Father Lee Taylor
REVEREND LEE TAYLOR is the vicar of three churches in and around the picturesque town of Llangollen in North Wales, where he is known for a progressive and inclusive approach to ministry.
He holds a BA in Theology and an MA in Christian Liturgy, and is currently undertaking a part-time Master’s by Research degree exploring religious and mystical experience. Lee serves on the Select Committee of the Governing Body of the Church in Wales, helping to prepare legislation for the permanent authorisation of a liturgy blessing couples following a same-sex civil partnership or marriage. He is also Chair of the Llangollen Urban, Llangollen Rural, and Glyntraian Welfare Charities, and has previously served on the St Asaph Diocesan Rural Strategy Mission & Evangelism Group. Earlier in his ministry at Croydon Minster, he was part of the Battersea to the Barrier Group in the Southwark Diocese, reflecting on how churches can contribute to just and flourishing urban regeneration along the South Bank.
In 2018, Lee originated the vision for the Genesis Project at St Collen’s Church, establishing a dedicated Task Force to shape and carry forward its development as a sustainable, community-centred transformation of the church.
Alongside parish life, Lee has developed a distinctive ministry integrating contemplative practice and sound. At St Collen’s Church, he leads Soundbath Meditations, drawing together a diverse community of spiritual seekers, and offers workshops through his programme Harmonising the Soul, exploring Gregorian chant as a pathway into meditation and heightened spiritual awareness. In 2026, he will present this work at the Greenbelt Festival—a major UK gathering of around 20,000 people that brings together arts, faith, and social justice—sharing how ancient sacred music and sound can open pathways into deep contemplative and transformative experience.
Lee’s wider interests include near-death experiences (NDEs), out-of-body experiences (OBEs), and the relationship between sound, consciousness, and spirituality. He is a member of the Churches’ Fellowship for Psychical and Spiritual Studies, which explores mystical and psychic experience within a Christian framework.
He is also a member of the Professional Division at the Monroe Institute (USA), a practitioner-led community dedicated to advancing the science and practice of consciousness. Within this context, his work engages both experiential practice and emerging research into altered states and transcendent awareness.
Building on this involvement, Lee is conducting a formal study into how Hemi-Sync® audio technology, originally developed by pioneer Robert Monroe, may facilitate access to mystical states and expanded consciousness. His research seeks to bring contemporary consciousness studies into dialogue with longstanding Christian contemplative traditions.
This exploration is complemented by his creative work as the developer of two Hemi-Sync®-based guided meditations, Blessings of the Heart and Anchors of the Soul, designed to support spiritual reflection and inner awareness for people of all faiths and none.
In 2024, he presented Heavenly Horizons at the Aging as Adventure conference at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, bringing the Focus Levels of Robert Monroe into conversation with the Christian idea of the “many mansions” as a framework for understanding death and spiritual transition. He had previously participated in the Near-Death Experience Spectrum programme at the Monroe Institute in 2023.
Outside parish ministry, Lee has a long-standing interest in theatre and Victorian music hall. His forthcoming book, Divine Comedy: Over a Century of Comic Clergy on Stage and Screen, is due for publication in late 2026. In 2023, he was also affectionately dubbed the “Squid Vicar” after competing in Squid Game: The Challenge.
