Books by Rupert Sheldrake
“Sheldrake is the cataloguer par excellence of the difficulties with the reductionist worldview – a world view which is teetering on the edge of oblivion. He points out its shortcomings better than anyone else. He helps us to go into a wood and feel wonder, and feel all the other things which the natural world should be producing in us, without worrying that it’s in some way scientifically disreputable.” Read more...
The Best of Nature Writing 2019
Charles Foster, Medical Scientist
“Sheldrake is primarily concerned with the effect on various ‘spiritual’ practices on the human head and on the human ability to thrive, a lot of things advocated in the book demand the sort of express, ecstatic communion with the natural world.” Read more...
The Best Nature Writing of 2017
Charles Foster, Medical Scientist
Dogs That Know When Their Owners are Coming Home
by Rupert Sheldrake
What he did was he took this piece of folk belief and put it on a scientific basis by actually videoing the dogs when their owners were absent, to show that you can’t fool them.
Interviews where books by Rupert Sheldrake were recommended
The best books on Premonitions, recommended by Larry Dossey
The former Chief of Staff of Medical City Hospital, Dallas discusses the weird and wonderful world of Premonitions. Semi-scientific and light hearted
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Swimming With Seals
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Animals Strike Curious Poses
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Science and Spiritual Practices: Transformative Experiences and their Effects on our Bodies, Brains and Health
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Islander: A Journey Around Our Archipelago
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The Seabirds Cry: The Lives and Loves of Puffins, Gannets and Other Ocean Voyagers
by Adam Nicolson
The Best Nature Writing of 2017, recommended by Charles Foster
The Best Nature Writing of 2017, recommended by Charles Foster
Sales of nature books have been booming, but only the most exacting of authors get right to the heart of our own interconnectedness with the natural world, says Charles Foster, bestselling author of Being A Beast. Here, he chooses five of the best books of nature writing published in 2017.
The Best of Nature Writing 2019, recommended by Charles Foster
What do we talk about when we talk about nature? Almost everything, says the academic and bestselling author of Being a Beast, Charles Foster. Here he selects five of the best works of nature writing in 2019; books that seek to connect us more deeply with the non-human world.
