Rupert Sheldrake

In this fully revised and updated edition of The Presence of the Past, Cambridge biologist Rupert Sheldrake lays out new evidence and research in support of his controversial theory of morphic resonance and explores its far-reaching implications in the fields of biology, chemistry, physics, psychology, an

Nearly everyone has experienced the feeling of being watched or had their stare result in a glance in their direction. The phenomenon has been cited throughout history in nearly every culture, along with other commonplace paranormal occurrences such as premonitions and telepathy.

In this book of “trialogues” (previously published as Trialogues at the Edge of the West), we listen in on the late psychedelic visionary and shamanologist Terence McKenna, brilliant biologist and originator of the morphogenetic fields theory Rupert Sheldrake, and mathematician and chaos theory scientist Ralph Abraham as

 This is a new updated and expanded edition of the groundbreaking book that ignited a firestorm in the scientific world with its radical approach to evolution explaining how past forms and behaviors of organisms determine those of similar organisms in the present through morphic resonance.

A must-read for anyone interested in ecology, environmentalism, eco-philosophy, and the sciences. Rupert’s third book urges us to move beyond the centuries-old mechanistic view of nature, explaining lucidly why we can no longer regard the world as inanimate and purposeless.