As you regulars know, I am an acqaintance of Rupert's . . .
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[font="Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif]From Rupert Sheldrake
London, May 7, 2026
www.sheldrake.org (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__rgvb0wvs.r.us-2Deast-2D2.awstrack.me_L0_https-3A-252F-252Fwww.sheldrake.org-252Findex.php-253Foption-3Dcom-5Facym-2526ctrl-3Dfronturl-2526task-3Dclick-2526urlid-3D15-2526userid-3D13986-2526mailid-3D44-2526userkey-3D12xzxuXwzd5u30_1_010f019e01ef5e7a-2D4b314c4b-2Dbeb3-2D4703-2D9883-2D0b5c8ed82270-2D000000_7o0jt9AzsB318LoTDedWFuD1k4A-3D258&d=DwMFAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=S7Tg2fpZWf5kY9FehVfYDYTEzBDpc9BUmkjHQSD-0A293RrihpF-X35cRD2UVdUt&m=UxGJ_fYL2SGfLteUzAlNwoVN8WUsa_y9F4LjreqtC9skLh1zFASoeg9M0j-nA6Ix&s=r7mVjV_Sg2BeMyl91CWzyTymSRygwipIOxu2jBtO5ZM&e=)
I am due to give a talk In London on Wednesday May 13 on “Holy Trinities” as part of the Alternatives programme at St James’ Church, Piccadilly. This will also be live-streamed. Details HERE (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__rgvb0wvs.r.us-2Deast-2D2.awstrack.me_L0_https-3A-252F-252Fwww.sheldrake.org-252Findex.php-253Foption-3Dcom-5Facym-2526ctrl-3Dfronturl-2526task-3Dclick-2526urlid-3D122-2526userid-3D13986-2526mailid-3D44-2526userkey-3D12xzxuXwzd5u30_1_010f019e01ef5e7a-2D4b314c4b-2Dbeb3-2D4703-2D9883-2D0b5c8ed82270-2D000000_VpBfZwGN-2DrNdAmMjEU6jOjhYuLc-3D258&d=DwMFAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=S7Tg2fpZWf5kY9FehVfYDYTEzBDpc9BUmkjHQSD-0A293RrihpF-X35cRD2UVdUt&m=UxGJ_fYL2SGfLteUzAlNwoVN8WUsa_y9F4LjreqtC9skLh1zFASoeg9M0j-nA6Ix&s=_urv9Ii6RWphC8bZM51brDDEqpT5ft8TmX4ni1RMM9M&e=)
I’m currently looking for teachers or lecturers who might be interested in collaborating on some simple experiments with their students on joint attention. Can people detect when someone else is attending to the same object without using ordinary sensory cues? This can be tested as a short classroom activity with people working in pairs, or as part of an extra credit project, and offers students a chance to take part in hands-on research related to psychology and cognitive science. If this is something you might be open to exploring with your students, please get in touch with my research assistant Georgia Black at georgiablack.research@gmail.com (georgiablack.research@gmail.com)
My latest dialogue with Mark Vernon is called “Making Sense of the Resurrection of the Body (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__rgvb0wvs.r.us-2Deast-2D2.awstrack.me_L0_https-3A-252F-252Fwww.sheldrake.org-252Findex.php-253Foption-3Dcom-5Facym-2526ctrl-3Dfronturl-2526task-3Dclick-2526urlid-3D123-2526userid-3D13986-2526mailid-3D44-2526userkey-3D12xzxuXwzd5u30_1_010f019e01ef5e7a-2D4b314c4b-2Dbeb3-2D4703-2D9883-2D0b5c8ed82270-2D000000_ZPyoKqcyL4MRsHUnV11EB8Mz-2DsI-3D258&d=DwMFAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=S7Tg2fpZWf5kY9FehVfYDYTEzBDpc9BUmkjHQSD-0A293RrihpF-X35cRD2UVdUt&m=UxGJ_fYL2SGfLteUzAlNwoVN8WUsa_y9F4LjreqtC9skLh1zFASoeg9M0j-nA6Ix&s=9hjTbcbvfcxhVSsKkjbhIorR2yKG5Ct7xirRdVLxNpE&e=)”. Many people report apparitions of their loved ones after death, and even of loved dogs and cats. But how are these after-death communications related to the Christian teaching of the resurrection of the body? The appearance of Jesus to the disciples and others is often taken as evidence of a physical revival of Jesus after his crucifixion, but a subtler, arguably more compelling interpretation is that after-death communications are relatively common - which is the experience the disciples had.
On my Substack there is a new essay on "Seven Ways in Which Minds Extend Beyond Brains (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__rgvb0wvs.r.us-2Deast-2D2.awstrack.me_L0_https-3A-252F-252Fwww.sheldrake.org-252Findex.php-253Foption-3Dcom-5Facym-2526ctrl-3Dfronturl-2526task-3Dclick-2526urlid-3D124-2526userid-3D13986-2526mailid-3D44-2526userkey-3D12xzxuXwzd5u30_1_010f019e01ef5e7a-2D4b314c4b-2Dbeb3-2D4703-2D9883-2D0b5c8ed82270-2D000000_slZODRdQMLxRvtDz-2DgMfXAzNrGw-3D258&d=DwMFAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=S7Tg2fpZWf5kY9FehVfYDYTEzBDpc9BUmkjHQSD-0A293RrihpF-X35cRD2UVdUt&m=UxGJ_fYL2SGfLteUzAlNwoVN8WUsa_y9F4LjreqtC9skLh1zFASoeg9M0j-nA6Ix&s=cnS4R11s_QvJH-7V1H_io7vq-2b4JfaTB2Rm4n88hLc&e=)” . There is also the latest episode in the Findings series, about another aspect of my botanical research called “How Dying Wood Cells Stimulate the Growth of Plants (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__rgvb0wvs.r.us-2Deast-2D2.awstrack.me_L0_https-3A-252F-252Fwww.sheldrake.org-252Findex.php-253Foption-3Dcom-5Facym-2526ctrl-3Dfronturl-2526task-3Dclick-2526urlid-3D125-2526userid-3D13986-2526mailid-3D44-2526userkey-3D12xzxuXwzd5u30_1_010f019e01ef5e7a-2D4b314c4b-2Dbeb3-2D4703-2D9883-2D0b5c8ed82270-2D000000_PHY3jpH1upTmMA4zfkiAo2F7ZXA-3D258&d=DwMFAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=S7Tg2fpZWf5kY9FehVfYDYTEzBDpc9BUmkjHQSD-0A293RrihpF-X35cRD2UVdUt&m=UxGJ_fYL2SGfLteUzAlNwoVN8WUsa_y9F4LjreqtC9skLh1zFASoeg9M0j-nA6Ix&s=-dC4ggeEjfZJIv447vZ2vHTwEG0Xmt70FBsbGD43IF8&e=)”.
In my book Ways to Go Beyond and Why They Work (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__rgvb0wvs.r.us-2Deast-2D2.awstrack.me_L0_https-3A-252F-252Fwww.sheldrake.org-252Findex.php-253Foption-3Dcom-5Facym-2526ctrl-3Dfronturl-2526task-3Dclick-2526urlid-3D35-2526userid-3D13986-2526mailid-3D44-2526userkey-3D12xzxuXwzd5u30_1_010f019e01ef5e7a-2D4b314c4b-2Dbeb3-2D4703-2D9883-2D0b5c8ed82270-2D000000_JRHVhxmqU7NeTPnpm40QQfkVsUo-3D258&d=DwMFAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=S7Tg2fpZWf5kY9FehVfYDYTEzBDpc9BUmkjHQSD-0A293RrihpF-X35cRD2UVdUt&m=UxGJ_fYL2SGfLteUzAlNwoVN8WUsa_y9F4LjreqtC9skLh1zFASoeg9M0j-nA6Ix&s=3lcDxtJA_aYg0sxGyBjyQ877nMF2yxD6gRihKUcYfNk&e=), the first chapter is on the spiritual side of sports. I recently carried out an online survey (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__rgvb0wvs.r.us-2Deast-2D2.awstrack.me_L0_https-3A-252F-252Fwww.sheldrake.org-252Findex.php-253Foption-3Dcom-5Facym-2526ctrl-3Dfronturl-2526task-3Dclick-2526urlid-3D126-2526userid-3D13986-2526mailid-3D44-2526userkey-3D12xzxuXwzd5u30_1_010f019e01ef5e7a-2D4b314c4b-2Dbeb3-2D4703-2D9883-2D0b5c8ed82270-2D000000_xctrhafQMzsliLzHSylz6OsfSVQ-3D258&d=DwMFAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=S7Tg2fpZWf5kY9FehVfYDYTEzBDpc9BUmkjHQSD-0A293RrihpF-X35cRD2UVdUt&m=UxGJ_fYL2SGfLteUzAlNwoVN8WUsa_y9F4LjreqtC9skLh1zFASoeg9M0j-nA6Ix&s=AxDCJZDTvSxrgkhgBQX_3X96cPRM7oTeEKU0nFNLHS4&e=), asking “How often have you experienced a sense of transcendence, deep connection or altered awareness during intense physical activity (e.g. sports., dance, martial arts)?” A substantial majority – 71% – answered “often” or “sometimes” suggesting that transcendent experiences in connection with physical activities are indeed widespread, whether people think of them as spiritual or not.
In 2011, I gave a public lecture at Trinity College, Cambridge University on "The Evolution of Telepathy” at the end of my tenure as Director of the Perrott-Warrick Project. This has recently been released on YouTube in a newly illustrated version HERE (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__rgvb0wvs.r.us-2Deast-2D2.awstrack.me_L0_https-3A-252F-252Fwww.sheldrake.org-252Findex.php-253Foption-3Dcom-5Facym-2526ctrl-3Dfronturl-2526task-3Dclick-2526urlid-3D127-2526userid-3D13986-2526mailid-3D44-2526userkey-3D12xzxuXwzd5u30_1_010f019e01ef5e7a-2D4b314c4b-2Dbeb3-2D4703-2D9883-2D0b5c8ed82270-2D000000_2CX70TSQjoFwglxImOTQsd2zt2Y-3D258&d=DwMFAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=S7Tg2fpZWf5kY9FehVfYDYTEzBDpc9BUmkjHQSD-0A293RrihpF-X35cRD2UVdUt&m=UxGJ_fYL2SGfLteUzAlNwoVN8WUsa_y9F4LjreqtC9skLh1zFASoeg9M0j-nA6Ix&s=MQCJj3oynrk3CAuBqKeYRZU0qMAUKx9EmAVGFJ1bJ18&e=)
Rupert Sheldrake
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