Navigating Consciousness with Rupert Sheldrake
A wide ranging discussion of consciousness at the intersection of science and spirituality with Rupert Sheldrake, PhD, a biologist and author best known for his hypothesis of morphic resonance. At Cambridge University Rupert worked in developmental biology as a Fellow of Clare College. He was Principal Plant Physiologist at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics in Hyderabad, India. From 2005 to 2010 he was Director of the Perrott-Warrick project for research on unexplained human and animal abilities, funded by Trinity College, Cambridge.
Podcasting since 2021 • 118 episodes
Navigating Consciousness with Rupert Sheldrake
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Spiritual Practices and Transformative Experiences in a Scientific Age
A talk delivered to the Conference of the International Network for the Study of Spirituality, University of Northampton, UK in June 2025.The INSS is a unique international network for people interested in bringing the study of spiritual...
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Season 4
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Episode 119
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31:22
God in Nature and Nature in God - Panentheism
In this talk, Rupert Sheldrake explores panentheism—the idea that the divine is not separate from the world but present throughout it, while also transcending it. With the grip of mechanistic materialism loosening, Rupert invites us to reconsid...
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Season 4
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Episode 118
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54:42
Reconnecting With Religious Roots, with Bishop Marc Andrus
A dialogue with Marc Andrus, former Bishop of California, at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco. Our ancestors’ lives from birth to death were shaped and structured by spiritual traditions but today many people are no longer connected to religious ...
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Season 4
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Episode 117
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34:11
The Healing Power of Animals, with Bishop Marc Andrus at Grace Cathedral
A dialogue with Marc Andrus, former Bishop of California, at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco. Many people who keep pets have experienced their ability to comfort and heal. There is now a pet therapy movement where people take dogs an...
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Season 4
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Episode 116
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32:03
Is Christianity a victim of its own success? with Bishop Marc Andrus at Grace Cathedral
A dialogue with Marc Andrus, former Bishop of California, at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco. European civilisation has been shaped in many ways by its Christian heritage. In the Middle Ages the Church started schools, universities and hospitals...
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Season 4
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Episode 115
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