severing of transcendence and finitude and proposes imaginal practice as a remedy.