"We cannot solve our problems using the same kind of thinking that created them." --Albert Einstein What could be the ecological functions of bacterial resistance, psychotropic fungi, or invasive species? What about human beings? What are we doing here? How can we comprehend that all life possesses intelligence, language and a sense of I and Not I? How do we open our perceptual gates to the living wisdom all around us? With insight, humor, and a solid background in science, Stephen Harrod Buhner explores these issues in Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm: Beyond the Doors of Perception into the Dreaming of Earth. This book also serves as a manual to help us feel our way out of our conditioned hubris, our self-imposed isolation so that we might reclaim our kinship with nature. Hosted by Stephanie Potter, calls welcome.
“This is a rare and splendid book that takes you right into the heart and soul of the world. Read it and be transformed.” (Stephan Harding, Ph.D., head of Holistic Science, Schumacher College, UK, and author of Animate Earth)
“The twentieth century was the great age of physics, and the twenty-first is the age of biology. According to Stephen Harrod Buhner, we must interact empathically with the biosphere by opening our perceptual gates to perceive through all body sensations. He deliciously explores music, writing, art, and plants as tools for reclaiming our feeling sense of nature. Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm is a work of heartfelt wisdom written so exquisitely that it took my breath away, a must read for anyone who wants to achieve keystone intelligence--empathic immersion within Earth’s dreaming.” (Barbara Hand Clow, author of Awakening the Planetary Mind)
A Senior researcher for the Foundation for Gaian Studies, Stephen Harrod Buhner has been described as both an Earth Poet and a Bardic Naturalist. Described as both an Earth Poet and a Bardic Naturalist, he is the award-winning author of 19 books, including The Lost Language of Plants, The Secret Teachings of Plants, and Sacred Plant Medicine. Before retiring from the road in 2013, he taught for over 30 years throughout North America and Europe. He lives in Silver City, New Mexico.
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