Garden of Marvels: Flowers have SEX (audio)

Seven, Isoceles, Amber Larson, Wisdom Quarterly; author Ruth Kassinger (ruthkassinger.com), Host Sonali Kohlhatkar (UprisingRadio.org, March 7, 2014)

You smell so loving and sexy, and now I know why! (The Commons Getty Collection)

 

BOOK: A Garden of Marvels: How We Discovered That Flowers Have Sex, Leaves Eat Air, and Other Secrets of Plants

Danielle Harangody, Palm Beach (FayEtte Bikinis)

For centuries, much has been known about human and animal physiology. But the study of plants, called botany, is a relatively new field. 

 

Plants and trees are a mystery to us. They do not seem to move except in the wind, they do not have mouths we can see, and we do not actually see them eat. They reproduce in mysterious ways, quite unlike animals. Yet, they are the basis of all animal life on the planet.
 

Author, gardener, and guest Ruth Kassinger

Now gardener Ruth Kassinger, author of Paradise Under Glass, has a new book tracing the history of botany. It makes it accessible to anyone who wants to understand house plants, backyard vegetables, and larger questions about ecology and the environment. LISTEN

Secrets of China's Ancient Pyramids (video)

CC Liu, Ashley Wells, Wisdom Quarterly; National Geographic; Nick Redfern (CLE)

Modern Chinese Buddhist pyramid structure and stupa (reliquary), Buddha Memorial Center, Fo Guang Shan Temple complex, Taiwan, Republic of China (Bernard Gagnon)

(National Geographic) Documentary on the pyramids of China and its view of the afterlife

For decades, government agencies have taken a clandestine and profound interest in pyramids and other archaeological, historical, and religious puzzles.

 

Why and how have they been doing this?  What profound and powerful secrets are sequestered in secret vaults and archives, and what would happen if the truth were revealed? Focusing primarily upon the classified work of the U.S. Government, The Pyramids and the Pentagon invites us to take a wild ride into the fog-shrouded past. It is a ride that incorporates highlights such as:

•  The CIA’s top secret files on Noah’s Ark
•  U.S. Army documents positing that the Egyptian pyramids were constructed via levitation
• Claims of nuclear warfare in ancient India
• Links between the "Face on Mars" and the pharaohs...

Modern Buddhist pyramid (Zosoiv71/flickr.com)

Nick Redfern is the author of more than 30 books, including The Real Men in Black; On the Trail of the Saucer Spies; Contactees; and The Pyramids and the Pentagon. He writes for UFO Magazine, Mysterious Universe, and Mania.com. Originally from the UK, Redfern now lives in Dallas, Texas.

• Dr. Patrick Flanagan on the Power of Pyramids, LA 2014
• White man convicted of killing black teen over loud music (and racist "stand your ground" excuse)

New research on PLANT intelligence (video)

Dev, Dhr. Seven (eds.) Wisdom Quarterly; Science Friday/The World (PRI, Jan. 10, 2014)

Field of brilliant sunflowers (Bruce Fritz/USDA/Wiki/pri.org/sciencefriday.com)

   

New research on plant intelligence may change how we think about plants

Flower girl bhumi-devi (Getty Collection)

Plants have senses that put humans to shame. Not only do they hear and smell, they can also sense the presence of water, and even sense an object within their space. [This was suspected, scientifically verified, and largely ignored long ago from a series of botanical experiments published in The Secret Life of Plants.] Now new research suggests that plants can actually learn and remember.

The Secret Life of Plants

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Glorious Bhūmi (Gaia) blooms each spring, Landmark Nat'l Park, Mt. Rainier (13som)

  

The Secret Life of Plants

Even on the subordinate levels of the life scale, there is profound consciousness -- an awareness that binds all sensitive things together. The Secret Life of Plants: A fascinating account of the physical, emotional, and spiritual relations between plants and man (Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird) was published in 1973.

The book forwards the idea that plants are sentient, despite the absence of a physical nervous system and brain. This sentience is testable through changes in a plant's conductivity, as measured with a polygraph, a technique pioneered by Cleve Backster. The book also summarizes Goethe's theory of plant metamorphosis.

 

Right wing survivalist seed supply

But the book is about much more than plants. It delves deeply into such topics as the aura, psychophysics, orgone, radionics, Kirlian photography, magnetism/magnetotropism, bioelectrics, dowsing, and the history of science. It served as the basis for the 1979 documentary of the same name, with a soundtrack especially recorded by Stevie Wonder.

• The Secret Life of Plants (Inside NOVA, PBS)
• "The Intelligent Plant" (The New Yorker)
• Michael Pollan: Omnivore's Dilemma, The Botany of Desire