Editing Rupert Sheldrake (section)

== Personal life ==
Sheldrake is married to therapist, voice teacher and author [[Jill Purce]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=May |first=Meredith |date=2012-09-30 |title=Esalen Institute turns 50 this year |url=https://www.sfgate.com/living/article/Esalen-Institute-turns-50-this-year-3906021.php |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=SFGATE |language=en-US}}</ref> They have two sons,<ref name="bio1" /> biologist [[Merlin Sheldrake]] and musician [[Cosmo Sheldrake]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/2113347781_Merlin_Sheldrake|title=Merlin Sheldrake's research works &#124; University of Cambridge, Cambridge (Cam) and other places}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cosmosheldrake.com/|title=Cosmo Sheldrake|website=Cosmo Sheldrake}}</ref> Merlin Sheldrake is a mycologist and author of ''Entangled Life: How fungi make our worlds, change our minds and shape our futures.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kerridge |first=Richard |date=August 27, 2020 |title=Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake review – a brilliant 'door opener' book |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/aug/27/entangled-life-by-merlin-sheldrake-review-a-brilliant-door-opener-book |access-date=January 7, 2024 |website=The Guardian}}</ref>

Sheldrake is a practising [[Anglican]].<ref>Benthall, Jonathan (April 12, 2019). [http://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A631649843/AONE?u=wikipedia&sid=ebsco&xid=5d80679e "Rupert Sheldrake: Ways to Go Beyond and Why They Work."] ''TLS. Times Literary Supplement'', no. 6054, p. 31. ''Gale Academic OneFile''. Accessed 27 Nov. 2022.</ref> He has said that he studied with a Sufi teacher and practised [[Sufism]] while he was in India.<ref name="Arguing Science 2016, p. 1" /> Sheldrake reported "being drawn back to a Christian path" during his time in India.<ref name="bio-anglican" />