Tresser les herbes sacrées

Sagesse ancestrale, science et enseignements des plantes

Paperback, 496 pages

French language

Published by LOTUS ELEPHANT.

ISBN:
978-2-01-628396-7
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5 stars (6 reviews)

Générosité, entraide, gratitude…Une magistrale leçon de vie du monde végétal.

Botaniste, chercheuse de pointe en biologie et amérindienne issue de la nation Potawatomi aux États-Unis, Robin Wall Kimmerer est une conteuse extraordinaire. Elle partage ici ses connaissances scientifi ques des plantes et les légendes de ses ancêtres pour illustrer la culture de la gratitude dans laquelle nous devrions vivre. S’appuyant sur sa triple dimension de scientifi que, femme et indigène, elle nous révèle comment d’autres êtres vivants – verge d’or, fraises, courges, algues, avoine odorante… – nous offrent des cadeaux et des leçons, même si nous avons oublié comment les écouter. Ses réflexions nous montrent comment nous sommes appelés à une relation réciproque avec le reste du monde vivant. Car ce n’est que lorsque nous entendrons les langues des autres êtres que nous serons capables de comprendre la générosité de la terre et d’apprendre à donner en retour.

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A strong argument for other ways of knowing

4 stars

Kimmerer spends a lot of time in this book comparing and contrasting Western science to indigenous ways of knowing, specifically from the Potawatomi tradition. As she's someone formally trained in western science, I understood her thesis being that indigenous ways of knowing can coexist with western science, but more than anything, I felt that this book did a really good job justifying why we shouldn't treat science as the end all be all of knowledge.

On one hand, I think this book reintroduced my very secular mind to the ways in which having a spiritual connection to nature can be extremely enriching and can add to our collective understanding of the natural world

On the other hand, it provides a basis for understanding where exactly science falls short in its attempt to catalogue the universe, as well as exposing its "objectivity" for the many ways in which it is actually …

Scientific and Spiritual

5 stars

Robin writes of her life as an ecologist and a native American. Her appreciation for plants and animals blends scientific rigor with spiritual connection and stewardship. The book is a memoir of her attempts to reconcile science, capitalism, and her native understanding of our world. The other living beings around us have so much to teach, and we have a responsibility to learn.