Angels and the festival of Michaelmas

Rupert explores the significance of Michaelmas, the Feast of Saint Michael and all angels, celebrated on September 29th. He discusses the role of angels in various religious traditions, and how modern beliefs about angels persist despite materialist skepticism. He touches on encounters with angels in dreams and altered states, questioning whether they are real or products of imagination. Drawing on figures like Carl Jung and Saint Thomas Aquinas, Rupert reflects on angels' place in the collective unconscious and their roles in Western thought. About Rupert Dr Rupert Sheldrake, PhD, is a biologist and author best known for his hypothesis of morphic resonance. At Cambridge University, as a Fellow of Clare College, he was Director of Studies in biochemistry and cell biology. As the Rosenheim Research Fellow of the Royal Society, he carried out research on the development of plants and the ageing of cells, and together with Philip Rubery discovered the mechanism of polar auxin transport. In India, he was Principal Plant Physiologist at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, where he helped develop new cropping systems now widely used by farmers. He is the author of more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals and his research contributions have been widely recognized by the academic community, earning him a notable h-index for numerous citations. On ResearchGate his Research Interest Score puts him among the top 4% of scientists. https://www.sheldrake.org