Desert Island Discs in Hampstead: Music in Rupert’s Life Artwork

Navigating Consciousness with Rupert Sheldrake

A wide ranging discussion of consciousness at the intersection of science and spirituality with Rupert Sheldrake, PhD, a biologist and author best known for his hypothesis of morphic resonance. At Cambridge University Rupert worked in developmental biology as a Fellow of Clare College. He was Principal Plant Physiologist at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics in Hyderabad, India. From 2005 to 2010 he was Director of the Perrott-Warrick project for research on unexplained human and animal abilities, funded by Trinity College, Cambridge.

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Desert Island Discs in Hampstead: Music in Rupert’s Life

January 20, 2024 • Rupert Sheldrake • Season 3 • Episode 99

Modelled on the BBC radio series, this long-standing local programme was produced live by a group in Hampstead, London, in 2023. As the castaway on a theoretical desert island, Rupert could bring with him eight pieces of music (listed below), a few books, and one luxury item.

1:07 If you had not been a scientist what would you have been?
2:27 Getting to the island

4:47 Bach, Mass in B minor (Gloria)
7:25 Purcell, Music for a While
16:47 Monteverdi, Madrigal
24:33 Beatles, Because
36:41 Subbulakshi, Devotional Song
45:07 Mozart, Laudate Dominum
54:55 Cosmo Sheldrake, Solar Walz
1:03:19 Tallis, Salvator Mundi, Hampstead Parish Church Choir

Some music was cut for copyright reasons, or poor audio quality.
Here's the playlist on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQNvVzO_W4EzTopdM6ZxrrYBQoIvhxNGe

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