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After reading Secrets of the Soil, Hidden Nature, and Rhythms of Vision, we have gained many insights into the consciousness of plants and even of water, but as we develop a more intimate relationship with the animals that populate our land, we feel it essential to delve into, and formally acquaint ourselves with, the highly refined consciousness of birds. Therefore, this month we present The Human Nature of Birds in our Premaculture Book Group to discuss more deeply some profound insights into the divine creatures that we share this world with.

Drawing from six years of independent research, behavioral scientist Theodore Xenophon Barber offers an eloquent and dramatic reassessment of avian behavior, drawing on such outstanding examples as Alex, an African gray parrot that not only talks but also composes meaningful and highly creative sentences; woodpeckers that construct miniature tools in order to forage for insects; and a male robin that feeds and nurtures an injured rival. These and dozens of other carefully documented cases suggest that birds are far more than the insect-driven automatons that the traditional mechanistic paradigm would have us believe. Indeed, these amazing beings possess powers of thought, judgment, emotion, and expression that eerily remind us of ourselves.

If this study interests you, we warmly encourage you to join our ongoing Premaculture course dedicated to the upliftment of humanity and re-creating a deeper and  more wholisitic connection with all of God's creatures, and with our sacred Mother Earth.