Talks with Trees

by Leslie Cabarga

Book Overview

Talks with Trees contains a collection of over thirty "interviews" with many different species of plants and trees including ancient redwoods, a Japanese maple, a garlic bulb, an onion, an apple tree,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0965762807
• ISBN13: 9780965762809
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Icono Classics Publishing Co.
• Length: 173 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 7.1"

Customer Reviews

heartwarming

This book was deeply affecting to me, and totally reshaped many of my innermost conceptions. I was totally thrilled when I read in the introduction that Leslie Cabarga's experience with A COURSE IN MIRACLES was a major inspiration leading to his communing with plants. My experience with authors that have been influenced by A Course in Miracles (Doreen Virtue, Wayne Dyer, Marianne Williamson, Louise Hay, Ekhart Tolle, Etc) is that they tend to be very genuine and loving souls with a world view quite similar to my own (since I am also very into 'The Course'). For this reason, I felt a special connectedness to the author, along with an added sense of confidence that I could trust in his sincerity. I think that this (a willingness to trust in the author's sincerity), along with a very open mind, are two factors that can serve to greatly enhance the reader's enjoyment of this book. If you find, that you are a die-hard skeptic when it comes to believing that plants possess a form of consciousness, I'm not sure I would recommend this book for starters. If you are more of the anti new-ager, 'doubting Tom' type, then these nararratives may come across as a little too "out there" for your likings. In this case, what I would suggest starting with, is a book called "The Secret Life of Plants" by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird. It goes into great detail about the sentient nature of plants, but in a much more objective and scientific manner. (And if you're not much of the 'skeptic type', I would still suggest it as a great read, and find it to be extremely complimentary to Talks with Trees.) What I loved most about this book was that reading through its narraratives would put me into a frame of mind that made me feel like I was entering onto the threshold of some long-forgotten magical wonderland. It reminded me what it felt like to look out at the world as if I were seeing it for the first time,...and helped me to remember the enchanting wonderment of my own childhood. This book is about so much more than just plants! It's about unconditional love and acceptance, goodwill and promoting a sense of Oneness with all of life.

Treelicious!!!!

This is a moving, and a very informative book.Previously I never gave thought to Nature and saw it as a mere adjunct to us and not as an integral part of Creation. The humans have dominion over nature and so we have the right to lord over it. This is a very unbalanced viewpoint and this book shows that nature too has a consciousness and must be considered to lead a fulfilling life.This little volume is truly marvellous buy it, It is well worth your time and money.

wonderful words of wisdom, a must read for all

Talks with Trees was recommended to me by a friend and I am so grateful she told me about it. I found it to be an amazing little book. Talks with Trees is funny, sweet and extremely enjoyable. I will read this book many times and recommend it to all. It is filled with wonderful messages and wisdom that will inspire you and enhance your daily life. Keep an open mind and an open heart and enjoy. Read Talks with Trees to enrich your life and the life that surrounds us each day. Thank you Leslie Cabarga for this truly incredible book! I hope there is another to follow.

Trees, Elves and Fairies

I loved this book. I gambled on it, just picked it up to see what trees had to say. It was lovely to say the least. I was amazed to hear what a tree had to say when asked "Do you worry?" The tree said "yes...sometimes I worry about the Fairies coming to visit." I thought that was beautiful. I now wonder when the Fairies will get to me:) I have always talked to the trees and other plants. Now I know they understand that I think they are perfect in every way. I just need to pay more attention to what they are telling me. This book did change my life in one big way. When I put my veggies in the fridge, I tell them thank you for coming to my home to nourish me and my pets.

Go Ahead...Talk...You Can Do It...But Don't Forget To Listen

This is such a lovely, lovely, neat little book. It was published in 1997 so I am truly amazed that I am the first person to review it. It is a well-crafted, beautiful "book" even if you look at it just from the physical standpoint without considering its content. It is a small hard cover book printed in India by Sri Aurobindo Ashram Press and the cover and end papers are made by the Ashram. It is a beautiful natural color with bits of plant fiber showing and even smells faintly of plants. The book has interesting vintage illustrations with lots of enchanting atmosphere added by the inclusion of Art Nouveau accents. The writing inside is very homey and gentle and shows a light-hearted reverance for life. Mr. Cabarga is a self-titled plant psychic who discovered as a child, that when he spoke to plants they flourished and also that if he listened with his inner self he could hear them speaking as well. This book has a decidedly "New Age" theme and I for one often find New Age books cloying in their sugary preachiness, but this one is so sincere and humble and genuine that I found myself letting my guard down and fully accepting this gentle person's experiences and lessons in empathy. He shares his inner conversations with many different plants and also a moving conversation with Pan, the god of the Greenwood. The last chapter is a message from Mother Earth channeled by the author. Even if one were to read this book purely as a fairy tale which, ironically, from the standpoint of plant deva consciousness, it actually is, one will be treated to a loving sense of oneness with Nature that is a gift indeed. There is much wisdom in this little volume, some whistful sadness, and great joy. Even if one chooses to regard it as fiction it offers a sensitive and deep look at the green world that cannot help but have an effect upon one's view of the web of life and one's own place within it. I take this book quite literally. I consider the fact that hemin, the red pigment in animal blood, and chlorophyll, the green coloring in plants have chemical structures that are fundamentally the same except where chlorophyll contains magnesium, hemin contains iron. This book illustrates in thoughtful, lyrical prose the same message that this scientific fact reveals, namely that we are all one, we living beings. Discover a wonderful opportunity for relationship that is all around us. This book can open that door.