Definition of morphic resonance in English:
morphic resonance
nounˈmɔːfɪkˌmôrfik ˈrezənəns
mass noun(according to the theory developed by Rupert Sheldrake, British biologist b.1942) a paranormal influence by which a pattern of events or behaviour can facilitate subsequent occurrences of similar patterns.
Example sentencesExamples
- Testing these ideas is hard, because anything that is precisely predictable is excluded from morphic resonance.
- What the rest of the scientific world terms lawfulness - the tendency of things to follow patterns we call laws of nature - Sheldrake calls morphic resonance.
- But once the chemical has crystallized, subsequent attempts to crystallize it in other places will be influenced by morphic resonance from the first crystals.
- I think that this is a strategy that Sheldrake believes will help give readers the impression that the most plausible explanations are his own, which support his theory of morphic resonance.
- ‘In the East, the idea of causation through time, such as I suggest in the idea of morphic resonance, is familiar and part of the traditional philosophy,’ he explains.