This could be the most important book you will read this year. Well-known author, teacher, lecturer, & herbalist Stephen Harrod Buhner has produced a book that is certain to generate controversy. It consists of three parts: 1. A critique of technological medicine, & especially the dangers to the environment posed by pharmaceuticals & other synthetic substances that people use in connection with health care & personal body care. 2. A new look at Gaia Theory, including an explanation that plants are the original chemistries of Gaia & those phytochemistries are the fundamental communications network for the Earth's ecosystems. 3. Extensive documentation of how plants communicate their healing qualities to humans & other animals. Western culture has obliterated most people's capacity to perceive these messages, but this book also contains valuable information on how we can restore our faculties of perception.