1 In the following pages, descriptive passages not otherwise identified are from my own previously unpublished files.
2 Tonetti-Vladimirova, Elena. Birth As We Know It. This is a 72-minute film documenting the work of the Russian water birth collective. It includes the spiritual midwife Tatyana Sargunas and nine other women birthing in water tanks and at the Black Sea, with dolphins. With two hours of extra features, it is one of the most inspiring films I have ever seen, offering a vision of a life in harmony with Nature and Spirit (http://www.birthintobeing.com).
3 I discussed the three bardo states in part three, chapter 7, pages 272 and 273.
4 The full text of their discussion of Shakespeare is given in the Appendix (page 475).
5 Daniel Matt graciously sent me a copy of this particular passage from his work on The Zohar: Pritzker Edition.
6 My adapted version of The Song of the Pearl, in addition to commentary, is published in my book of poems Diving for Treasures, p. 32–37. In the CD, Spirit Soundings, a spoken word version of The Song of the Pearl is accompanied by music by Kit Walker.