Psi phenomena are of called ‘paranormal’, meaning ‘beyond the normal’. But in fact they are normal, and indeed common, in humans and many other animal species. They include the sense of being stared at, or scopaesthesia, which may well have evolved in the context of predator-prey relationships, telepathy between people and their pets, as in dogs that know when their owners are coming home, telepathy between mothers and babies, and telephone telepathy, experienced by the majority of the population. Precognitive dreams are surprisingly common, as are other forms of precognition and presentiment, even though they often go unrecognised. There is good evidence that these phenomena are real, yet dogmatic skeptics deny their existence.

Why?

Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D. is a biologist and author of more than 85 papers in scientific journals and 12 books, the most recent being Science and Spiritual Practices. He was a Fellow of Clare College Cambridge and a Research Fellow of the Royal Society. From 2005-2010 he was Director of the Perrott–Warrick Project, funded from Trinity College, Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, California, and Schumacher College, in Devon. His web site is www.sheldrake.org

27th November 2018 - Morley Room, Waterside Campus