Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm: Into the Dreaming of Earth

by Stephen Harrod Buhner, 564 pages, 6x9, softcover. John Muir said “When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.” This book is proof of that simple truth. A consummate storyteller and synthesizer, Buhner juxtaposes concepts, quotations and experience in a call-and-response that builds a deeper understanding that the world is alive and is communicating with us, if only we would listen. The result is a marvelously potent work of art and science, a multi-faceted jewel to be read slowly and savored, a challenge to what we’ve been taught about how the world works. Weaving hard science with ancient myth and poetic wisdom, Buhner prods us to open our understanding to the wonders of how the exquisitely balanced interplay of plants and animals and earth manifests all around us. A perfect accompaniment for the winter hibernation of gestating dreams. Buhner weaves a tale destined to alter our perceptions. -Nikos Kavanya