Holy Order of Water: Healing Earth's Waters and Ourselves
Author: William E Marks
Long gone are the days of drinking naturally pure water from flowing rivers and streams. It is already common today for people to use bottled water or home water filtration systems for their drinking water. How have we come to such a predicament, and what can be done about it? Continuing pollution, ever increasing population and industrial demands, destruction of the rainforests, over-pumping of the ground water are all responsible for the deterioration of water quality- but the underlying reason, as William Marks shows in this wide-ranging, thoughtful book, is a lack of understanding of and respect for the nature of water itself.
Marks covers such diverse topics as water's role in the origin of the universe and of life, cosmic rain and water in interstellar space, water in the myths of various peoples and religious traditions, the power of water in the many forms it takes in the natural world, vortex energy and living water, water and the human body, water healing, and a history of water pollution. He offers hope for the future by discussing the work of such visionaries as Theodor Schwenk and Viktor Schauberger. Marks shows us that finally water can be understood only when seen as the mediator not just between life and death but between the physical world and the spiritual world as well.
About the Author:
William E. Marks has been working with water for most of his life. To experience firsthand the status of America's waters. he made a meandering 7,000-mile horseback journey from San Diego to Maine. He also studied industrial pollution and historical water management practices in Europe, North Africa, Mexico, Canada, Ireland and Australia. He was an environmental water analyst briefly for the City of Newark, New Jersey, and for 15 years he operated a water-testing and research laboratory and an environmental consulting firm on Martha's Vineyard. He is also the founding publisher and editor of Martha's Vineyard Magazine.
What People Are Saying
Walter Cronkite
This is an extraordinary book, the results of one man's passionate effort to save us—to save civilization—from our ignorant waste of our precious water resources.
Larry Dossey
Water is life, and The Holy Order of Water affirms life. At a time when Earth's waters are under siege, we need Mark's message more than ever before. If there is a Bible of water, this is it.
— (Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Reinventing Medicine and Healing Words)
Ted Danson
Water gives us life--a fact that is certainly not lost on William Marks, whose fascinating book, the Holy Order of Water, helps us to better understand and appreciate what a precious gift it is. Readers won't find a more intimate, spiritual, and informative look at what is without question the world's most vital and versatile resource.
— (Ted Danson, Founding President, American Oceans Campaign)
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Five Elements, Six Conditions: A Taoist Approach to Emotional Healing, Psychology, and Internal Alchemy
Author: Gilles Marin
Taoism and the use of the five elemental forces of nature for healing, says Gilles Marin, are esoteric, understandable only through daily experience with a knowledgeable mentor. Marin's 25 years of clinical practice teaching the ancient Taoist method of Chi Nei Tsang, which uses hands-on techniques and Taoist meditations to help clients heal, uniquely qualifies him for the task. Five Elements, Six Conditions shows how simple and practical the ancient Taoist healing principles are and how effectively they deepen all methods of healing, including modern medical approaches. Step-by-step, he shows how to work with instead of against the body, whereby healing becomes not only possible but inevitable. His clear language, along with color-coded maps and diagrams, enables readers to understand the alchemical principles formed and refined over hundreds of years. Each chapter includes specific exercises and meditations to help anyone integrate the essence of the teaching and develop at the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual levels.
