The Mind of Plants
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Narratives of Vegetal Intelligence
“An invitation to rethink what we mean by intelligence and reevaluate our place in Nature with open minds and renewed humility.”
The Mind of Plants is a vibrant and poignant collection of writings at the forefront of plant consciousness studies— ranging in scope from the ways in which humans mind and unmind plants, to the chemical, social, and spiritual minds of plants themselves. Featuring the work of over fifty contributors including biologists, ethnobotanists, chemists, anthropologists, philosophers, writers, and artists from diverse cultural backgrounds, this volume offers cutting-edge insights into the various meanings and dimensions of the mind of plants.
Organized alphabetically by common plant name, evoking old herbaria, this book follows the guiding threads of the vegetal kingdom to explore the vanguard fields of ethno- botany, ethnopharmacology, plant behavior and cognition, and critical plant studies. From the ubiquitous apple to the ceremonial ushpawasha sanango, the essays, poems, narratives, and personal reflections within these pages chart the diverse interactions between humans and flora—leading to a deeper understanding of our interconnectedness with the plant world.
Featuring a foreword by Dennis McKenna, and over 54 expert contributors, the book’s editors, John C. Ryan, Patrícia Vieira and Monica Gagliano—each of whom also contributed works to the collection—weave together essays, personal reflections and poems paired with over 54 original and intricate illustrations by artist José María Pout.
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John Charles Ryan
John Charles Ryan is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Southern Cross University, Australia, and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the Nulungu Institute, University of Notre Dame, Australia. His interests include Aboriginal Australian and Southeast Asian literature, ecocriticism, ecopoetics, critical plant studies, and the environmental humanities. He is the co-editor of the forthcoming Postcolonial Literatures of Climate Change (2022, Brill) and coauthor of Introduction to the Environmental Humanities (2021, Routledge). He has recently served as a Writer-in-Residence at Oak Spring Garden Foundation in Virginia.
Monica Gagliano
Monica Gagliano is a Research Associate Professor in evolutionary ecology. A former fellow of the Australian Research Council, she is Research Associate Professor (adjunct) at the University of Western Australia and a Member of the Sydney Environment Institute (SEI) at the University of Sydney. She is currently based at Southern Cross University where she directs the BI Lab–Biological Intelligence Lab as part of the Diverse Intelligences Initiative of the Templeton World Charity Foundation. Her work has extended the concept of cognition (including perception, learning processes, memory) in plants. Her latest book is Thus Spoke the Plant (North Atlantic Books, 2018). For more information: www.monicagagliano.com