Human Mind/Animal Mind with Rupert Sheldrake

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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. (For more New Dimensions dialogues with Rupert Sheldrake find program #2080, #2593, #2792)

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 fifty scientific papers. He’s the author of several books including The Presence of the Past (Times Books 1995), A New Science of Life: The Hypothesis of Morphic Resonance (J.P. Tarcher 1995), The Rebirth of Nature; The Greening of Science and God (Bantam 1991), Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home: And Other Unexplained Powers of Animals (Three Rivers Press 2001), Seven Experiments That Could Change the World: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Revolutionary Science (2nd Edition with Update on Results) (Park Street Press 2002), The Sense of Being Stared At: And Other Aspects of The Extended Mind (Crown 2003), and co-authored with Matthew Fox Natural Grace: Dialogues on Creation, Darkness, and the Soul in Spirituality and Science (Doubleday 1996) and The Physics of Angels: Exploring the Realm Where Science and Spirit Meet (HarperSanFrancisco 1996). 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 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
• What is the latest evidence on animals’ ability to predict natural disasters

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