Anthropologist Jeremy Narby Travels Throughout The Globe - From The Amazon Basin To The Far East - To Probe What Traditional Healers And Pioneering Researchers Understand About The Intelligence Present In All Forms Of Life. Intelligence In Nature Presents Overwhelming Illustrative Evidence That Independent Intelligence Is Not Unique To Humanity Alone. Indeed Bacteria, Plants, Animals, And Other Forms Of Nonhuman Life Display An Uncanny Penchant For Self-deterministic Decisions, Patterns, And Actions. The Japanese Possess A Word For This Universal Knowing: Chi-sei (pronounced Chee-say). For The First Time, Narby Presents An In-depth Anthropological Study Of This Concept In The West. He Not Only Uncovers A Mysterious Thread Of Intelligent Behavior Within The Natural World But Also Probes The Question Of What Humanity Can Learn From Nature's Economy And Knowingness In Its Own Search For A Saner And More Sustainable Way Of Life.--jacket. Introduction: Searching For Intelligence In Nature -- Brainy Birds -- Agnostic Visions -- Transformers -- Cabin Fever -- Insect Minds -- Predators -- Plants As Brains -- Smart Slime -- Japanese Butterfly Machines -- Mystery Jelly -- Chi-sei And Knowing Nature. Jeremy Narby. A Duplicate Copy Of This Title Was Part Of The Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection, But Was Not Retained. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [245]-257) And Indexes.
Categories:
- Religion & Spirituality
- New Age & Spirituality
- Shamanism
- New Age & Spirituality
Publisher : Tarcher
Author : Narby, Jeremy
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :2005-03-03
Number Of Pages : 267
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 1585423998
ISBN-13 : 9781585423996
Item weight : 0.93 lb
Dimensions : 1.1 in x 5.83 in x 8.27 in
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