Trees talk, and those close to the earth have known this for lifetimes upon lifetimes.
Science is listening now too.
Shift Happens (here on the Fringe!) recently interviewed a bushcrafter and psychonaut who, like Thoreau, left the rat race to live in the woods. Towards the end of the show, he shares his thoughts on trees, mushrooms, and more.
Episode 265: https://fringe.fm/shows/shift-happens/
In the 70’s, Pet Rocks and Plant Talk became laughable fads. The first was silly fun, but the second was mocked as sky-high hippie blather.
Then the 1976 album “Plantasia”came out on vinyl. It was and still is a cult favorite. Check out this blast of pure 70’s green goodness:
We’re just beginning to understand the reality of plant intelligence and signaling. Several research teams have published evidence of seemingly sentient communication; more research is underway:
Pscyhonauts and shamans know sacred plants and fungi give of themselves to grant us insight. If you’ve experienced plant medicine, you’ll instinctively extend gratitude long after your trip has ended.
We now know for sure that they talk to each other via a massive green internet that predates our electronic one by millenia.
Knowing that, could the discovery of plant consciousness be far behind?
Shift Happens https://fringe.fm/shows/shift-happens/
Thoreau’s Walden – FREE BOOK https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/205
Plant Neurobiology https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wcs.1578
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Why does every strip joint have a ghost story? The Stripper’s Spooky Tale Retired after 20 years of stripping, author Erin Louis retells the story of her encounter in a haunted dressing room. She heard lilting laughter from nowhere. When she went out in the hall a moment later, she saw a “strange glowing orb” floating in the hall. What she finds out next is surprising and hilarious. No spoilers […]
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