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Navigating Consciousness with Rupert Sheldrake

Navigating Consciousness with Rupert Sheldrake

By: Rupert Sheldrake
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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.© 2025 Rupert Sheldrake Philosophy Science Social Sciences Spirituality
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  • God in Nature and Nature in God - Panentheism
    Jun 13 2025

    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 reconsider how we see nature, mind, and spirit. Tracing a broad arc from ancient philosophies and Christian mysticism to AI-generated worldviews, panpsychism, and psychedelics, he reflects on how the sacred presence in nature—-long affirmed by spiritual traditions-—is re-emerging through science, experience, and renewed practices of attention.

    Recorded at St James Church, Piccadilly, a longstanding hub for open spiritual inquiry and progressive theology in the heart of London.

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    55 mins
  • Reconnecting With Religious Roots, with Bishop Marc Andrus
    Mar 11 2025

    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 festivals or practices. This loss of religious faith in unprecedented, and in 2016 in the UK a survey showed that for the first time in history a majority of the population say they have no religion. In this dialogue Rupert and Marc discuss the possibility of reconnecting through festivals, pilgrimages and sacred places.

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    34 mins
  • The Healing Power of Animals, with Bishop Marc Andrus at Grace Cathedral
    Feb 26 2025

    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 and cats into hospices and children’s hospitals, and the human animal bond can help many physical and mental issues. In this dialogue Rupert and Marc discuss the many powers of animals and explore to what extent animals themselves live spiritual lives.

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    32 mins
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loved it 😊👍👌very interesting subjects,I'm a big fan of Rupert Sheldrake he is very interesting subjects

AWESOME 👍

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Heretics are fascinating, especially modern day heretics like Rupert Sheldrake. Honestly I came to this podcast with a 'banned tedtalk' and little else known about Sheldrake, except that he is shunned from the scientific community because of wayward thinking and challenging the accepted 'science.'

But isn't science about asking questions about the natural world, and then trying to find answers to those questions? At its heart, that is what science is. So I have always taken issue with anyone who claims 'the science is settled' about anything. Or the folks who seem to regard science as almost a religion, some omnipotent deity hidden in numbers from whose devotees we must take orders and to whom we must pledge our unquestioning devotion.

So anyway, when I saw Sheldrake had a podcast about animals (one of my very favorite topics), I thought, "well why the heck not?"

And I must say, this was an engaging discussion between these two authors. Admittedly they veered into metaphysics and spirituality discussions as much, if not more, than they talked about animals, but... It was thought-provoking and makes one think about things from a slightly different vantage. I like that.

I am not saying that I am ready to prescribe to Sheldrake's theories, but one does not need to believe every word someone says in order to enjoy listening to that person. These gentlemen had a subdued humor, expansive intellects, and very curious views about the nature of reality. And I enjoyed listening to them both very much.

Curious, interesting, open-minded, and enjoyable

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Two of my heroes. Heretics are really just those that question the establishment. Two extremely intelligent men that use critical thinking & open minds to advance understanding. A breath of fresh air.

illuminating conversation

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It just doesn't get any better than listening to Rupert having discussions with some of my favorite scie tests and journalists. Excellent!!!

Top Notch

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