The Secret Life of Nature [Jan 01, 2009] Tompkins, Peter

by Peter Tompkins

Peter Tompkins, author of the New York Times number one bestseller The Secret Life of Plants, parallels the scientist's world of quarks and muons with the spiritualist's world of fairies and sprites in The Secret Life of Nature. There's more to nature than green leaves and twittering birds: it's a world that only the gifted and dedicated observer can see, using techniques of the mind that transcend the limits of the five senses, much as the scientist peers into the subatomic world with supercolliders and electron microscopes. Going beyond the boundaries of typical pro-environmental propaganda, The Secret Life of Nature is more than a plea to save the planet; it will change the way you see the world.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Spirituality, Nature

228 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Peter Tompkins was an American journalist, World War II spy, and best-selling author.
His best known and most influential books include The Secret Life of Plants, published in 1973, Secrets of the Great Pyramid, reprinted in paperback in 1997, and Mysteries of the Mexican Pyramids, published in 1976. He is the father of author Ptolemy Tompkins.

Reviews

[Alexander · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had absolutely no idea what I was getting into with this book, but it happened to be my first foray into the occult world of the theosophical society and the esoteric teachings of the kabbalah and Rudulf Steiners school of Anthroposophy and much much more.
I would give this book a 5-star review if it was written in a slightly more inspired way, especially in the beginning, but as the book went on and finally revealed what it was leading up to, tying up all the loose ends the first hundred pages or so left you, I struggled to put it down.

I think this is the type of book that has a very limited audience, most who would find it probably expecting a look at the interconnectedness of nature and instead reading a book about the clairvoyant chemists, ayahuasca, angels and the freemasons. But for me, as someone who has always had a passing interest in Eastern esotericism and the occult found this book to be an amazing introduction to the broadness of these schools and their implications for the world around us.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the occult, mysticism, nature, subatomic physics and spirituality. You just may have to slog through a few chapters of dry word for word recountings of the appearance of every type of nature spirit ever encountered by specific clairvoyants.

[Daniel Rodríguez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Saltar un par de capítulos indigeribles tiene su premio.

[Graisi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fascinating book presenting evidence of experiences with real nature beings and explains how theosophists were able to psychically gather accurate information about physics before scientists did. A book that is equally about science and spirituality, this is well worth the read.

[Sally Daffarn · Rating 5 out of 5]

A hard read but interesting and memorable.