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"Amazing images expose inner world of mind-blowing plants and fungi" — New Scientist
To pay homage to sacred plants revered by Indigenous groups throughout the Americas is a way of honouring the entire world in a time of environmental emergency. The visual contents of this book magnify life in ways that may alter how humans perceive other living entities from our shared and threatened biosphere.
Some of these plants contain the most potent psychoactive agents on the planet and serve as intermediaries that have enabled Native communities to communicate with their ancestors, wage war on the enemies of their land and their traditions, conceptualise entire cosmogonies, and maintain a nearly impossible ecological equilibrium.
Each exquisite detail in these vital portraits is not only a way into previously unseen vegetal realms, but also a potential way out of our collective crisis.
Contents
The essay by Steven F. White "Microcosmic Phytoformalism: Plant-Art, Visionary Experience and Eco-Activism" which provides a critical lens for this art-science project as well as a fuller appreciation and contextualization of the confocal images.
A list of all plants included in the book with their scientific and common names that reflect the linguistic diversity of many different Indigenous cultures of the American continent.
An extensive bibliography for further reading.
