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: 1. 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. 2. A new look at Gaia Theory, including an explanation that plants are the original chemistries of Gaia and those phytochemistries are the fundamental communications network for the Earth's ecosystems. 3. Extensive documentation of how plants communicate their healing qualities to humans and other animals. Western culture has obliterated most people's capacity to perceive these messages, but this book also contains valuable information on how we can restore our faculties of perception.
By:
Stephen Harrod Buhner Imprint: Chelsea Green Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 153mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 507g ISBN:9781890132880 ISBN 10: 1890132888 Pages: 336 Publication Date:06 March 2002 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Unspecified
Stephen Harrod Buhner is a master herbalist, psychotherapist, and expert on indigenous and contemplative spiritual traditions. Much of his work and writing focuses on herbal and alternative medicine, deep ecology, and sacred plant medicine.
Runner-up for IndieFab awards (Environment) 2002
Winner of ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year: Silver Medal, Environment 2003
Winner of Nautilus Award (Ecology/Environment) 2003
Winner of Nautilus Book Awards: Ecology/Environment 2003