He received a PhD in ancient Greek philosophy from the University of Warwick.
[3] Vernon is the author of several books on subjects from friendship and belief, to wellbeing and love, including A Secret History of Christianity: Jesus, the Last Inkling, and the Evolution of Consciousness (2019),[4][5] based upon the ideas of the Oxford Inkling, Owen Barfield,[6] Dante's Divine Comedy: A Guide for the Spiritual Journey.,[7][3] and most recently, Spiritual Intelligence in Seven Steps.
[8] He is a columnist for The Idler, and has written for Aeon, Church Times and The Tablet, amongst other publications.
[9][2] He has appeared on BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze, In Our Time, alongside other programmes, and also regularly podcasts and posts YouTubes, including the Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogues with Rupert Sheldrake.
[3] Vernon has a private psychotherapy practice and has also worked at the Maudsley Hospital.