The Past Is Present with Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D.

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This dialogue reviews Sheldrake’s theory of “morphic resonance,” which challenges some fundamental assumptions of established science. Sheldrake offers a revolutionary alternative to the mechanistic worldview, and points toward a new understanding of the nature of life, matter and mind. One of the more profound implications of Sheldrake's account here is his suggestion that the brain may be more like a tuning system than a recording device. (hosted by Michael Toms)

Bio

Rupert Sheldrake studied natural sciences at Cambridge and philosophy at Harvard, took a Ph.D. in biochemistry at Cambridge and is the author of more than eighty scientific papers. Dr. Sheldrake is perhaps best known for his morphic field theory, which takes a fresh look at memory, habit, instinct and heredity as well as phenomena such as telepathy - aspects of human experience that are unexplained in terms of current physics.

He's the author of several books including:

• The Rebirth of Nature: The Greening of Science and God (Bantam 1991)
• A New Science of Life: The Hypothesis of Morphic Resonance (J.P. Tarcher 1995)
• The Presence of the Past: Morphic Resonance and the Habits of Nature (Times Books 1995)
• Natural Grace: Dialogues on creation, darkness, and the soul in spirituality and science (coauthor Matthew Fox) (Doubleday 1996)
• The Physics of Angels: Exploring the Realm Where Science and Spirit Meet (coauthor Matthew Fox) (HarperSanFrancisco 1996)
• Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home: Fully Updated and Revised
• Seven Experiments That Could Change the World: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Revolutionary Science (2nd Edition with Update on Results)
• The Sense of Being Stared At: And Other Unexplained Powers of Human Minds (Crown 2003)
• Science Set Free: 10 Paths to New Discovery (Deepak Chopra Books, 2012), also published in the UK as The Science Delusion (Coronet, 2012)

To learn more about the work of Rupert Sheldrake go to www.sheldrake.org.

Topics Explored in This Dialogue

• Why the laws of nature may not be fixed in advance
• What are morphogenetic fields
• How it is easier for us to learn something that has been learned by others
• What is the nature of remembering
• What is the evidence that children can tune in to past lives
• How do rituals help us to tune in to the past