Explore how plants, fungi, bacteria, humans, and other life forms may communicate, possess intelligence, and dream. Stephen Harrod Buhner’s Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm invites you to consider the living world through analogical thinking and imaginal perception.
The book examines how these approaches may help you engage with nature and perceive its inherent meanings. Practical exercises give you ways to interact with the natural world as you read, turning its ideas into personal exploration.
Buhner also considers several important ecological and human topics:
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Invasive plants: Explore their ecological roles within wider living systems.
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Antibiotic resistance: Examine bacterial resistance and its significance for human life.
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Psychotropic plants and fungi: Consider their place in relationships between humans and other forms of life.
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Human connection: Reflect on people’s place within the wider living world and the possibility of meaningful communication with other life forms.
This book suits readers interested in plant intelligence, ecology, nature perception, and the deeper meanings found in relationships between living beings.
In Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm, Stephen Harrod Buhner explores the idea that life forms communicate, possess intelligence and can dream. He describes how analogical thinking and imaginal perception may help people engage with the living world and its inherent meanings.
The book includes exercises for perceiving and interacting with nature, and examines the ecological roles of invasive plants, bacterial resistance to antibiotics, psychotropic plants and fungi, and humans. Buhner considers people’s place within the wider living world and the potential for meaningful communication with other forms of life.
