About this episode
Rupert Sheldrake, PhD is a biologist and author of more than 85 scientific papers and 12 books, including Science Set Free and Science and Spiritual Practices. He was a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge University, a Frank Know Fellow at Harvard, and a Research Fellow of the Royal Society. From 2005-2010 the Director of the Perrott-Warrick Project for research on unexplained human and animal abilities, funded by Trinity College, Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, Petaluma, California, and of Schumacher College in Devon, England. His website is sheldrake.org. Some of Rupert's books: Science and Spiritual Practices: Transformative Experiences and Their Effects on Our Bodies, Brains, and Health Science Set Free: 10 Paths to New Discovery The Presence of the Past: Morphic Resonance and the Memory of Nature Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home: Fully Updated and Revised Transcript of this interview Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Interview recorded November 20, 2018. YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump 00:03:14 - Morphic Fields and Morphic Resonance 00:06:30 - Controversy and Memory in Nature 00:09:48 - Morphic Resonance and Memory 00:12:47 - The Ultimate Morphic Field 00:16:02 - The Trinity Principle in Hinduism 00:19:09 - Levels of Consciousness and the Pervading Field 00:22:01 - The Subtle Body and the Dream Body 00:25:06 - Morphic Fields and Boundaries 00:28:14 - Promissory Materialism and the Wager 00:31:28 - The Unfathomable Complexity of the Universe 00:34:41 - The Belief in Science as a Faith 00:37:46 - The Potential of Analog Computing and the Rejection of Materialism 00:40:48 - The Materialistic Perspective on Spirituality 00:44:12 - Dismissing Dzogchen and the Arrogance of Atheism 00:47:13 - Accepting Your Own Experience 00:50:09 - The Fallacy of Winner-Takes-All Thinking and Scientific Fundamentalism 00:53:03 - The Tendency for "One True Path" Ideology in Religion 00:56:13 - The Phenomenon of Homogeneous Hydrogen 00:59:34 - The Divine Ordering Principles in Science and Spirituality 01:02:45 - The Impressive Buildings of Europe 01:06:09 - Exploring the Effects of Drugs on Consciousness 01:09:06 - Yin and Yang polarity in Taoist philosophy 01:12:27 - Morphic Resonance and Vibratory Patterns 01:15:34 - Father Bede Griffiths and the Ashram Experience 01:19:00 - Comparing Christian and Indian Traditions 01:22:20 - Morphic Resonance in Rituals and Pilgrimages 01:25:23 - Circumambulation in Different Religions 01:28:05 - The Consciousness of Nature and the Sun 01:31:20 - The concept of panentheism 01:34:11 - Interview Release Update