Ha ha, the psychic 70's. And U.F.O.s, biorhythms…
(Loved the 1970's)
His son Merlin Sheldrake has written a book about fungi called Entangled Life which is quite sensible and doing very well. I noticed that the book was very carefully referenced with detailed end-notes, some like mini-essays with references to papers by a wide range of authors. These notes comprise about a third of the word count of the book. Unusual in a popsci book of this kind. I can't help thinking that this approach might be a reaction to Sheldrake senior's writings and the reaction to them.
OA is a nice Web site with practical information on what could be an interesting art-practice.
This is standard for most books written by academics as they are usually a compilation of their published and unpublished prior work.
Of the last three non-fiction books I read two were 1/3 references, the third book I’d consider more like long form journalism rather than an academic work.
The current book is 1/3rd references by page count and about 1/5th notes at the bottom of the pages.
Soma.fm and di.fm have some great channels. There’s another popular one I always forget at times like these.
An aside: Arthur C. Doyle toured US to sumptuous throngs lecturing on consciousness, the spirit realm and seances in 1920s-ish, iirc. Someone alive in 1970 might have had recollections of that coverage/seen ACD in person and would be in a position to pass on the whiff of ether to an younger generation: hungry for transcendence and shedding of burdens.