Constantino Manuel Torres Browsing Jill and Steven’s spectacular website Microcosms: A Homage to Sacred Plants of the Americas, we are constantly reminded of two artists: the first is the Mazatec shaman-poet María Sabina (1894-1985), who chants: “I am the woman who looks into the insides of things.” Steven and Jill, through the resources provided by…

Carlos Castaño-Uribe Science and art are not only more united today in their methodology, they also reinforce each other through the patterns of human perception that push us to the exploration of the environment around us.  Whether it is digital art or scientific microscopy, the approach of the microcosm is a gateway to the fascinating…

Jeremy Narby Microcosms is beautiful work inviting us to open our eyes and look at plants from up close. Wisdom holds that plants speak through their forms, meaning to say their embodiment of being, and so Microcosms allows people to listen with their eyes and ponder what these plants might be up to. The world…

Paloma Celis Carbajal Microcosms: A Homage to Sacred Plants of the Americas is an excellent example of how the harmonious and reciprocally respectful confluence of the exact sciences and the humanities opens an infinite number of new perspectives to better understand the secret life of plants.  The marriage between the beautiful images patiently obtained through…

Dennis McKenna Microcosms: A Homage to Sacred Plants of the Americas curated by Steven F. White and Jill Pflugheber uses the tools of science, in this case confocal microscopy, to provide a unique perspective on the major psychoactive plants of the New World shamanic traditions. Just as these plants, through their unique pharmacology, open the vision…

John Charles Ryan Jill Pflugheber and Steven F. White’s Microcosms is a dynamic, multifaceted resource that I include in my teaching of interdisciplinary plant studies. Since the release of the project, I’ve been thrilled to incorporate Microcosms into my pedagogy at the intersection of Indigenous studies, environmental humanities, plant humanities, and digital humanities. This portal…