Becoming Vegetalista: Veriditas and the Journey to the Self
About the Author(s)
Stephen Harrod Buhner is the multiple award-winning author of 20 nonfiction works on the nonlinear dynamics of Earth ecosystem functioning, ecological medicine, plant spirituality, and the states of mind necessary for sustainable habitation of Earth, two of which are international bestsellers. He has also published a score of short stories, one book of poetry, and another on the sophisticated use of language in the crafting of nonfiction. He is considered one of the western world's most knowledgeable innovators in the use of plant medicines for the treatment of resistant bacteria and stealth pathogens. Stephen is also a specialist in cross-cultural ecstatic and contemplative spirituality and has long been recognised as one of the major plant contemplatives of our time. He has worked tirelessly for over 40 years for the restoration of animist contemplative spirituality, especially the lineage of the vegetalista. A Fellow of Schumacher College, for over two decades Stephen has taught throughout North America and the western European Isles. He lives in New Mexico in the United States.