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Thus Spoke the Plant

A Remarkable Journey of Groundbreaking Scientific Discoveries and Personal Encounters with Plants

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Thus Spoke the Plant

By: Monica Gagliano, Suzanne Simard - introduction
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An accessible and compelling story of a scientist's discovery of plant communication and how it influenced her research and changed her life.

In this "phytobiography"--a collection of stories written in partnership with a plant--research scientist Monica Gagliano reveals the dynamic role plants play in genuine first-hand accounts from her research into plant communication and cognition. By transcending the view of plants as the objects of scientific materialism, Gagliano encourages us to rethink plants as people--beings with subjectivity, consciousness, and volition, and hence having the capacity for their own perspectives and voices. The book draws on up-close-and-personal encounters with the plants themselves, as well as plant shamans, indigenous elders, and mystics from around the world and integrates these experiences with an incredible research journey and the groundbreaking scientific discoveries that emerged from it. Gagliano has published numerous peer-reviewed scientific papers on how plants have a Pavlov-like response to stimuli and can learn, remember, and communicate to neighboring plants. She has pioneered the brand-new research field of plant bioacoustics, for the first time experimentally demonstrating that plants emit their own 'voices' and, moreover, detect and respond to the sounds of their environments. By demonstrating experimentally that learning is not the exclusive province of animals, Gagliano has re-ignited the discourse on plant subjectivity and ethical and legal standing. This is the story of how she made those discoveries and how the plants helped her along the way. Nature & Ecology Botany & Plants Biological Sciences Inspiring Consciousness Science Shamanism Ecology Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts Outdoors & Nature Plant Science

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Thought-provoking Content • Inspiring Scientific Approach • Lovely Voice • Magical Wisdom Integration • Excellent Narrator

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I went looking for a book exactly like this and then found this to my delight.
I am so grateful for this book and its practical insights and generous scientific notations. The unification of deep wisdom and adequate science makes for a magical and nourishing read and I will fully appreciate this book every time I re-read it. Looking for more like this and also from Suzanne Simard!(audio)....

Thank you for your commitment to bring this book / audio through the birth process and into reality and observable quantifiable reality

we are blessed.

incredible insights and wisdom

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The story of an interesting research paper, hiding amidst critical theory. Oppressed by the Western imperial mindset, it drowns in ayahuasca.

Unironically I would read another book by the same author that focused on the science, or the philosophy, or even the spirituality of plants.

I might check out another audible about plant psyche that I believe she edited and co-authored. I want to learn about how plants communicate before I learn about the guilt of the post-industrial world wrt plants.

plants are people too

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The interweaving of traditional scientific and mystical exploration seem an unlikely pairing but Monica Gagliano gracefully sews them together in this book

The courage of the author to present her story

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I’ve been searching for such a book for a long time. It came as a gift of knowledge and inspiration to continue the path of realisation and of sharing the experience that we are one with nature. I strongly recommend it to anyone.

Excellent book

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Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Thank you for taking that "viaje".
Thank you for bringing back this profound message.
Tank you for sharing it with all of us.
🙏🙏🙏♥️🙏🙏🙏

Thank you, thank you, thank you Monica.

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