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Man and Nature: The Spiritual Crisis in Modern Man

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By Seyyed Hossein Nasr — 2007

This work from one of the world's leading Islamic thinkers is a spiritual tour de force which explores the relationship between the human being and nature as found in many religious traditions, particularly its Sufi dimension. See more...

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The Biophilia Effect: A Scientific and Spiritual Exploration of the Healing Bond Between Humans and Nature

Did you know that spending time in a forest activates the vagus nerve, which is responsible for inducing calm and regeneration? Or that spending just one single day in a wooded area increases the number of natural killer cells in the blood by almost 40 percent on average? We’ve all had an...

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It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays

An impassioned and rigorous appeal for reconnection to the land and human feeling by one of America’s most heartfelt and humble writers.

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The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry

The Art of the Commonplace gathers twenty essays by Wendell Berry that offer an agrarian alternative to our dominant urban culture.

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The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture

Since its publication in 1977, The Unsettling of America has been recognized as a classic of American letters. In it, Wendell Berry argues that good farming is a cultural and spiritual discipline. Today’s agribusiness, however, takes farming out of its cultural context and away from families.

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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers.

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Into the Forest: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness

In Into the Forest, Immunologist and Forest Medicine expert, Dr Qing Li, examines the unprecedented benefits of the world’s largest natural health resource: the great outdoors.

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The Healing Magic of Forest Bathing: Finding Calm, Creativity, and Connection in the Natural World

Forest bathing is the art of spending intentional time in nature and is practiced throughout the world to increase health and restore well-being. More and more people are turning to forest bathing as an evidence-based way to unplug, relieve stress and anxiety, and spark creativity.

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Science and the Reenchantment of the Cosmos: The Rise of the Integral Vision of Reality

What scientists are now finding at the outermost frontiers of every field is overturning all the basic premises concerning the nature of matter and reality.

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The Secret Teachings of Plants: The Intelligence of the Heart in the Direct Perception of Nature

Reveals the use of direct perception in understanding Nature, medicinal plants, and the healing of human disease • Explores the techniques used by indigenous and Western peoples to learn directly from the plants themselves, including those of Henry David Thoreau, Goethe, and Masanobu Fukuoka,...

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Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm: Beyond the Doors of Perception into the Dreaming of Earth

A manual for opening the doors of perception and directly engaging the intelligence of the Natural World • Provides exercises to directly perceive and interact with the complex, living, self-organizing being that is Gaia • Reveals that every life form on Earth is highly intelligent and...

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Connection with Nature