- MINDBLOWING BOOKS -
Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm
Beyond the Doors of Perception into the Dreaming of Earth
by Stephen Harrod Buhner
Goethe would love this book! Convincing our Westerners’ rational brains, so imbued in reductionism, that reality is way different from what we have come to believe it is, is no easy endeavor. This book is as close as it gets.
Stephen has managed to give us a life-changing journey into our innate abilities to perceive life as a sacred intelligent whole. Make yourself this gift, and fasten your seatbelts.
Small Arcs of Larger Circles
Framing through other patterns
by Nora Bateson
Art is one of our most powerful ways of directly getting in touch with the beauty and vitality of Life. This book is a piece of Art.
After two generations of radically free thinkers that have revolutionized how we understand the world and ourselves, Nora gives a unique twist to her heritage. Bringing her feminine energy and artistic approach together with the rigor of thinking, she shows up with complete care and offers a book that manages to move feelings and steer perception in the depth of our soul.
The Art of Power
by Thich Nhat Hanh
Choosing a book in the huge production of Thich Nhat Hanh is no easy task. Each is a jewel and all of them channel a delicate and yet raw approach to life able to bring both joy and strength to our paths.
Yet, there is one key idea that speaks of this amazing being the most, coming right from his life story: engagement. Thich Nhat Hanh nudges us into the challenge of walking for a much better world. He speaks of engaged Buddhism. The Art of Power invites you to reconsider the immense power you have to do so, and how different it is from what our society assumes.
Braiding Sweetgrass
Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Multiple ways of knowing are not easily understood: you have to experience them. Yet, just like children listening to the voice od elders around a fire, we can navigate the power of stories to get a peek of them. In this outstanding book, Robin manages to do just that. She takes us through the liminality of her own life, blending the knowing of science, parenthood, language, heritage, and more.
This is a long book to savor slowly, one story at a time. Letting it change how you perceive reality, while it gifts you with a sensitivity long forgotten.
Zen in the Art of Archery
by Eugen Herrigel
Eugen Herrigel was teaching in Japan during the period between WWI and WWII, when he decided to learn Kyudo and is accepted by Master Awa Kenzo. As his journey begun, he found that we must abandon all the analytical skills we use to solve problems, or the more we’ll try to hit the target the more we will fail.
This book allows a precious peek into that embodied journey of discovery we all take towards realizing who we really are. Gifting the Westener with an accessible door into Zen essence, it shows how Mastery is not an achievement: we are the achievement along the endless path towards it.
Braiding Sweetgrass
Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Multiple ways of knowing are not easily understood: you have to experience them. Yet, just like children listening to the voice od elders around a fire, we can navigate the power of stories to get a peek of them. In this outstanding book, Robin manages to do just that. She takes us through the liminality of her own life, blending the knowing of science, parenthood, language, heritage, and more.
This is a long book to savor slowly, one story at a time. Letting it change how you perceive reality, while it gifts you with a sensitivity long forgotten.