
American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
The Most Controversial Biologist Alive Breaks Down Telepathy
Samstag, 31. Oktober 2026 · 2 h 21
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Our American Alchemist this week is Rupert Sheldrake, a biologist, author, and former Cambridge University research fellow best known for his groundbreaking and controversial theories on morphic resonance, consciousness, and the extended mind.
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Sheldrake has spent decades investigating phenomena that challenge conventional scientific explanations, from telepathic connections between humans and animals to the possibility that nature itself has a collective memory. In this conversation, we explore his theory of morphic fields, whether our minds extend beyond our brains, and how invisible forces might influence seemingly random events. We also dive into precognitive dreams, animals predicting earthquakes, the possibility of a conscious sun, and whether AI can ever replicate the full capabilities of the human mind. Finally, Sheldrake shares his thoughts on the physics of angels, the limitations of modern science, and the spiritual practices that can make our lives happier and more meaningful.
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TIMESTAMPS
- Introduction
- Sovereignty, AI and the Turing Test
- The Stabbing and What AI Can't Do
- Turing's Interest in ESP
- Nursing Mothers and Telepathy
- Dogs That Know When Owners Return
- Debating Michael Shermer
- PEAR, Double Slit and Remote Viewing
- Who Telepathy Works Between
- The Sense of Being Stared At
- Do Images Exist Outside the Head?
- Transactional Interpretation of Light
- Bioelectric Fields and Michael Levin
- What Are Morphic Fields?
- Extramission, Hoffman and Perception
- Faraday and the Nature of Fields
- Ether, Einstein and Superstrings
- Morphic Fields Meet Quantum Fields
- Maxwell's Equations and Hal Puthoff
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- Hal Puthoff and David Bohm
- Oppenheimer, Copenhagen and What Is Real?
- Fields Act Without Energy
- Aristotle's Four Causes
- Galton Board Demonstration
- Rats, Spiders and Nature's Habits
- Darwin, Epigenetics and Inherited Fear
- The Bannister Effect
- Resonance Across Space and Time
- A New Physics of Time?
- Waking Before the Alarm
- Precognitive Dreams and 9/11
- Animals Predicting Earthquakes
- Explaining Synchronicities
- Entropy, Re-enchantment and AI
- Parapsychology, China and Bob Jahn
- Presentiment on the Trading Floor
- Is the Sun Conscious?
- Electric Universe and Dark Matter
- Fred Hoyle's The Black Cloud
- Long-Delayed Echoes and Contact
- Ball Lightning and Land of Chem
- The Physics of Angels
- Angels, Demons and UFOs
- Spiritual Practices and Gratitude
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