Extended mind, power, & prayer
Psychological Perspectives March 1, 1988 DOI: 10.1080/00332928808408771 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Peer reviewed |
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| Citations | 3 |
| Key points | The essay introduces Sheldrake's hypothesis of Formative Causation and its implications for Jungian psychology, noting that controversy over his 1981 book prompted international competitions to test his ideas experimentally, with results reported in his 1988 book The Presence of the Past. |
Abstract
This is the third in our series of essays by Rupert Sheldrake on the implications of his hypothesis of Formative Causation for the psychology of C. G. Jung. The intense controversy thishypothesis generated with the publication of his first book, A New Science of Life (1981), has stimulated a number of international competitions for evaluating his ideas via experimental investigations. The results of these experimental tests are reported in his new book, The Presence of tbe Past (1988) wherein he writes: