Body Models and Everyday Culture – Anthropological Perspectives. Morphogenetic Field Theory and Morphic Resonances according to Rupert Sheldrake Guest seminar with Beatrix Pfleiderer on May 10-11, 2006, Mozarteum University Salzburg. Continuation of the seminar with Helmi Vent on May 12 and 13, 2006

10 May 2006, 18–21
11 May 2006, 10:30–12      
12–13 May 2006, 18–22
Venue: Schloss Frohnburg, Salzburg, Hellbrunner Str.

Seminar topics Beatrix Pfleiderer
Body, culture and civilization; Body and anatomy – western and eastern models; Body and (intercultural) communication; Body between everyday culture and culture-specific science; body and consciousness – anthropological and deep ecological perspectives.
Body and perception – morphic fields and morphic resonances (including perception models by Aldous Huxley and Rupert Sheldrake); Field research projects – report and discussion.

Seminar continuation with Helmi Vent
Body perception model by Rupert Sheldrake: Morphogenetic field theory and morphic resonances, published by Blond & Briggs, London, 1981. Extensions of resonance fields to social and cultural phenomena. Holistic connections between mind and matter according to Sheldrake.

Seminar-Reading

Rupert Sheldrake: Das schöpferische Universum. Die Theorie des morphogenetischen Feldes. Ullstein, Berlin 1993 (Originaltitel: A New Science of Life, 1981)