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repeating his song exactly three times. He doesn’t use this threefold call at any other

time.

I listened for Lily B’s commentary as I wrote in my journal each morning, even as the

rational part of my mind struggled with incredulous doubt. I had always loved doves and

had spent many hours watching them as a child and drawing stylized images of them as

an adolescent. But it was the sound of their voices that I loved best. I listened with a kind

of rapture to their beautiful songs that seemed to flow like water through my body,

soothing her through song.

It was a relief when I discovered biologist Rupert Sheldrake’s work on telepathy in

animals. I no longer felt like I was imagining things. Sheldrake postulates that telepathy

is a normal ability found in both humans and animals. Telepathy works as a survival

mechanism, functioning as a tool of communication between animals and other animals,

humans and other humans, or between animals and humans by keeping them

connected. Telepathy works best between those who are emotionally intimate or who

have close familial bonds. For example, if one animal is out of calling range of its mate

and danger is perceived, that information can be transmitted via telepathic

communication almost instantly to the other. The strength of relationship or kinship is the

key. Sheldrake hypothesizes that telepathy works through his theory of morphic

resonance, where by animals and/or people who share an invisible morphic or bodily

“field” can tap into thoughts and feelings of others consciously (mind) or on an

unconscious (body) level. Telepathy is not distance dependent but works most efficiently

through intimate relationship, human or non-human.

As soon as I read that Rupert was looking for apparent telepathic experiences between

humans and animals, I sent him a letter describing the seemingly extraordinary

connection I had with Lily B. He replied that my anecdotes were exactly the kind of

information he was looking for. Lily B’s behavior promptly became part of Rupert’s data

bank. It’s important to note that throughout my life I had experienced telepathic behavior

between my mother, my brother, my children, various wild and tame animals, plants, and

myself, but I had no context and secretly thought I might be crazy until Rupert provided it