Numen the Nature of Plants is a 95 minute documentary and is one of the most beautiful and inspiring environmental films that I have watched in the past few years. I have negotiated to give Eatweeds visitors and friends a special one day viewing…
The DVD usually sells for $25 in the States, however you can watch it for free on Wednesday, 12th May 2010. Click here to watch a 10 minute trailer, and how to reserve your place for the film showing.
Featuring stunning footage of medicinal plants and moving interviews, Numen provides viewers with a new vision of medicine and offers concrete steps to improve individual health and well-being that enhance the health of the earth.
“Numen is a magnificant depiction of the healing essence of plants. The film-makers captured the magic, the mystery, the beauty of plants and their importance as herbal medicine in our contemporary health care system. Inspiring and educational, Numen has a place in the library of anyone interested in medicine, plants, gardening and earth ecology. It’s a powerful film that I’ll recommend that everyone see” - Rosemary Gladstar, Herbalist
“The special effects and animation work in “Numen,” too, is impressive – taking us on both a micro (inside the plants themselves) and macro (consider the planet from space) tour explaining why plants matter. Perhaps the best part of the “Numen” experience, though, is how hopeful, positive, and forward-thinking a film it is. In an era when there is so much to be concerned about – peak oil, climate change, the endless “war on terror,” economic downturns, “too-big-to-fail” banksters, and that constant migraine headache that over-the-counter meds can’t quite chase away, “Numen” reminds us that the answers to many of these problems, magically enough, is growing all around us. It is our job, as 21st century citizens inhabiting a finite planet experiencing “limits to growth,” to reconnect with “plant wisdom.” If “Numen” provides the inspiration for us as audience members to root ourselves once again in the earth and amongst the plants, it will have provided an incredibly valuable service to our struggling 21st century world.” – Rob Williams
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I would like to reserve for the 12th may, thank you