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.
Episodes
116 episodes
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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33:43
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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31:34
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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29:22
Holy Days and Festivals, with Bishop Marc Andrus at Grace Cathedral
Many traditions include holy days or ‘holidays’ as days of festivity to celebrate and many traditional festivals revolve around the cycles of creation including solar and lunar cycles, harvests, death and rebirth. Festivals help connect i...
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Season 4
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Episode 114
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20:41
All Souls Day, with Bishop Marc Andrus at Grace Cathedral
A dialogue with Marc Andrus, former Bishop of California, at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco. All Souls Day — the day of the dead — falls on November 2, and is particularly spectacular in Mexico. Hallowe'en, or All Hallows' Eve, is the eve of th...
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Season 3
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Episode 113
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27:07
Rethinking Education: From Passive Learning to Holistic Understanding with Dr. James Mannion
In this episode of the "Rethinking Education" podcast, I join Dr. James Mannion to explore the state of modern education and its implications for science and spirituality. We discuss the dominance of the passive voice in science education, the ...
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Season 3
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Episode 111
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1:01:30
Consciousness, Temples, Mysticism, and Science, with Praveen Mohan
In this episode, I join Praveen Mohan to explore the deep connections between science, consciousness, and spirituality. We delve into the purpose of ancient temples, the resurgence of pilgrimage in both India and Europe, and the implications of...
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Season 3
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Episode 110
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1:21:04
Finding God in Nature and Consciousness; from the Realizing God Online Summit
In this interview with Dr. Marc Stollreiter for the Realizing God Online Summit, Rupert Sheldrake shares his journey from atheism to spiritual awakening, discussing the intersection of science and spirituality, the power of prayer, and the revi...
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Season 3
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Episode 109
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1:01:24
Vision Quests, with Marc Andrus, Bishop of California
Many cultures have rites of passage, especially for people entering adulthood. Among many Native American communities boys often underwent a vision quest by going out into the wilderness alone and fasting. Rites of passage for girls...
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Season 3
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Episode 108
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33:50
Fields as Formal Causes, with David Bentley Hart
Watch the talk: https://youtu.be/dU0NIU5d4BIIn this conversation, Rupert Sheldrake and David Bentley Hart delve into the concept of fields in physics, discussing their nature as non-material formative causes and their historical context...
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Season 3
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Episode 107
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34:59
Dying, Death and Beyond, with Satish Kumar & Guy Hayward
Watch the talk: https://youtu.be/j91Er2Zh3j4Join Satish Kumar and Rupert Sheldrake in an expansive conversation covering death, reincarnation, the afterlife, cycles, intentional dying, NDEs and more. Hosted by Guy Hayward, this discussi...
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Season 3
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Episode 106
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1:09:44
The Power of Chanting: Exploring Sonic Resonance and Morphic Fields
Watch the full talk: https://iai.tv/video/discovering-the-world-beyond-science-rupert-sheldrakeDive into the fascinating world of chanting and its profound impact on personal and collective resonance. In this enlightening talk, we explo...
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Season 3
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Episode 105
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10:47
The Nature of Phantom Limbs
Video: https://youtu.be/v0i1xc-khTQAfter the amputation of a limb, most amputees experience a phantom limb in the place where their limb used to be. Subjectively, these phantoms feel real even though they do not behave like normal limbs...
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Season 3
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Episode 104
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31:12
Anatheism: Rediscovering God in a Secular Age
March 20th, 2024 St. James's Church, LondonVideo: https://youtu.be/QuicgRaE7E8In this talk, Rupert Sheldrake explores the theme of finding God again, in an increasingly secular society. Drawing from personal experiences in India and...
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Season 3
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Episode 103
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1:26:29
Presentiment: Waking Before Alarms, Making Millions Through Day Trading
Most people have had the experience of waking soon before an alarm clock goes off and some can even wake before a specified time without an alarm. The usual assumption is that this depends on an exquisitely sensitive time sense, but Rupert argu...
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Season 3
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Episode 102
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50:50
My scientific explorations through fieldwork in Asia and Europe
March 18th, 2024University College London Expeditions and Fieldwork SocietyIn this talk given Rupert Sheldrake explores the allure of expeditions and fieldwork, delving into his own adventures exploring Mayan ruins in Mexico and stu...
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Season 3
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Episode 101
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1:21:06
The Science Delusion: TEDx Whitechapel, the "banned" talk
TEDx Whitechapel, Jan 12, 2013The theme for the night was Visions for Transition: Challenging existing paradigms and redefining values (for a more beautiful world). In response to protests from two hardcore materialists in the US, the t...
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Season 3
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Episode 100
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18:17
Desert Island Discs in Hampstead: Music in Rupert’s Life
Modelled on the BBC radio series, this long-standing local programme was produced live by a group in Hampstead, London, in 2023. As the castaway on a theoretical desert island, Rupert could bring with him eight pieces of music (listed bel...
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Season 3
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Episode 99
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1:20:02
Psychedelics and Consciousness, University of Sussex
A lecture for the Psychedelic Research Society at the University of Sussex, Nov 6th, 2023.https://www.facebook.com/sussex.uni.psychesociety/
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Season 3
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Episode 98
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1:27:29
Dr Iain McGilchrist - The Intersection of Consciousness and Matter
This was recorded at the Beyond the Brain 2023 conference, by The Scientific and Medical Network: https://scientificandmedical.net/Video is also available here: https://youtu.be/KyNgE6RsGnwIain McGilchrist and Rupert Sheldrake d...
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Season 3
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Episode 97
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1:13:30
The Reproducibility Crisis in Science: How do Expectations Influence Experimental Results?
Episode 4 of the online course How To Transform the Sciences: Six Potential Breakthroughshttps://www.sheldrake.org/online-coursesAround 2015, scientists were shocked to find that most papers in high-prestige peer-reviewed scientific...
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Season 3
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Episode 96
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50:13
Trialogue: Utopianism and Millenarianism, with Terence McKenna and Ralph Abraham
Esalen, California, 1992. A cultural history of utopianism. Surges of utopian renewal. The trinitarian utopian model. Are the utopian and millenarian movements tendencies of the European mind in reaction to Christianity? Millenaria...
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Season 2
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Episode 95
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1:21:39
Panpsychism, Cambridge University
A seminar at Cambridge University, June 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 94
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1:01:24
Trialogue: Fractal Boundaries and Dischaos, with Ralph Abraham and Terence McKenna
Hazelwood, Devon, England, June 1993Ralph tells a fractal story and explains how fractal models can illuminate our understanding of the world. Applying fractals to individual psychology.. The need for chaos and disorder in the personali...
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Season 2
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Episode 93
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1:26:08