{"product_id":"the-secret-teachings-of-plants-the-intelligence-of-the-heart-in-the-direct-perception-of-nature-9781591430353","title":"The Secret Teachings of Plants: The Intelligence of the Heart in the Direct Perception of Nature","description":"Reveals the use of direct perception in understanding Nature, medicinal plants, and the healing of human disease \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Explores the techniques used by indigenous and Western peoples to learn directly from the plants themselves, including those of Henry David Thoreau, Goethe, and Masanobu Fukuoka, author of \u003ci\u003eThe One Straw Revolution \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Contains leading-edge information on the heart as an organ of perception \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll 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.\u003cbr\u003eAuthor Stephen 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. Buhner explores the commonalities among these individuals in their approach to learning from the plant world and outlines the specific steps involved. Readers will gain the tools necessary to gather information directly from the heart of Nature, to directly learn the medicinal uses of plants, to engage in diagnosis of disease, and to understand the soul-making process that such deep connection with the world engenders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-47500\"\u003eStephen Harrod Buhner\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bear \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.08w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781591430353\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1591430356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HEA\"\u003eHealth \u0026amp; Fitness\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HEA011000\"\u003eHerbal Medications\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStephen 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Language of Plants \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSacred Plant Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bear \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44413094559883,"sku":"9781591430353","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_b1ff4402-b45d-4b92-a67f-0b11e2be18e1.jpg?v=1761237379","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/the-secret-teachings-of-plants-the-intelligence-of-the-heart-in-the-direct-perception-of-nature-9781591430353","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}