Parvati Magazine November 2013 | Page 19

BOOKS to holistic learning and eco-living. The Perelandra Centre for Nature Research in Virginia, USA, in turn, was inspired by the work of Findhorn, and has gone on to develop practical processes for people to use in working with Nature on any project from a flower garden to a house to a piano concerto. Much of the guidance that inspired Findhorn’s co-creation with nature came from Dorothy Maclean’s ability to communicate with the intelligence she sensed in nature. She learned that each tree has its own over-lighting intelligence, in service to a greater whole and to the divine. She began to take down notes of what she heard and sensed when she reached out to these intelligences. The result is the book “Call of the Trees”, a collection of messages from tree devas across the world inviting humans to greater awareness of their place within the whole. Those who are unfamiliar or uncomfortable with the idea that there is an intelligence in nature that can be listened to by humans and that has something worth hearing, may find this book not right for them at this time. But those who resonate with this idea, and who wish to practice spiritual ecology, may unseen world, there is a tendency for the message to be framed by the recipient’s language and understanding. But even if some human turns of phrase color the messages in this book, they will still inspire a greater sense of wonder and reverence for the love and intelligence of nature - something sorely needed on the planet at this time. Each tree has its own overlighting intelligence, in service to a greater whole. The production quality of this book (second edition, printed in 2007) is clearly the labour of love of an independent publisher and is priced affordably so as to be available to as many people as possible. It appears to be based on dot matrix printing as the print is grainy, and the text runs into the gutters more than it should. As such, we would like to see the book laid out freshly in its next edition to give it a better chance to stand in the mass market as a professional looking product. The messages within it deserve that broader reach. find riches and inspiration in this book, reawakening a soul memory of deeper interconnection with all of life and a call to humble reconnection with the wisdom around us. In any work of transcribed communication with the Pranada Devi is a communications professional living in Toronto, Canada. She is the Managing Editor of Parvati Magazine, and serves as an advisor on marketing communications for Parvati’s various projects. Recently, she edited Parvati’s new book “Confessions of a Former Yoga Junkie”, which has gone on to sell out its first printing run.