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Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm: Beyond the Doors of Perception into the Dreaming of Earth
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Ibid, ibid, ibid. The author attempted to cram too much content, attempted to cover to many subjects, within this one publication, while mining other publications for supporting materials.
One thing I noticed that was aggravating was that the index was not complete... I'd look for a reference to a person's name and it wasn't in the index... not in the bibliography either.
As a biological treatise to support the idea that plants do communication with each other by sundry means, it failed.
As an apology for the use and consumption of psychedelic compounds, it fails.
As a primer for psychological and sociological counseling and 'treatment' of a range of personality symptoms, I cannot offer my opinion.
I spent too much time, over too long of a period of time, completing the read of this.
One thing I noticed that was aggravating was that the index was not complete... I'd look for a reference to a person's name and it wasn't in the index... not in the bibliography either.
As a biological treatise to support the idea that plants do communication with each other by sundry means, it failed.
As an apology for the use and consumption of psychedelic compounds, it fails.
As a primer for psychological and sociological counseling and 'treatment' of a range of personality symptoms, I cannot offer my opinion.
I spent too much time, over too long of a period of time, completing the read of this.
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March 29, 2020
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Started Reading
March 29, 2020
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March 30, 2020
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3.47%
"This, so far, is starting out to be a bit foreign to me as to the author's intent and the 'philosophy' that appears he's leaning to.
From the 'A Note to the Reader'-"If you are a mechanicalist or die-hard reductionist...Please read Richard Dawkins.
Well, I do consider myself a 'reductionist, but have never read any of Richard Dawkins' books... however I do have a collection of his essay (signed by the author)"
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From the 'A Note to the Reader'-"If you are a mechanicalist or die-hard reductionist...Please read Richard Dawkins.
Well, I do consider myself a 'reductionist, but have never read any of Richard Dawkins' books... however I do have a collection of his essay (signed by the author)"
April 11, 2020
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14.93%
"As a person who considers himself an empiricist, there are aspects to what this author is putting forth in his text that I am finding difficult to incorporate into my view of the natural world.
I shall continue to attempt to follow his line of thought with an open mind."
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86
I shall continue to attempt to follow his line of thought with an open mind."
April 19, 2020
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17.71%
"I'm very close to giving up on this book. Too many instances wherein the author has either quoted another author or researcher, or noted a source for information WITHOUT providing footnotes, end notes, a citation in the bibliography, or a reference in the index.
Shoddy scholarship and presentation."
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102
Shoddy scholarship and presentation."
May 6, 2020
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30.03%
"And another reason I'm almost ready to set this book aside permanently... the 'snide' aside commentary... "what a strange word, so much like agony" (pg.173)"
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173
August 4, 2020
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47.05%
"Page 271... a quote from Thoreau... that page was not noted in the index (although there were other pages noted which mentioned HDT). Thoreau is not in the bibliography, so one is then not able to go to the author's work to verify its existence. Shoddy referencing."
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271
September 9, 2020
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living-personal
September 9, 2020
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philosopy
September 9, 2020
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sociology
September 9, 2020
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biology
September 9, 2020
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Finished Reading
