"Morphogenesis does not take place in a vacuum. It can only begin from an already organized system which serves as a morphogenetic germ. During morphogenesis a new higher-level morphic unit comes into being around this germ, under the influence of a specific morphogenetic field. So how does this field become associated with the morphogenetic germ to start with?
"The answer may be that just as the association of material systems with gravitational fields depends on their mass, and with electromagnetic fields on their electric charge, so the association of systems with morphogenetic fields depends on their form. Hence a morphogenetic germ becomes surrounded by a particular morphogenetic field because of its characteristic form." (p. 76).
from "A New Science of Life: The Hypothesis of Morphic Resonance" by Rupert Sheldrake
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