{"id":10352,"date":"2023-11-04T11:19:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T11:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=10352"},"modified":"2023-11-20T20:33:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T20:33:27","slug":"books-stuff-entangled-life-merlin-sheldrake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=10352","title":{"rendered":"BOOKS & STUFF: Entangled Life, Merlin Sheldrake, Pt. I"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This looks interesting. And what a name! Merlin Sheldrake<\/a>, sounds like a combo\u2019 of Arthurian legend, psychedelia, \u2018natural philosophy\u2019 and twitching, all rolled into one wonderfully florid name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shades of Nick Drake!?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019d never heard of this guy, till I received an email from Topping Books, in which he\u2019s one of several forthcoming author\/book talk attractions. Of course, I\u2019d heard of his dad, Rupert Sheldrake. More on this later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Snorting \u2018shrooms?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Most of the (more stylish) pics on this post come from Merlin\u2019s own very attractive and interesting website. Including this beauty:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wow! Utterly fabulous\/gorgeous.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As already alluded to above, a little bit of online research unearthed the result I anticipated: Merlin, and brother Cosmo, are the sons of Rupert Sheldrake. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Merlin is also, like brother Cosmo, a musician, playing piano and accordion. But, whereas with Merlin music is not what he\u2019s famed for, brother Cosmo is first and fivemost (as my dad was fond of saying) a musical artist. His website<\/a> is also worth checking out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Returning to Merlin\u2019s book (his first!), I actually prefer the cover of the illustrated edition, pictured below. And ours in support of this that\u2019s he\u2019s touring with the current crop of talks. Indeed, this is the book you get if you pay the hefty (\u00a330) full ticket price. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A much nicer cover, in my opinion.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We got the cheaper (\u00a38) sans<\/em> book tickets. And we, Teresa and I, are going with a pal (and her \u2018plus one\u2019). Something we have almost never done before! If I were more flush with capital, I\u2019d unquestionably have got the gorgeous illustrated version. But straitened times won\u2019t allow it right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unsurprisingly, there\u2019s a link with psychedelics. That may be problematic for me, as my experiences in that area, which started out ecstatically, rapidly descended into frightening bouts of extreme depression and paranoia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But from a broader perspective – and hearing that Sheldrake may talk as much music and philosophy in this book as he does fungi – this looks very much like my cup of Java. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This looks interesting. And what a name! Merlin Sheldrake, sounds like a combo\u2019 of Arthurian legend, psychedelia, \u2018natural philosophy\u2019 and twitching, all rolled into one wonderfully florid name. I\u2019d never heard of this guy, till I received an email from Topping Books, in which he\u2019s one of several forthcoming author\/book talk attractions. Of course, I\u2019d … <\/p>\n

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