Rupert Sheldrake 2018 Science & Spiritual Practices:Temenos Academy

Rupert Sheldrake, PhD January 24th, 2018 Temenos Academy, London Science and Spiritual Practices Transformative experiences and their effects on our bodies, brains and health https://sheldrake.org/books-by-rupert... http://amzn.to/2j0Exdj In this talk Dr Sheldrake, bestselling author of "The Science Delusion", summarizes the latest scientific research on what happens when we take part in many common spiritual practices. · Meditation · Gratitude · Connecting with nature · Relating to plants · Rituals · Singing and chanting · Pilgrimage and holy places. The effects of spiritual practices are now being investigated scientifically as never before, and many studies have shown that religious and spiritual practices generally make people happier and healthier. The Temenos Academy    / @temenosacademy2007   Each year the Academy runs up to 100 lectures and seminars, and occasional film screenings and readings, offering education in philosophy and the arts in the light of the sacred traditions of east and West. Author Biography https://sheldrake.org/about-rupert-sh... Dr Rupert Sheldrake is a biologist and author of more than eighty technical papers and ten books, including A New Science of Life. He was a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, where he was Director of Studies in cell biology, and was also a Research Fellow of the Royal Society. From 2005-2010 he was the Director of the Perrott-Warrick Project for research on unexplained human abilities, funded from Trinity College, Cambridge. He is currently a Fellow of the Institute of Noetic Sciences in California, and a Visiting Professor at the Graduate Institute in Connecticut.