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This month Living Well presents an interview with Stephen Buhner author of The Secret Teaching of Plants. All ancient and indigenous peoples insist their knowledge of plant medicines comes from the plants themselves and not through trail and error experimentation. Throughout the world there is a tradition of direct perception of nature through the “intelligence of the heart”. Recent discoveries in neuroscience have proven that over 50 percent of the heart is comprised of neural cells. The heart is, in fact, a brain in its own right. Mr. Buhner tells us about heart-centered perception and how accurate and detailed it can be. He let us know that we can all develop this way of perceiving plants and the world around us. Mr. Buhner is a senior researcher for the Foundation for Gaian Studies. He lectures throughout the US and is the author of nine previous books.