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1、1ALanguageOlderThanWordsDERRICKJENSEN2ContentsPreface4Silencing6Coyotes,Kittens,andConversations17TakingaLife26CulturalEyeglasses30Cranes43TheSafetyofMetaphor47ClaimstoVirtue56SeekingaThirdWay69BreakingOut85Economics94TheGoalIstheProcess101Heroes106Metamorph
2、osis115Insatiability119Violence1293TheParableoftheBox139ViolenceRevisited145Coercion157Honeybees162ATurningOver166ALifeofMyOwn174Interconnection179ThePlantsRespond188DeathandAwakening197ATimeofSleeping205OutofMourning,Play218TraumaandRecovery221Connectionand
3、Cooperation232Acknowledgments240NotesonSources242Bibliography2504PrefaceTHEGENESISOFTHISbookwasanevent.Iusedtoraisechickensandducksforfood.Afteracoupleofyears,apackofcoyotesdiscoveredtheeasymeals,andIbegantolosebirds.IscaredthecoyotesawaywhenIhappenedtobehom
4、e,butIknewIcouldnotforeverstandguard.Oneday,whenIsawacoyotestalkingchickensIaskedittostop.Ididthismoreoutoffrustrationthanconviction.Theoddthingwas,thecoyotedidstop,andneitheritnorotherpackmembersreturned.Iwasskepticalaboutthesignificanceofthis.Indeed,ittook
5、quitealongtimeandmanymoreinteractionswiththecoyotesbeforeIbegantosuspectthatinterspeciescommunicationmightbereal.Thiscreatedanewconcern.WhatIwasexperiencingwentagainsteverythingI'dbeentaught—atschool,ontelevision,atchurch,inthenewspaper—andespeciallywentagai
6、nstmytraininginthesciences.Ibegantoquestionmysanity,whichfurtherpiquedmycuriosity.Crazyornot,IsoondiscoveredIwasn'talone.Ibegantoaskpeopleiftheytooexperiencedtheseconversations,andoverwhelminglytheysaidyes.Pigs,dogs,coyotes,squirrels,evenrivers,trees,androck
7、s:allthese,accordingtothestoriesIwashearing,werespeakingandlisteningifonlywetoowouldenterintoconversation.Almostwithoutexception,thepeopleIaskedsaidthey'dnevertoldthesestories,forfearthatotherswouldthinktheywerecrazy.Thepathforthebookseemedclear:Iwoulddocume
8、ntthesestoriessothatotherscouldlearnthroughthenumber,variety,anddailinessoftheseinteractionstobegintrustingthattheirownexperiencesofinterspeciescommunicationmightbereal.Ihopedtheywouldlearnthatj
