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a Fascinating Account of the Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Relations Between Plants and Man
by Peter Tompkins, Christopher Bird
Explore the inner world of plants and its fascinating relation to mankind, as uncovered by the latest discoveries of science. In this truly revolutionary and beloved work, drawn from remarkable research into plant perception, Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird cast light on the rich psychic universe of plants.
The Secret Life of Plants explores plants' response to human care and nurturing, their ability for plant communication with man, plants' surprising reaction to music, their lie-detection abilities, their creative powers, and much more. Tompkins and Bird's classic book affirms the depth of humanity's relationship with nature and adds special urgency to the cause of protecting the environment that nourishes us.
This landmark book reveals a stunning new dimension of the natural world:
Sentient Plants: Discover the evidence suggesting plants are complex, aware beings that respond to human emotions, intentions, and even unspoken thoughts.
Plants and ESP: Follow the groundbreaking research, from Cleve Backster's polygraph experiments to Soviet discoveries, that suggests a form of extrasensory perception exists in the vegetal kingdom.
The Harmonic Life of Plants: Learn how plants react to music, sound, and other vibrations, and how these frequencies can dramatically influence their growth and vitality.
A New Vision of Nature: Re-examine humanity's relationship with the environment through a lens that reveals the deep, psychic interconnectedness of all life.
"Plenty of hard facts and astounding scientific and practical lore." —Newsweek
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Peter Tompkins was an American journalist, World War II spy, and bestselling author. His best known and most influential books include The Secret Life of Plants, Secrets of the Great Pyramid, and Mysteries of the Mexican Pyramids. He is the father of author Ptolemy Tompkins.
Christopher Bird was a writer best known for his books The Secret Life of Plants and The Divining Hand: The 500-Year-Old Mystery of Dowsing. He served in the Central Intelligence Agency in the 1950s. Fluent in French and Russian, Mr. Bird was an editor of the Gallatin Annual of International Business and a correspondent for Time magazine in Yugoslavia.
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