Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian playwright, essayist and poet, Nobel Prize winner, is best known for his plays that captivate with a fabulous atmosphere and flight of poetic fantasy. Maeterlinck's most famous play, The Blue Bird, tells the story of children who receive the ability to "see the souls of things" as a gift from a fairy. Perhaps the author himself possessed this art, since Maeterlinck's natural philosophical works fascinate no less than his fairy tales. The talent of a symbolist poet and the insight of an artist in love with nature allow Maeterlinck to speak in an extraordinarily fascinating way about fascinating worlds, perhaps more harmonious than human society. The amazing facts from the life of various flowers, the description of the complex and well-coordinated work of a bee hive or the organization of a termite mound turn into Maeterlinck's presentation not just into the notes of a naturalist, but into a kind of manifesto of the existence of a single higher intelligence that manifests itself in all living beings of our planet. Reflections on the life of plants, insects and animals, deep conclusions about human existence, history, literature, religion, bold parallels and unexpected conclusions invite the reader to reflect on the formation of the human soul, on the desire of the individual to find his place in the world around him and to become more aware of the connection with nature. This edition contains selected essays and treatises by Maurice Maeterlinck, written from 1896 to 1926: "The Treasure of the Humble", "Wisdom and Fate", "The Life of bees", "The Buried Temple", "The Double Garden", "The Mind of flowers", "The Life of termites".