Explorations of plant consciousness and human interactions with the natural world. br From apples to ayahuasca, coffee to kurrajong, passionflower to peyote, plants are conscious beings. How they interact with each other, with humanity and with the world at large has long been studied by researchers, scientists and spiritual teachers and seekers. The Mind of Plants: Narratives of Vegetal Intelligence brings together works from all these disciplines and more in a collection of essays that highlights what we know and what we intuit about botanical life. br The Mind of Plants, featuring a foreword by Dennis McKenna, is a collection of short essays, narratives and ..

"...walk inwardly A while towards eternity. ... The seen was not a scene But a sensation. The trees' old way of seeing Bore winged seeds within my being." br ("I Turned the Corner and Entered the Mind of the Forest" JCR) br A collaborative current of respect for the earth, steeped in the forests of Australia--poetry and art rich in science, humanity, philosophy, and memory. Like the Lorax, Ryan and Phillips speak for the trees. What does it mean to be a tree? Perhaps it is time. To look and to listen: "Maybe strange passions moved in us, prompted by these groves to kneel, loving moonlit land?" ("Coastal Peppermints" GP) br Peopled with Noong ..

Forest Family highlights the importance of old-growth forests to Australian art, community, culture, history, and politics. The volume will be of interest to general readers of environmental history, as well as scholars in critical plant studies and the environmental humanities. ..