Visionary Plant Consciousness: The Shamanic Teachings of the Plant World
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Editor: J. P. HarpigniesEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-03-21
ISBN: 1594771472
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Park Street Press
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Book Review: Intelligent and Inspiring
Summary: 5 Stars
This compilation of talks and panels from the Bioneers conference is an excellent treatment of the subject matter. Numerous individuals from all walks of life deal with the place of the visionary and other plants in indigenous cultures as well as in modern western culture. A common thread through many of the pieces is the importance of bringing ritual and respect to the usage of these plants in the west. In particular, many speakers share the feeling that plants have a consciousness and spirit and should be treated with the deep respect which indigenous cultures accord to these teachers. I agree that this is an essential aspect of further exploration of these substances in the west. Integrating indigenous ceremony on a widespread scale certainly seems challenging and I wonder what many of these speakers would suggest here.
Summary of Visionary Plant Consciousness: The Shamanic Teachings of the Plant World
23 leading experts reveal the ways that psychoactive plants allow nature's "voice" to speak to humans and what this communication means for our future. Presents the specific "human-plant interconnection" revealed by visionary plants
. Explores the relevance of plant-induced visions and shamanic teachings to humanity's environmental crisis
. With contributions from Terence McKenna, Andrew Weil, Wade Davis, Michael Pollan, Alex Grey, Jeremy Narby, Katsi Cook, John Mohawk, Kat Harrison, and others
Visionary plants have long served indigenous peoples and their shamans as enhancers of perception, thinking, and healing. These plants can also be important guides to the reality of the natural world and how we can live harmoniously in it.
In Visionary Plant Consciousness, editor J. P. Harpignies has gathered presentations from the Bioneers annual conference of environmental and social visionaries that explore how plant consciousness affects the human condition. Twenty-three leading ethnobotanists, anthropologists, medical researchers, and cultural and religious figures such as Terence McKenna, Andrew Weil, Wade Davis, Michael Pollan, Alex Grey, Jeremy Narby, Katsi Cook, John Mohawk, and Kat Harrison, among others, present their understandings of the nature of psychoactive plants and their significant connection to humans. What they reveal is that these plants may help us access the profound intelligence in nature--the "mind of nature"--that we must learn to understand in order to survive our ecologically destructive way of life.
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