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Rupert Sheldrake:

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Newspaper articles (news, reviews, op-ed)

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  • July 28,2010 THE PSYCHIC POWERS OF CATS [1]; largely uncritical piece on psychic cats.
  • September 6,2011 WOMAN, 76, SAVED BY PUPPY AFTER HEART ATTACK [2], largely uncritical.
  • April 1,2010 INCREDIBLE ANIMAL INSTINCTS [3], largely uncritical.
  • News article 6 September 2006 Telepathy does exists claims Cambridge scientist [4]
  • The weird world of mystic mogs and death-sensing dogs [5] (largely uncritical review of Peter + Elizabeth Fenwick's book (title?) on psychic pets)
  • Apparently he's friends with Jerry Hall and has a wife called Jill who is an "expert" in Mongolian overtone chanting. [6]. Apparently, "Jerry is very telepathic. She is one of a twin, and twins are often telepathically bonded."

Surprisingly, none.

Scottish tabloid.

Surprisingly, none.

Surprisingly, none.

  • News article 06/09/2006 Festival attacked over paranormal 'nonsense' [7]
  • Lighthearted news summary of BA controversy,September 5, 2006 [8]


Glasgow-based broadsheet


  • Susan Blackmore (4 February 2009) [11]. Not cited.
    • Sheldrake's response (9 February 2009) to [12] to Blackmore
  • Mark Vernon, Hard to believe; Sheldrake's work has been condemned as heresy. His theories might be flawed, but why the emotional reaction? [13]
  • Adam Rutherford (editor of Nature), [14]. "It's impossible to establish exactly what Rupert Sheldrake is promoting, but one guess is that it's Rupert Sheldrake.", "don't read this book, it will make you stupider."
  • Ben Goldacre (doctor/science journalist) [15] "I disagree with him on a lot, but he has one great idea". Not really on topic.

None.

  • Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, review (or rather a somewhat neutral summary) of DOGS THAT KNOW WHEN THEIR OWNERS ARE COMING HOME And Other Unexplained Powers of Animals. [19]


  • Animal's Early Roar-ning system. [20], uncritical. Apparently, dogs knew of impending bombings during the Second World War.
  • Another article, although Sheldrake doesn't say anything controversial [21].

Edinburgh-based broadsheet

  • None, as far as I can tell.
  • News article: 5 Sep 2006 "Scientists angered by telephone telepathy study" [22]
  • News article: 6 September 2006 "The research that triggered the row" [23]
  • Revitalising science "Mavericks such as Fred Hoyle, Rupert Sheldrake and David Horrobin are denigrated or ignored" [24]
  • Brainstorm (on British Association controversy) [25]

Sheldrake's own bibliography

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Books

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With Ralph Abraham and Terence McKenna:

With Matthew Fox:

  • Natural Grace: dialogues on creation, darkness, and the soul in spirituality and science, New York, NY: Doubleday, 1996. ISBN 0-385-48356-2.
  • The Physics of Angels: exploring the realm where science and spirit meet, San Francisco, CA: HarperSanFrancisco, 1996. ISBN 0-06-062864-2.

Scientific papers on uncontroversially scientific subjects

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Subjects: plant hormone production, auxin transport in plants, cell differentiation, ageing and death of cells, Crop physiology