Gardens are simultaneously material and spiritual undertakings

Evidence

Gardens are simultaneously a material and a spiritual undertaking. That’s hard for scientists, so fully brainwashed by Cartesian dualism, to grasp. “Well, how would you know it’s love and not just good soil?” she asks. “Where’s the evidence? What are the key elements for detecting loving behavior?” — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 427

Categorization

• XREF: Directly echoes ch10 on scientific objectivity requiring severed observer connection — the plant-scientist persona/dualism the book has been building against. — connects to: Parks’ finest purpose is spiritual uplift via beauty — Freeman Tilden, Interpreting Our Heritage, 526; Landscape ‘raising’ a person blends literal nurture with spiritual teaching — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 82; Gardeners can experience their gardens as loving caretakers in return — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 437 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Gardeners can experience their gardens as loving caretakers in return #expands (0.80) — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 437
• Treating nature as a vegetable made it both manageable and non-atheistic #qualifies (0.75) — Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature, 906
• Spiritualism and materialism are two halves of one Cartesian dualism, not opposites #responds-to (0.72) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 293
• Habit elevates time to a second power enabling nature’s transition into spirit #corroborates (0.70) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 485