My deep gratitude to all the practitioners who contributed protocols to this book. I am so admiring of the fine work you are doing in the world. Thank you all for the time and energy you generously gave to this project, and for your willingness to share your expertise. It was a pleasure meeting you, whether by phone, e-mail, or in person.
Special thanks to Patricia Kaminski, who contributed all the flower essence protocols in the book, based on the vast clinical research she and Richard Katz have conducted through the Flower Essence Society. Thank you, too, Patricia, for your feedback along the way and the whiffs of mountain air in your e-mails.
Special thanks also to Katrina Raphaell, who contributed the majority of the stone / crystal protocols. You are a true gem, Katrina, in the most magical and powerful sense of the word.
My appreciation to Robyn Klein for putting me in touch with a network of truly inspired herbalists.
Great thanks and mea culpa salaams to my friends for their understanding of my unavailability and forgetfulness of important occasions during the white heat of writing this book.
Thank you to Nancy Gallenson, whose fabulous ballet classes provide a body and soul antidote to long hours at the computer.
My gratitude to Hampton Roads for their vision and mission in publishing. I am honored to be part of the family.
And the final thanks go to my brilliant friend and editor Richard Leviton, who never fails to inspire me in multiple realms.