Deepest gratitude to Jo Lal for being there at the inception of this book and to my editor Fiona Robertson for her loving care of it. Thanks also to Etan Ilfeld for his vision, to Ingrid Court-Jones for her excellent copy-editing and to Daniel Culver for his wonderful work at proof stage. I’m also thankful to Cynthia Hamilton for her joyful promotion, and to everyone at Watkins Media involved in the production and promotion of this book. I feel privileged to have the opportunity to work with a publisher that has such an amazing history and reputation in the world of mind, body and spirit.
This book would not have felt complete without the voices of two extraordinary natural healing practitioners – Krysia Newman and Alexandra Wenman. I can’t thank them enough for their respective chapters and transformative rituals. They are truly authentic voices for the back-to-nature movement. I hope their contribution to this book will introduce their healing mission to a larger audience. Special thanks to Krysia for her outstanding research and writing contributions to other rituals in this book.
Sincere thanks to my wise agent Jane Graham Maw (www.grahammawchristie.com), and my readers who are a never-ending source of inspiration to me. Last, but never least, heartfelt thanks to Ray, Robert and Ruthie for their love, as I immersed myself in the sacred ritual of this book.