Merlin Sheldrake on How Fungi Expand Our Perspectives of the World

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Merlin Sheldrake on How Fungi Expand Our Perspectives of the World

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Biologist Merlin Sheldrake, author of the new book “Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures,” speaks with us about fungal networks, lifeforms as ecosystems, and the transformative power of LSD to shift how we think.

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