Rupert Sheldrake: On conciousness and spiritual practices

Late November 2023, Rupert Sheldrake visited Norway to take part in the Holberg debate in Bergen, which had conciousness as its theme. Sheldrake is a British researcher and author known for his work on consciousness, parapsychology and science. Flux publishing has translated three of his books into Norwegian, known in English as The Science Delusion, Arguing Science and Science and spiritual practices.

On his way back from the Holberg debate in Bergen, we sat down with Rupert Sheldrake and recorded the conversation you are about to hear.

In the conversation, Sheldrake talks about different views on consciousness, both in and outside academia, and shares his views on near death experiences and how they can affect a person's relationship with death. In this regard, he touches upon the importance of psychedelics before he addresses the so-called new-atheism and spirituality outside of religion and what this means for the development of consciousness in today's secular society.

Sheldrake also gets into what different spiritual practices mean to humans, and shares which he himself practices and which he would recommend to someone who doesn’t follow any particular faith or spiritual practice.

Finally, he muses about the biggest challenges we face in the world today, and shares his thoughts on what increased screen use has done and is doing to our consciousness.

We hope you enjoy the conversation.

//The interview was conducted by Kristine Oddvin Andersen and the editing by Jeanett Andrea Søderstrøm. The music is produced by Olve Flakne.

You can read more about the Holberg debate and watch the full conference here.

For anyone interested in Sheldrake's books in Norwegian, you'll find them on our webpage Flux.no – where you'll also find all our other books, articles, activities and courses.

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