Rupert Sheldrake

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Religion og åndelighed

Religion og åndelighed

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07.12.2017

21.12.2021

Rediscovering God

Many people used to think that belief in God would disappear with the advance of science. But that has not happened, and some prominent atheists are now trying to reinvent religion. What is going on? Is the universe ultimately conscious or unconscious? And if consciousness pervades all nature, how does it work? Recorded in August of 2014, at Hollyhock on Cortes Island, Canada. https://hollyhock.ca/

21.12.2021

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1 t. 24 min.
24.05.2022

Finding God Again: The Rise of Anatheism

Dartington Great Hall, Devon, January 28, 2015. Rupert talks about his own spiritual journey, and about the contemporary cultural, intellectual and social movements leading to a rediscovery of God.

24.05.2022

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1 t.
12.07.2022

Does Telepathy Happen? Debate with Prof Chris French at the University of Cambridge

The Perrott-Warrick public debate: Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Nov 29, 2006. Chaired by Professor Simon Blackburn.

12.07.2022

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1 t. 17 min.
28. jun.

A Book for Burning, with Jonas Atlas

Rupert speaks with Jonas Atlas about the high cost of scientific heresy and what it reveals about the gap between science's public face and its private reality. Beginning with the 1981 Nature editorial that branded A New Science of Life "a book for burning," they trace how Rupert was effectively excommunicated from mainstream science, then turn to deeper questions: how to tell genuine inquiry from pseudoscience in a "post-truth" age flooded with AI-generated theories of everything, why morphic resonance remains a hypothesis to be tested rather than a truth to be defended, and why survey evidence suggests hardcore materialism is actually a minority view among working scientists who mostly stay quiet about it. First published on the Re-visioning Religion podcast, Sep 02, 2025. https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/re-visioning-religion/ About Jonas: A scholar of religion, teaching at KDG University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Jonas is also an independent researcher at the Radboud University, as a member of the Race, Religion and Secularism network.

28. jun.

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1 t. 1 m.
21.10.2025

Science, Spirituality & the Practices That Transform Us, with Dr. Jessica Harland

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0_Lkku3QH-c What if gratitude isn't just good manners, but measurably changes your wellbeing? What if the medieval Christians were right about nature being alive, and we've spent the last 400 years getting it fundamentally wrong? And why are half a million people now walking ancient pilgrimage routes across Europe when rationalist materialism promised to free us from such "superstitions"? In this wide-ranging conversation at Hampstead Parish Church, I explore these questions with Dr. Jessica Harland, touching on everything from my early crisis of conscience in a vivisection lab to discovering LSD at Cambridge, from the Protestant Reformation's assault on pilgrimage to why your GP should probably be prescribing forest walks. We go into the scientific evidence behind spiritual practices—yes, there are thousands of peer-reviewed studies—and discuss why saying grace before meals, walking to holy places, and reconnecting with the living world aren't quaint relics of the past, but practices our secular age desperately needs to rediscover. Whether you consider yourself religious, spiritual-but-not-religious, or simply curious about why these ancient practices refuse to die, I hope you'll find something here that sparks your imagination—and perhaps your own spiritual journey. Recorded at The Parish Church of St John-at-Hampstead, October 2025. If you're in London, I highly recommend coming by to experience choral evensong. https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/the-parish-church-of-st-john-at-hampstead-27.php

21.10.2025

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1 t. 8 min.
07.10.2025

How do Animals Predict Natural Disasters? London Society for Psychical Research

For more see Rupert’s Substack article on this topic 👉 https://rupertsheldrake.substack.com/p/animal-warnings-of-earthquakes Recorded on November 4, 2017 at the Society for Psychical Research in London. When disasters strike, it is often animals who seem to know first. Long before seismographs were invented, people noticed that snakes, rats, dogs, and birds behaved strangely in the days leading up to earthquakes. Similar reports come before tsunamis, avalanches, air raids, and even medical crises like seizures. Are these simply heightened senses—an ability to detect tremors, gases, or subtle vibrations—or do they point to something deeper, an anticipatory awareness we do not yet understand? In this talk, I share some of the evidence I’ve gathered over the years: from ancient Greek accounts to modern field studies, from the Chinese earthquake networks under Mao to the toads of central Italy abandoning their mating grounds days before a quake. The pattern repeats across cultures and circumstances, yet mainstream science has largely dismissed it as superstition. Why is that? What are we overlooking when we ignore such a consistent body of observations? Could systematic study of animal behavior, especially with today’s global communications, provide early warnings and even save lives? I don’t claim to have the answers. But I invite you to explore these questions with me, and to consider what they reveal not only about animals, but about our shared sensitivity to the unseen.

07.10.2025

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34 min.
28. maj

Holy Trinities: Threefold Models of Reality - Live in London

Across decades of reading and travel, something has struck me again and again: wildly different traditions, from Daoism to Hinduism to Christianity, converge on a threefold or Trinitarian model of ultimate reality. In this talk I trace that pattern through philosophy, theology, and modern physics, and suggest it reflects something fundamental about the nature of things. Many churches will be celebrating the Holy Trinity on Sunday May 31, Trinity Sunday. This talk was recorded live at St James’s Church London, May 13th, 2026 as part of the Alternatives programme. The full video with human readable transcript is available on substack.

28. maj

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1 t. 23 min.
01.03.2022

Seven Myths about Religion, with Jonas Atlas

Rupert and theologian Jonas Atlas take a deep dive into the seven secular myths about religion. The article by Atlas that sparked this conversation can be found here: https://bit.ly/3fRwnw4 Recorded July 20th, 2020.

01.03.2022

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1 t. 5 min.
31.05.2022

The Evolution of Telepathy: Cambridge University

For five years Rupert was the Director of the Perrott-Warrick Project, administered by Trinity College, Cambridge, for research on unexplained human and animal abilities. Recorded at Cambridge University on February 9th, 2011. Field observations have suggested that wolves and other wild animals may communicate telepathically over many miles, and surveys have shown that about 50% of dog owners and about 30% of cat owners believe that their pets may respond to their thoughts or silent commands. Among humans, apparent telepathy is most commonly reported between members of families and between close friends and colleagues. Experimental investigations of telepathy in animals and people suggest that telepathy may be a natural means of communication between members of animal and human groups. Human telepathy is still evolving in the context of modern technologies, including the internet, emails, SMS messages and telephones. https://www.sheldrake.org/about-rupert-sheldrake/the-perrott-warrick-fund

31.05.2022

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1 t.
14.06.2022

Father Bede Griffiths: Angels, Intelligence and Energy

This is dialogue on angels with Father Bede Griffiths, Rupert's principal teacher, and the only public dialogue they ever had. Recorded in Munich in 1992 at the Benedictine Abbey of St Boniface on September 29, the feast of St Michael and All Angels. Father Bede, also known as Swami Dayananda, was a British-born priest and Benedictine monk who became a noted yogi in South India and was a part of the Christian Ashram Movement. Recorded in Munich at the Benedictine Abbey of St Boniface, on September 29th, 1992.

14.06.2022

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40 min.

Rupert Sheldrake, PhD, is a biologist and author best known for his hypothesis of morphic resonance. At Cambridge University he 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.

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Rediscovering God

Finding God Again: The Rise of Anatheism

Does Telepathy Happen? Debate with Prof Chris French at the University of Cambridge

A Book for Burning, with Jonas Atlas

Science, Spirituality & the Practices That Transform Us, with Dr. Jessica Harland

How do Animals Predict Natural Disasters? London Society for Psychical Research

Holy Trinities: Threefold Models of Reality - Live in London

Seven Myths about Religion, with Jonas Atlas

The Evolution of Telepathy: Cambridge University

Father Bede Griffiths: Angels, Intelligence and Energy

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