Ralph Abraham

Trialogue between Terence McKenna, biologist Rupert Sheldrake and mathematician Ralph Abraham on chaos and the world soul. A Hither Hills production, also issued by Sound Photosynthesis as catalog #V377-95.

Terence McKenna Today's program features a 1985 conversation between Terence McKenna and Ralph Abraham that took place at the Esalen Institute near Big Sur, California. Their conversation centers on the science of chaotic attractors and models of their actions. While mathematicians will more fully […]

Rupert Sheldrake [NOTE: The following quotes are from a conversation held in September 1991.] Terence McKenna: “But in fact it seems that the ouroboros has taken its tail in its mouth and these two concerns psychedelics and computers] are seen to be simply different approaches to […]

Rupert Sheldrake "I think that creativity depends on having sufficient indeterminacy around for a new pattern to arise up within it." –Rupert Sheldrake When asked if he believed in randomness, Terence quickly said, "No," and then he went on to say, "Randomness is the least likely […]

Guest speakers: Rupert Sheldrake, Ralph Abraham, Terence McKenna [NOTE: These comments were recorded on September 3, 1991, and the opinions expressed by the participants in this podcast may have changed in subsequent years.] Rupert Sheldrake: “If it were just one (crop circle), the hoax theory would be very plausible, but a phenomenon over […]