Julia Graves introduces her new book. On The Language of Plants: “The book seems to fulfill its mission in the plant world – it seems to hit home in people’s souls – that’s what I wanted and that’s my reward for writing the book. I have people emailing from far-reaching countries saying that the claims of the book hold true for their own new plant observations.” – Julia Graves “I used to explain to my surprised friends that I was training in a way of reading plants, even if I had never seen them before. Since then, I have indeed been able to practice on three continents and put my theory to the test.” –Julia Graves
Growing up, Julia Graves knew directly the experience of plants and nature. As a child, she simply absorbed herbal knowledge and didn’t intellectualize it. As a teenager, Julia encountered the Doctrine of Signatures, she read herb books, while at same time that she was studying science in school. She thought at the time that the Doctrine of Signatures was “ridiculous.” After some time, about age 18, she studied more deeply analogous systems, such as astrology and the elements, and her thinking and opinion shifted. She came to the realization that the Doctrine of Signatures was so much more. Julia became even more interested in the Doctrine after years in medical school, where she observed the similarities and analogies between human and plant tissues. For example, the human kidney is exactly like a cross-sectional slice of cucumber. The cucumber stores water in the fruit and the kidneys are the water organ in the body. As a teenager, Julia read the work of Wilhelm Pelikan in his volumes Heilpflanzenkunde. “Eventually,” Julia says, “this actually led to my demise as a medical student. It didn’t line up with what I was taught in school, and I quit medical school after four years.”… Read the full article here
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