Synopsis:

In 1981, A New Science of Life-- The Hypothesis of Morphic Resonance was declared by editorials “a book for burning” and its author Rupert Sheldrake was considered, by some of the scientific community, a heretic. Sheldrake’s Theory of Morphic Fields suggests, among other things, that the mind extends beyond the brain like a magnetic field and has the ability to reach, touch, and influence the things one dwells upon.  Director Jes Benstock joins Sheldrake to try for himself some of the experiments Sheldrake developed from his controversial theory.  The experiments are based on phenomena that many people believe they have experienced: the sense of being stared at, dogs that know when their owners are returning home, and phantom limbs.