198 THE HUMAN SIDE OF PLANTS 
and a voluntary command which instigated and 
controlled the action of the forces that bent the 
root and carried it back. 
The question then arises: “If there is an ‘active’ 
and a ‘passive’ mentality in plants, if they possess 
senses and instincts as well as reasoning powers, 
where is the seat of all these powers—where is the 
plant brain?” 
This would be a matter of plant physiology 
rather than plant psychology, were it a point that 
could be placed under any classification; but, up to 
the present time, scientists have been unable to iden- 
tify any specific part of a plant with this brain 
seat. 
Spirituality is a condition of responsiveness to 
and membership in the universal spirit, the spirit 
of the Creator, the Infinite Substance, God. 
The assertion that plants have spirituality, have 
souls, has been held up to ridicule wherever and 
whenever made. Nevertheless many scientists of 
great reputation and ability, realising that “the 
best part of our universe is hidden from the ‘un- 
assisted sight,’ and that the ‘music of the spheres’ 
is altogether unheard by the ordinary ear,” have 
given to the idea of plant spirituality more than 
a passing glance, with absolute conversion, in fre- 
quent cases, to the affirmative side of the question. 
