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The Secret Teachings of Plants: The Intelligence of the Heart in Direct Perception to Nature
Stephen Harrod Buhner
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Description for The Secret Teachings of Plants: The Intelligence of the Heart in Direct Perception to Nature
Paperback. Reveals the use of direct perception in understanding Nature, medicinal plants, and the healing of human disease. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: VFD; VXHT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454. The Intelligence of the Heart in Direct Perception to Nature. 320 pages, 4 illustrations. Steven Harrod Buhner explores this second mode of perception in great detail through the work of numerous remarkable people from Luther Burbank, who cultivated the majority of food plants we now take for granted, to the great German poet and scientist Goethe and his studies of the metamorphosis of plants. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: VFD; VXHT. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight: 454.
All ancient and indigenous peoples insisted their knowledge of plant medicines came from the plants themselves and not through trial-and-error experimentation. Less well known is that many Western peoples made this same assertion. There are, in fact, two modes of cognition available to all human beings--the brain-based linear and the heart-based holistic. The heart-centered mode of perception can be exceptionally accurate and detailed in its information gathering capacities if, as indigenous and ancient peoples asserted, the heart’s ability as an organ of perception is developed. Author Stephen Harrod Buhner explores this second mode of perception in great detail through the ... Read more
All ancient and indigenous peoples insisted their knowledge of plant medicines came from the plants themselves and not through trial-and-error experimentation. Less well known is that many Western peoples made this same assertion. There are, in fact, two modes of cognition available to all human beings--the brain-based linear and the heart-based holistic. The heart-centered mode of perception can be exceptionally accurate and detailed in its information gathering capacities if, as indigenous and ancient peoples asserted, the heart’s ability as an organ of perception is developed. Author Stephen Harrod Buhner explores this second mode of perception in great detail through the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Rochester, United States
ISBN
9781591430353
SKU
V9781591430353
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About Stephen Harrod Buhner
Stephen Harrod Buhner (1952–2022) was an Earth Poet and senior researcher for the Foundation for Gaian Studies. He lectured throughout the United States on herbal medicine, the sacredness of plants, and the intelligence of Nature. He is the author of nine works of nonfiction and one book of poetry, including the award-winning The Lost Language of Plants and Sacred Plant ... Read more
Reviews for The Secret Teachings of Plants: The Intelligence of the Heart in Direct Perception to Nature
“Buhner’s writings are a powerful call for people to work together to restore the sacredness of Earth.”
Brooke Medicine Eagle, author of Buffalo Woman Comes Singing
". . . Stephen Harrod Buhner reveals the use of direct perception in understanding nature, medicinal plants, and the healing of disease. . . . This book is a must read for ... Read more
Brooke Medicine Eagle, author of Buffalo Woman Comes Singing
". . . Stephen Harrod Buhner reveals the use of direct perception in understanding nature, medicinal plants, and the healing of disease. . . . This book is a must read for ... Read more