The Secret Teachings of Plants: The Intelligence of the Heart in the Direct Perception of Nature

From Publishers Weekly
Citing Goethe, Thoreau and other opponents of overweening rationalism, Buhner (Sacred Plant Medicine), a researcher for the Foundation for Gaian Studies, criticizes the Western “verbal/intellectual/analytical” “mode of cognition” that has suppressed the “holistic/intuitive/depth” cognition of “ancient and indigenous peoples.” The antidote to our “linear” scientific mindset, he contends, is the cultivation of direct sensory perceptions through rapt observation …
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The Lost Language of Plants: The Ecological Importance of Plant Medicines for Life on Earth

This could be the most important book you will read this year. Well-known author, teacher, lecturer, and herbalist Stephen Harrod Buhner has produced a book that is certain to generate controversy. It consists of three parts: A critique of technological medicine, and especially the dangers to the environment posed by pharmaceuticals and other synthetic substances that people use in connection with health care and personal body care. A new look at Gaia Theory, including an expl…
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The Lost Language of Plants

This could be the most important book you will read this year. Around the office at Chelsea Green it is referred to as the “pharmaceutical Silent Spring.” Well-known author, teacher, lecturer, and herbalist Stephen Harrod Buhner has produced a book that is certain to generate controversy. It consists of three parts:1. A critique of technological medicine, and especially the dangers to the environment posed by pharmaceuticals and other synthetic substances that people use in connect…
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