The unlikely peace at Cuchumaquic : the parallel lives of people as plants, Keeping the seeds alive by Prechtel, Martín instant download

The unlikely peace at Cuchumaquic : the parallel lives of people as plants, Keeping the seeds alive by Prechtel, Martín instant download

xxiv, 445 pages : 24 cm, \"A memoir, spiritual adventure story, and ecological fable, this book shares the message that plants and humanity are interconnected, and that the survival of one depends upon the other\"--Provided by publisher, Always a place at the table -- Star arches, the lurching earth, and the seed-eyed god -- The unlikely peace at Cuchumaquic -- In the shade of the fire flower -- The fiery speech of seeds as time -- The miraculous return of the tree of time -- The Frenchman gets \"everything\" -- Checkmated by my love -- People as seeds, their youth as chocolate, the dead echoing back to life -- Burning up the memory -- The seeds come back riding \"little bald gourd\" -- Swimming past the dogs of amnesia, the seeds disappear into the redwoods -- The six donancianas -- Tunneling past centuries, red corn in their cheeks, the old ladies scurry into view -- \"Here's your damn corn\" -- From their motley hands, the motley seeds surprise the people into beauty -- Seeds of birth and seeds of death return, carrying the whole world -- Our ancient seed jar -- The marriage contract with the wild -- Keeping our agreement with the wild : our ancient seed jars : finding an agreement to keep -- The house of origins -- The famous story of One Eye