Matter is Frozen Light

The everyday stuff called matter turns out to be both more
fascinating and stranger than we usually assume. In this episode
of the Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogues, Rupert Sheldrake and Mark
Vernon ask just matter is, beginning with contemporary ideas from
quantum physics, in which matter is frozen light, as the
physicist David Bohm put it. They consider the relationship
between matter and gravity, as well as matter and ancient notions
of potentiality, which turn out to be surprising relevant today.
The differences between quantity and quality offer another
conversational thread, with the discussion also drawing in wider
questions, such as the nature of matter within the philosophy of
panpsychism, and also the etymological links between matter and
mater, or mother, revealing factors about material of which most
are unconscious today.

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Dr Rupert Sheldrake, PhD, is a biologist and author best known
for his hypothesis of morphic resonance. At Cambridge University,
as a Fellow of Clare College, he was Director of Studies in
biochemistry and cell biology. As the Rosenheim Research Fellow
of the Royal Society, he carried out research on the development
of plants and the ageing of cells, and together with Philip
Rubery discovered the mechanism of polar auxin transport. In
India, he was Principal Plant Physiologist at the International
Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, where he
helped develop new cropping systems now widely used by farmers.
He is the author of more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed
journals and his research contributions have been widely
recognized by the academic community, earning him a notable
h-index for numerous citations.  On ResearchGate his
Research Interest Score puts him among the top 4% of
scientists.

https://www.sheldrake.org/about-rupert-sheldrake?svd=85

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Dr Mark Vernon is a psychotherapist and writer with a rich
academic background in physics, theology, and philosophy. He
contributes to programmes on the radio, writes and reviews for
newspapers and magazines, gives talks and podcasts. His books
have covered themes including friendship and God, ancient Greek
philosophy and wellbeing. His new book, out August 2019, is "A
Secret History of Christianity: Jesus, the Last Inkling and the
Evolution of Consciousness". He has a PhD in ancient Greek
philosophy, and other degrees in physics and in theology, and
works as a psychotherapist in private practice. He used to be an
Anglican priest.

Mark's latest book is...
A Secret History of Christianity: Jesus, the Last Inkling, and
the Evolution of Consciousness
http://www.markvernon.com/books/a-secret-history-of-christianity?svd=85