[3] The academy had its origins in the Temenos journal, which was launched in 1980 by Kathleen Raine, Keith Critchlow, Brian Keeble and Philip Sherrard to publish creative work which regarded spirituality as a prime need for humanity.
[3][5] Raine described it as “an invisible college for our future king.”[6] Since the closure of the Institute of Architecture, the academy now holds meetings in different venues in London.
[1] The journal had an objective of "The affirmation, at the highest level of scholarship and talent, and in terms of the contemporary situation, of the Sacred.
"[1] The Prince of Wales was sufficiently impressed by the journal to sponsor a school based "on truth, beauty and goodness", and this led to the creation of the Temenos Academy in 1990.
[1] Grevel Lindop was editor for the review from 2000 to 2003; and volume 7, the Kathleen Raine Memorial Issue, was edited by Brian Keeble.
[11] Contributing authors include Wendell Berry,[16] Prince Charles, Karan Singh and Seyyed Hossein Nasr.