{"product_id":"the-mind-of-plants-9780907791874","title":"The Mind of Plants","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExplorations of plant consciousness and human interactions with the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom 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. \u003cem\u003eThe Mind of Plants: Narratives of Vegetal Intelligence\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mind of Plants\u003c\/em\u003e, featuring a foreword by Dennis McKenna, is a collection of short essays, narratives, and poetry on plants and their interaction with humans. Contributors include Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of the New York Times' bestseller \u003cem\u003eBraiding Sweetgrass\u003c\/em\u003e, Jeremy Narby, John Kinsella, Luis Eduardo Luna, Megan Kaminski, and dozens more. The book's editors, John C. Ryan, Patricia Vieira, and Monica Gagliano—each of whom also contributed works to the collection—weave together essays, personal reflections, and poems paired with intricate illustrations by Jose Mara Pout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRecent scientific research in the field of plant cognition highlights the capacity of botanical life to discern between options and learn from prior experiences or, in other words, to think. \u003cem\u003eThe Mind of Plants\u003c\/em\u003e includes texts that interpret this concept broadly. As McKenna writes in his foreword, \"What the reader will find here, expressed in poetry and prose, are stories that are infused with cherished memories and inspired celebrations of unique relationships with a group of organisms that are alien and unlike us in every way, yet touch human lives in myriad ways.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487623332076,"sku":"9780907791874","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8ee2988c1834e64e1a33bce9df494d4a.jpg?v=1775772130","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-mind-of-plants-9780907791874","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}