Peter Tompkins

Las plantas son seres vivos maravillosos, únicas criaturas que en medio del silencio producen su propio alimento y constituyen la mayor fuente de riqueza de nuestro planeta. Incluso el carbón y el petroleo fueron vida vegetal en el pasado. Los experimentos sobre comunicacion de las plantas indican, como afirmaron Parecelso y Mesner, que todos los seres vivos —el hombre, las plantas, la Tierra, los planetas y las estrellas— se relacionan intimamente entre si: lo que afecta a uno de ellos afecta a los demas. Expone una serie de relaciones fisicas, emocionales y espirituales entre las plantas y el hombre.

Is John Lennon dead?Former Beatle, John Lennon had grown weary of being famous. The title of being a "Beatle" hung around his neck like an albatross. The Beatles hadnt been a group for 10 years and still he and Yoko were hounded by the press and paparazzi. There seemed to be no escape from the scrutiny he and his wife had been experiencing since 1969, until he met Ray Greiner, the owner of Bon Voyage Yacht Club in Rhode Island who would give John a way to vanish into thin air.

Las plantas son seres vivos maravillosos. Son las únicas criaturas que, en medio del silencio, producen su propio alimento y, sin duda, constituyen la mayor fuente de riqueza de nuestro planeta: incluso el carbon y el petroleo fueron vida vegetal en el pasado. Los estudios y experimentos sobre la comunicacion de las plantas indican que todos los seres vivos el hombre, las plantas, la Tierra, los planetas y las estrellas se relacionan intimamente entre si: lo que le ocurre a uno de ellos afecta a los demas."La vida secreta de las plantas" recopila una serie de logros y hallazgos relacionados con el mundo vegetal realizados por diversos investigadores, exponiendo las diferentes relaciones fisicas, emocionales y espirituales que se dan entre las plantas y el hombre. A traves de sus paginas descubrimos que las plantas pueden ser fiables detectores de mentiras y eficaces centinelas ecologicos, que tienen la capacidad de adaptarse a los deseos humanos e incluso de comunicarse con el hombre, que responden a la musica o que tienen importantes poderes curativos. Peter Tompkins y Christopher Bird sugieren que la revolucion mas trascendental, aquella que podria salvar o destruir el planeta, puede venir desde nuestro jardin.

"Once in a while you find a book that stuns you. Its scope leaves you breathless. This is such a book." John White, San Francisco ChronicleExplore 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, 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 to communicate with man, plants surprising reaction to music, their lie-detection abilities, their creative powers, and much more. Tompkins and Birds classic book affirms the depth of humanitys relationship with nature and adds special urgency to the cause of protecting the environment that nourishes us.What if plants are more aware, more intelligent, and more like us than we ever imagined?Plant Consciousness: Go inside the labs of scientists discovering that plants react to music, demonstrate lie-detection abilities, and may even have emotions. Extrasensory Perception: Follow the revolutionary experiments of Cleve Backster, who attached a polygraph to a plant and found it could seemingly read his mind. The Human-Plant Connection: Learn how plants respond to human care, nurturing, and even focused thought, affirming a deep and mysterious relationship with mankind. Pioneering Discoveries: Uncover a hidden history of research into electroculture, plant intelligence, and the psychic universe of the vegetal kingdom, from the groundbreaking work of Jagadis Chandra Bose to modern-day revelations.