Fields as Formal Causes

[I am DBH’s temporary guest-editor while he and his family take time to themselves to continue to adjust to the loss of someone they love.]

This conversation was recorded on the evening of 10 May, at the London home of Rupert Sheldrake and his wife Jill Purce. Dr. Hart and his son were visiting for dinner, at which A. N. Wilson and his wife Ruth Guilding were allso guests; but, before everyone had gathered, there was time for RS and DBH to slip upstairs to the study for this quick conversation.