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“Humanity’s ultimate liberation lies in the realization of
the radiant transcendental consciousness in which nature
inheres—that ultimate reality to which Buhner’s excellent books
always seem to be pointing us.” (DharmaCafe, November 2011)
"For paths seeking to enhance their sensitivity to nature’s
energies, and to complement their understanding of existing
proving information, “Secret Teachings” is an enlightening
guide." (Hpathy.com, May 2010)
“Buhner’s writings are a powerful call for people to work
together to restore the sacredness of Earth.” (Brooke Medicine
Eagle, author of Buffalo Woman Comes Singing)
". . . Stephen Harrod Buhner reveals the use of direct perception
in understanding nature, medicinal s, and the healing of
disease. . . . This book is a must read for any nature lover."
(Share Guide, Mar-Apr, 2005)
"Science and spirituality blend in an intriguing ecological
assessment of what the world can teach us." (The Midwest
Book Review, April, 2005)
". . . how to achieve heart-based perception, and how to learn
the medicinal uses of s directly from the s
themselves." (The Burlington Free Press, Feb. 27, 2005)
“Beautifully written, The Secret Teachings of s is a work of
art--as much a poetical journey into the essence of s as it
is a guidebook on how to use medicine in our healing
practices. Stephen Buhner is among the geniuses of our
time. Like Thoreau and Goethe and Luther Burbank, the master
gardeners and “green men” he so liberally quotes throughout,
Buhner will be long remembered for his deep and introspective
connection with the green world and for his ability to connect us
to the heart of the s through his teachings.” (Rosemary
Gladstar, author of Rosemary Gladstar’s Family al and founder
of United Sav)
“I learned more from part one of this magnificent book than from
any source in years. Buhner writes of complex discoveries in
neuroscience and neurocardiology with clarity and coherence.
Encompassing the highest spiritual ins of such giants as
Blake, Goethe, and Whitman, part two is worthy poetry in itself,
offering readers a unique way to move into transcendent realms.
Of the truly great books appearing today, The Secret Teachings of
s is easily the most rewarding I have had the privilege of
reading.” (Joseph Chilton Pearce, author of The Biology of
Transcendence)
“In this wonderful book Stephen Buhner shows us that the heart is
not a machine but the informed, intelligent core of our
emotional, spiritual, and perceptual universe. Through the heart
we can perceive the living spirit that diffuses through the green
world that is our natural home. Required reading for all owners
of a heart.” (Matthew Wood, alist and author of The Book of
al Wisdom)
“A ‘must read’ for alists, healers, gardeners, nature lovers,
and anyone who has ever been moved to tears by the everyday
miracles of life.” (Susun S. Weed, author of Healing Wise)
Synopsis
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All ancient and indigenous peoples insisted their knowledge
of medicines came from the s themselves and not
through trial and error experimentation. Less well known is that
many Western peoples made this same assertion. There are, in
fact, two modes of available to all human beings - the
brain-based linear and the heart-based holistic. The
heart-centred mode of perception can be exceptionally accurate
and detailed in its information gathering capacities if, as
indigenous and ancient peoples asserted, the heart's ability as
an organ of perception is developed. Steven Harrod Buhner
explores this second mode of perception in great detail through
the work of numerous remarkable people from Luther Burbank, who
cultivated the majority of food s we now take for granted,
to the great German poet and scientist Goethe and his studies of
the metamorphosis of s. Buhner explores the commonalties
among these individuals in their approach to learning from the
world and outlines the specific steps involved.