The Wisdom of the Tree
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This is a question often asked by children: Why are trees green? The most common answer is also an irritatingly prosaic one: Trees are green because the leaves have chlorophyll in them. Perhaps the reason why trees are green can be answered by asking a different question: What happens when we see the colour green? Answer: The colour green has real physical effects on the body: It stimulates the pituitary gland, relaxes the muscles, and increases histamine in the blood. These changes result in a calming effect, which relieves stress, while simultaneously invigorates the mind, and can lead to improved creativity. Maybe this is why green is the most common colour in nature.
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About the Book
This book is about those big green things outside. The things that have enabled the existence of mankind. The things that make our oxygen, provide our drinking water, and shade our car parks. Trees are certainly clever things, and they have influenced us in ways that are so profound that it is odd how we are often hardly aware of them.
This book shows that the link between man and tree is certainly real. But just how close are we to the tree? What is our real relationship?
The Wisdom of the Tree is made up of 365 eclectic passages inspired by trees. It includes astonishing natural facts, personal philosophies, trees mentioned in the Bible, and trees in folklore, culture, and the human psyche.
The Wisdom of the Tree is an easy-to-read yet thought-provoking book designed to instill awe for the world in which we live and show that it is far richer than what we can even imagine.
About the Author
M. D. Sellers lives in Perth, Western Australia, home to the mysterious West Australian Christmas tree. He is a musician, artist, and songwriter with a unique view of the world. Through various media, he aims toward revealing the abstruse elements that comprise much of the universe in which humankind somehow exists.