Angels: Where Science Fears To Tread with Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D. & Father Matthew Fox, Ph.D.

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This stimulating discussion with Rupert Sheldrake and Matthew Fox, two visionary pioneers of modern science and theology, will transform how you think about the most popular of all spiritual beings, angels. As they say, the study of the Christian mystics led Fox and Sheldrake to “the most startling part of our research” which was “to discover how Aquinas’ discussion on angels practically parallels today’s discussion upon physics…Angels are great beings,” not just, “bare bottomed cherubs that you want to pinch.” Fox and Sheldrake explore the new cosmology that the universe is a living, developing organism, and they raise the intriguing possibility that angels play a role in the actual governing of the universe itself. (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)
• 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.

Father Matthew Fox is a priest and was a member of the Dominican Order of the Catholic Church for thirty-four years. For speaking out on women’s rights, gay rights, and Native American rights, he was silenced for a year and later expelled from the Dominican Order under the papacies of John Paul II and Benedict XVI. He then joined the Episcopal Church to work with young people to create postmodern forms of ritual and worship known as the “Cosmic Mass” that incorporates dance, DJ, VJ, rap, and other postmodern art forms. He is the co-founder of the Order of the Sacred Earth and, since Mother’s day 2019, has offered free daily meditations. He holds a doctorate in History and Theology of Spirituality and is founder of the University of Creation Spirituality.

Dr. Fox is the author of more than thirty books including:

• Original Blessing: A Primer in Creation Spirituality Presented in Four Paths, Twenty-Six Themes, and Two Questions (Jeremy Tarcher/Putnam 2000)
• HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: A Saint for Our Times: Unleashing Her Power in the 21st Century (Namaste Publishing 2012)
• Letters to Pope Francis: Rebuilding a Church with Justice and Compassion (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2012)
• Occupy Spirituality: A Radical Vision for a New Generation (coauthor Adam Bucko) North Atlantic Press 2013)
• Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the Peoples of the Earth (HarperOne 1991)
• The Coming of the Cosmic Christ: The Healing of Mother Earth and the Birth of a Global Renaissance (HarperOne 1988)
• Meister Eckhart: A Mystic-Warrior for Our Times (New World Library 2014)
• Confessions: The Making of a Postdenominational Priest (HarperSanFrancisco 1996)
• A Way to God: Thomas Merton's Creation Spirituality Journey (New World Library 2016)
• Order of the Sacred Earth: An Intergenerational Vision of Love and Action (coauthors Skylar Wilson and Jennifer Listug) (Monkfish 2018) 
• The Tao of Thomas Aquinas: Fierce Wisdom for Hard Times (iUniverse 2020)

To learn more about the work of Matthew Fox go to www.matthewfox.org.

Sheldrake & Fox are co-authors of:

• Natural Grace: Dialogues on creation, darkness, and the soul in spirituality and science (Doubleday 1996)
• The Physics of Angels: Exploring the Realm Where Science and Spirit Meet (HarperSanFrancisco 1996)

Topics Explored in This Dialogue

• Why angels are so popular today
• How modern physics parallels and transforms our conception of angels
• How the split between science and spirit came about, and how the two are being reconnected
• What is the importance of wonder and awe in scientific study
• What is the quest for the animate
• Why we need darkness as well as light
• How ‘The Enlightenment" has left us in the dark
• How our ego narrows and colors our discoveries and visions

Host: Michael Toms         Interview Date: 10/7/1996          Program Number: 2593

Music Included

From Album: Path: An Ambient Journey
Artist: Xavier Descarpentries Windham Hill Records
Track - Desert Blues

From Album: In Search Of Angels
Artist: Ray Lynch Windham Hill Records
Track - The Oh of Pleasure