Human Mind / Animal Mind with Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D.

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Ever get that eerie feeling that your cat or dog knows what you're thinking? They just might! Scientist Rupert Sheldrake brings you five years of extensive research on animal behavior, challenging traditional scientific assumptions that pets do not warrant serious study. Well-known for his controversial and revolutionary theory of "morphic resonance" and "morphogenetic fields," Sheldrake applied this to his subject with ingenious questions that have resulted in confirmation that animals do indeed possess psychic and intuitive abilities. You'll also hear astonishing stories involving parrots, termites, and farm animals that will have you looking at the animal kingdom in a whole new light. (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 (coauthorh 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

• How the extraordinary navigational skills of animals go beyond "all senses," helping human beings in countless ways
• How our ancestral memories of wild animals influence us today
• How pets help heal their owners
• What are the three forms of telepathic power that are shared by everything from termites to farm animals
• What is the critical role animals play in fables and fairy tales in all cultures
• How Sheldrake's intriguing theory of "morphic resonance" and "morphogenetic fields" may underlie the mysterious connection between animals and people

Host: Michael Toms      Interview Date: 10/4/1999      Program Number: 2792

Music Included

From Album: Escape
Artist: Mars Lasar
1995 Real Music RM0033
Tracks – Astronomer, At One With You, Walkabout

From Album: Here, There and Everywhere: The Songs of the Beatles
Artist: George Winston
1999 Windham Hill 1#01934-11251-2
Track - Martha My Dear