THE PATH TO SELF KNOWLEDGE PASSES ALSO THROUGH A GARDEN

OUR PERSONALITY, OUR ASPIRATIONS AND OUR CAPACITY TO DEVELOP THEM MIRROR IN THE TRANQUILLITY OF A SECRET GARDEN OR IN THE SIMPLICITY OF A SMALL GREEN CORNER INSIDE A COURTYARD. WHAT CAN’T BE TOLD WITH WORDS CAN BE COMMUNICATED THROUGH AN ORIGINAL SYMBOL, LIKE THE GARDENING TRADITION.
THE AUTHOR OF THIS BOOK RETRACES THE HISTORY OF OVER 30 TYPES OF GARDEN AND IN EACH OF THEM IT IS POSSIBLE TO FIND THE WISH TO TAKE CARE OF THE DEEPEST AND MOST AUTHENTIC PART OF OUR INNER SELF. SO WE FIND OURSELVES ONE-TO-ONE WITH OUR MEMORY AND A SKIPPED HEARTBEAT REVEALS US THAT THIS MOMENT AND THIS PLACE FIT US PERFECTLY.
IN THE END, THIS IS THE MEANING OF THE BOOK: “… TO HELP PEOPLE DISCOVERING SOMETHING MORE OF THEMSELVES BY LOOKING AT THESE IMAGES”.
REBIRTH IS A GREEN AND SILENT PATH.


Duccio Demetrio, “Di che giardino sei? Conoscersi attraverso un simbolo”
(ndt "Which garden do you like? Know yourself through a symbol")
Edizioni Mimesis, Italy