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"Gardening with Soul" by Gaylah Balter ISBN 0-9707861-1-5 $18.00 “Gardening with Soul: Healing the Earth and Ourselves with Feng Shui and Environmental Awareness,” is part of a new genre of gardening literature presenting the spiritual side of gardening and bestowing information that aids in personal growth and awareness of the needs of the Earth as a living being. The soul, spirit, or innerself clamors for the nurturing which can only come from a connection to the Earth that includes all living things. The book’s beautiful and artistic format, along with Gaylah’s open and simple style of writing, will take you on a journey to find soul in your garden. As you explore the environment, history, Feng Shui, gardening, and hundreds of interesting and unusual quotes, humor, facts, and gardening tips, you will discover ways to feed your own soul. It has resulted in a book that will be a treasure to gardening enthusiasts, environmentalists, and spiritual seekers alike. “Gaylah makes an inspiring contribution to the new literature of spiritual gardening. At every step along the garden path, we are enticed to fall in love anew with the soul of life abuzz in Nature just outside our door. Using the Chinese art of Feng Shui, Ms. Balter offers up a passionate bouquet of fascinating information and wisdom, revealing our garden in a new light, as a therapist or soul-mate, as an artists palette, as a Sanctuary for Nature and Peace." –Christopher Forrest McDowell and Tricia Clark-McDowell authors of “The Sanctuary Garden” What is gardening with soul? It is a belief that all living things have a spark of the Divine and are to be valued and protected. It is about creating sacred space where there is no sense of superiority over Nature, but rather a feeling of interconnectedness with all things. It is a compassionate and nurturing view that sees water and soil and all life forms as having consciousness, intelligence, purpose, and value. It embraces the understanding that our environment reflects who we are, where we are going, and who we wish to become.