Opere di Monica Gagliano
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Gagliano is an Australia-based PhD researcher into plant communication. This book is focused on the story of two scientific discoveries:
1) Plants (specifically the mimosa) have the ability to learn and remember
2) Plants (specifically peas) have the ability to navigate using acoustics, and are sensitive to electro-magnetic radiation
Around this scaffolding Gagliano builds a story exploring her relationship with various medicinal and psychotropic plant teachers (piñon blanco, ayahuasca, tobacco). Via various "dietas," Gagliano spent intensive time with these plants, and received guidance on her research.
I actually found Gagliano to be overselling her work. I already have phenomenal trust in the magnificence of plants; I suspect they have far greater capacities than the ones to which Gagliano's research points.
Much of the book is spent weaving in platitudes around Gagliano's research to plants. Although I agree with her underlying message (that deeper relationship with plant intelligence will be vital to the future of humanity and the planet), I found her delivery detracted from her message.
Lastly, I'll mention that this sort of work—elaborating upon scientific discovery to explain the magic of nature—is a rhetorical framework that actually detracts from the very magic it is trying to uplift. Not to minimize the importance of scientific research in this area. Just to say that humanity isn't going to be convinced into plant intelligence; we will come to it through the intrinsic magic of plants, and through direct relationship with them.… (altro)