The mind of plants : narratives of vegetal intelligence / edited by John C. Ryan, Patrícia Vieira, Monica Gagliano.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vieira, Patricia, editor.

Ryan, John (John Charles) (Poet), editor.

Gagliano, Monica, 1976- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plant physiology.

Plants in literature.

Plants--Literary collections.

Plants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (499 pages)

Place of Publication:

London, England : Synergetic Press, [2021]

Summary:

Explorations of plant consciousness and human interactions with the natural world. 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. The Mind of Plants, 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' best seller Braiding Sweetgrass , Jeremy Narby, John Kinsella, Luis Eduardo Luna, Megan Kaminski and dozens more. The book's editors, John C. Ryan, Patrícia 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 José María Pout. Recent 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. The Mind of Plants 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."

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Introduction: On Becoming Plant-Minded

Chapter 1 Apple

Chapter 2 Ayahuasca

Poem 1 Banksia

Chapter 3 Banyan

Chapter 4 Bean

Poem 2 Big Bluestem

Poem 3 Birdflower

Chapter 5 Black Austrian Pine

Chapter 6 Bloodroot

Chapter 7 Blue Leschenaultia

Chapter 8 Cacao

Chapter 9 Cannabis

Chapter 10 Ceiba

Poem 4 Century Plant

Chapter 11 Coffee

Chapter 12 Common Oak

Chapter 13 Coralline Algae

Chapter 14 Corn

Chapter 15 Cornish Mallow

Chapter 16 Crab Apple

Chapter 17 Devil's Ivy

Chapter 18 Fast-Moving Corkwood

Poem 5 Gum Tree

Chapter 19 Hornwort

Chapter 20 Horse Chestnut

Poem 6 Iboga

Chapter 21 Kurrajong

Chapter 22 Linden

Poem 7 Mangrove

Chapter 23 Northern Red Oak

Chapter 24 Olive Tree

Chapter 25 Passionflower

Chapter 26 Peyote

Poem 8 Pineapple

Chapter 27 River Red Gum

Chapter 28 Rose

Chapter 29 Sago

Chapter 30 Samphire

Poem 9 Sandalwood

Chapter 31 Silver Fir

Poem 10 Spinach

Chapter 32 Suicide Tree

Chapter 33 Sunflower

Poem 11 Tamarind

Chapter 34 Tea

Chapter 35 Toad Lily

Chapter 36 Ushpawasha Sanango

Poem 12 Weeping Beech

Chapter 37 Wheat

Chapter 38 White Pine

Poem 13 Wild Piper

Chapter 39 Xiang Si

Chapter 40 Yoco

Poem 14 Yopo

Endnotes

Contributor Biographies

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780907791881

0907791883

OCLC:

1285604715