Friday, April 4, 2008 at 1:01am
Deranged man stabs 'spiritual' biologist
British biologist Rupert Sheldrake was stabbed in the leg Wednesday by a Japanese man while giving a lecture on "thought transference," or how thoughts can be transferred by staring into another's eyes, during an international conference at La Fonda, New Mexico, witnesses said. Sheldrake is famous for his "morphic resonance" theory regarding telepathy and spiritual communication, the New Mexican reported Wednesday.
Sheldrake was taken to a hospital with a three-inch gash in his leg that was not life-threatening. Hirano Kazuki, 33, of Yokohama, Japan, was im jail on charges of aggravated battery and assault, providing no resistance as officers took him away in handcuffs.
Witesses said Hirano, who was attending the 10th International Conference on Science and Consciousness, confronted Sheldrake earlier this week, telling him he heard voices and saw demons. Another speaker at the conference told the man he was "full of negative energy" and counseled him to "calm down."
Sheldrake's keynote address was titled "Memory and Morphic Resonance," and his workshop was "Fields of the Mind: Experimental and Research and Practical Intuition," according to a catalog on the conference which began Monday and concluded Wednesday. Sheldrake is the author of "Seven Experiments that Could Change the World" and other books.
Sheldrake was taken to a hospital with a three-inch gash in his leg that was not life-threatening. Hirano Kazuki, 33, of Yokohama, Japan, was im jail on charges of aggravated battery and assault, providing no resistance as officers took him away in handcuffs.
Witesses said Hirano, who was attending the 10th International Conference on Science and Consciousness, confronted Sheldrake earlier this week, telling him he heard voices and saw demons. Another speaker at the conference told the man he was "full of negative energy" and counseled him to "calm down."
Sheldrake's keynote address was titled "Memory and Morphic Resonance," and his workshop was "Fields of the Mind: Experimental and Research and Practical Intuition," according to a catalog on the conference which began Monday and concluded Wednesday. Sheldrake is the author of "Seven Experiments that Could Change the World" and other books.