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Celebrating Nature’s Alchemy  
and Fragrance  
“While the plant is growing, an enormous amount of electrical or  
vital energy is absorbed into the different parts of the plant. It is first  
generated by the sun, diffused through the atmosphere, the water  
and the earth; and the plants select what they need to build acids, al-  
kalines, phosphates, carbonates, chlorides, glycerides, oils, fats,  
waxes and so forth.  
In this profoundly wonderful vegetable kingdom that covers the  
earth with beauty, perfume and flavor, there is every conceivable re-  
quirement for every living creature, even to the breath of life. Plants  
arrange themselves into families, choose their own habitation and  
select their own food. Through long study of the chemistry of soil  
and plants we are able to predict what we shall find stored away in  
the leaves, roots, barks and fruits of particular plants for the purpose  
of supplying our own bodies with the specific material and specific  
energy we require.”  
Dr. Edward E. Shook, Advanced Treatise on Herbology  
There are many ways to make contact with nature. Anyone who has  
spent time communing with it will understand and feel its unseen gifts  
and potential as much as the more visible ones. The rocks, the earth, the  
many greens of foliage, and the rainbow colors of the blossoms and fruits  
speak for themselves. A flower, when you stare into it, can heal by its color  
and form alone, while its vibration and essence are something else.  
Nature can respond like a true friend or lover, as events have shown  
time and again. The Findhorn Project in northern Scotland continues to  
provide a wonderful experience and revelation of the power of love and  
tuning into nature, showing that plants are intelligent, responsive, and  
emotional, lacking only, perhaps, the power of movement in an otherwise  
full spectrum of humanlike abilities. On stony soil under windy  
conditions, unbelievable plants, fruits, and vegetables have been produced  
at Findhorn, proving that really relating to nature can produce some  
surprising resultssuch as double-size fruits and vegetables with no pests.  
This vibrational attunement with nature could produce even more  
wonderful benefits for world food production. Indeed, we are all going to  
need to reassess our methods as time goes by. Perhaps we need to recall  
times when our relationship with growing things was founded on more  
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