The Lost Language of Plants: The Ecological Importance of Plant Medicines to Life on Earth

The Lost Language of Plants: The Ecological Importance of Plant Medicines to Life on Earth - Paperback

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The Lost Language of Plants: The Ecological Importance of Plant Medicines to Life on Earth - Paperback

The Lost Language of Plants: The Ecological Importance of Plant Medicines to Life on Earth - Paperback

by Stephen Harrod Buhner
$24.95
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Book Overview

Nautilus Book Awards: Ecology/Environment

ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year: Silver Medal, Environment

In the "pharmaceutical Silent Spring" well-known author, teacher, lecturer, and herbalist Stephen Harrod Buhner has produced a book that is certain to generate controversy.

Inside The Lost Language of Plants, you'll find:


  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.

The book will affect readers on rational and emotional planes. It is grounded in both a New Age spiritual sensibility and hard science. While some of the author's claims may strike traditional thinkers as outlandish, Buhner presents his arguments with such authority and documentation that the scientific underpinnings, however unconventional, are completely credible.

The overall impact is a powerful, eye-opening exposé of the threat that our allopathic Western medical system, in combination with our unquestioning faith in science and technology, poses to the primary life-support systems of the planet. At a time when we are preoccupied with the terrorist attacks and the possibility of biological warfare, perhaps it is time to listen to the planet.

This book is essential reading for anyone concerned about the state of the environment, the state of health care, and our cultural sanity.
ISBN9781890132880
Author Stephen Harrod Buhner
PublisherChelsea Green Publishing Company
GenreEducation
FormatPaperback
PublishedMarch 2002
LanguageENG- English
Pages336
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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By Stephen Harrod Buhner

About Stephen Harrod Buhner

Stephen Harrod Buhner (1952-2022) was the senior researcher for the Foundation for Gaian Studies. Described as both an Earth Poet and a Bardic Naturalist, he was the award-winning author of many books, including The Lost Language of Plants, The Secret Teachings of Plants, and Sacred Plant Medicine. He taught for more than thirty years throughout North America and Europe.

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