Thus Spoke the Plant

A Remarkable Journey of Groundbreaking Scientific Discoveries and Personal Encounters with Plants

De: Monica Gagliano, Suzanne Simard - introduction

Narrado por: Julie Slater

An accessible and compelling story of a scientist's discovery of plant communication and how it influenced her research and changed her life.

In this "phytobiography"--a collection of stories written in partnership with a plant--research scientist Monica Gagliano reveals the dynamic role plants play in genuine first-hand accounts from her research into plant communication and cognition. By transcending the view of plants as the objects of scientific materialism, Gagliano encourages us to rethink plants as people--beings with subjectivity, consciousness, and volition, and hence having the capacity for their own perspectives and voices. The book draws on up-close-and-personal encounters with the plants themselves, as well as plant shamans, indigenous elders, and mystics from around the world and integrates these experiences with an incredible research journey and the groundbreaking scientific discoveries that emerged from it. Gagliano has published numerous peer-reviewed scientific papers on how plants have a Pavlov-like response to stimuli and can learn, remember, and communicate to neighboring plants. She has pioneered the brand-new research field of plant bioacoustics, for the first time experimentally demonstrating that plants emit their own 'voices' and, moreover, detect and respond to the sounds of their environments. By demonstrating experimentally that learning is not the exclusive province of animals, Gagliano has re-ignited the discourse on plant subjectivity and ethical and legal standing. This is the story of how she made those discoveries and how the plants helped her along the way.

incredible insights and wisdom

I went looking for a book exactly like this and then found this to my delight.
I am so grateful for this book and its practical insights and generous scientific notations. The unification of deep wisdom and adequate science makes for a magical and nourishing read and I will fully appreciate this book every time I re-read it. Looking for more like this and also from Suzanne Simard!(audio)....

Thank you for your commitment to bring this book / audio through the birth process and into reality and observable quantifiable reality

we are blessed.

plants are people too

The story of an interesting research paper, hiding amidst critical theory. Oppressed by the Western imperial mindset, it drowns in ayahuasca.

Unironically I would read another book by the same author that focused on the science, or the philosophy, or even the spirituality of plants.

I might check out another audible about plant psyche that I believe she edited and co-authored. I want to learn about how plants communicate before I learn about the guilt of the post-industrial world wrt plants.

Awe inspiring

Time and time again real knowledge (break throughs) are by those that come at this reality from a different perspective. This is one of those stories. Monica’s experiments may be replicated by millions of students world wide. Regardless of the method of discovery, this is a great story. Listen attentively. Great.

become who we are

Monica gagliano is awesome. intelligent and open minded. this is a sort of paradigm shifting intellectual exercise that the world needs

Excellent book

I’ve been searching for such a book for a long time. It came as a gift of knowledge and inspiration to continue the path of realisation and of sharing the experience that we are one with nature. I strongly recommend it to anyone.

Thank you, thank you, thank you Monica.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Thank you for taking that "viaje".
Thank you for bringing back this profound message.
Tank you for sharing it with all of us.
🙏🙏🙏♥️🙏🙏🙏

Wonderfully connected! Disconnected narration...

The cadence and inflection of how the book was read was a mismatch. The narrator consistantly mispronounced Lakota words, and scientific terms... They seemed unprepared reading this very personal story. I ended up purchasing a copy of "Thus Spoke the Plant" so I could hear and reference the Author's words and cadence myself.

Plant and universal wisdom combined!

This book arrived at the perfect time in my life, so much so that I had to buy the printed version after this because there were so many pages I wanted to highlight, Monica is amazing!! Thank you

Biologist turns shaman

An interesting take of a woman who seems to make a transition from marine biologist to plant shaman via a series of sensory/cognition experiments on plants and through the use of traditional plant medicines. This book challenges conventional scientific knowledge in a thought provoking manner that Grant's inspiration for shedding the reductionist trappings of materialism in favor of more animistic approach.

Lovely

Lovely voice, lovely words, lovely stories of the hidden plant voices. I’m new to the concept so this was a perfect introduction of you are feeling curious!