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