The Nature of Things: The Secret Life of Inanimate Objects [Paperback]

Lyall Watson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1992

Watson explores the subtle forces of memory fields and suggests that matter has the capacity to absorb emotional “fingerprints,” the mental fossils that channel echoes from the past. He demonstrates the complexity of inanimate life and offers possible proof of our sensitivity to its minute, natural patterns of energy.

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About the Author

With doctorates in anthropology and ethology and additional degrees in botany, chemistry, geology, geography, marine biology, and ecology, Lyall Watson logically investigates illogical events. He is the author of numerous books, including the best-selling Supernature, Gifts of Unknown Things, and The Dreams of Dragons.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Destiny Books (October 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 089281408X
• ISBN-13: 978-0892814084
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #502,874 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable...but full of questionable facts, January 11, 2007

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Mike Smith (Albuquerque, NM) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Nature of Things: The Secret Life of Inanimate Objects (Paperback)

This book suggests that just about everything, every object on the planet, has some sort of LIFE in it--life from the Earth itself, or life from the people that have handled it and left a little piece of themselves, their auras, behind.

It is some hardcore new age hippie stuff, but I'll tell ya, it's interesting. It really is.

Lyall Watson does a decent job at justifying his outlandish claims with numerous stories of wedding rings making their ways back their owners over impossible distances, statues bleeding and crying, and places that feel happy or sad or angry to everyone that enters them.

He makes a compelling argument, but his case suffers quite a bit due to the lack of credibility of many of his sources, such as the Enquirer and the Weekly World News and other tabloid stuff, and he never seems to go very far out of his way to confirm or deny anything he reports. The book's notes section is lacking at best, but it does have an index.

I really enjoyed this book, though I'd hardly consider it an infallible nonfiction source. I enjoyed the way it made me think differently...about things. I enjoyed the way it's helped me see the world.

Also, I was amused that its author was able to suspend skepticism enough to consider that candles might be alive, but never enough to consider that the soul might continue to live beyond death.

5.0 out of 5 stars Another great Lyall Watson book, August 17, 2011

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This review is from: The Nature of Things: The Secret Life of Inanimate Objects (Paperback)

I enjoy the connections Watson makes between different areas of study. I have read and re-read this book a number of times, and it never gets boring. The details and events that Watson brings up are interesting to investigate further, and bring up a lot of chances for discussion.

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Clue to the Secret of Life, August 2, 2007

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Bettye Johnson (Pacific Northwest) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Nature of Things: The Secret Life of Inanimate Objects (Paperback)

I purchased Watson's book some time ago and I find it ageless. After reading his book, I found I have a new respect for inanimate objects. I have also had unusual experiences that made me realize that there is consciousness in inanimate objects. One I recall is purchasing a new Honda in the late 70's.
I was living in So. Calif. at the time - very little rain and I began getting water in the fuel tank. After three times, I began asking why. Then came the realization that I had given my Honda a female name and this car had a male energy. When I renamed him Charlie, I had no more problems. Bettye Johnson, award-winning author, Secrets of the Magdalene Scrolls.