Speaking with Nature: Awakening to the Deep Wisdom of the Earth - Sandra Ingerman, Llyn Roberts 2015

Acknowledgments

FROM LLYN

I thank Sandra Ingerman for her openness and insights as we wrote Speaking with Nature. I have felt such ease and joy in working with Sandra, just as I did in the dream that prompted us to write this book together. I am changed by the experience.

My gratitude to Mick Dodge who shared his homelands with me. Mick gave me the gift of living in the Hoh, a profound time that inspired these writings.

Thanks to all those at Inner Traditions who dedicated themselves to helping make this book a reality.

My deepest appreciation for the inspired musings of shamanic artist Susan Cohen Thompson, who created the beautiful artwork for this book.

My gratitude goes to our agent, Barbara Moulton, whose expertise has allowed me to stay focused on the Hoh nature beings and on my writing.

My thanks to Marilyn Dexter and Patti Chiburis for their unwavering support. I also thank Mira Steinbrecher, Hope Fay, Jeanann Yarosz, Gisela Timmermann, Carol Donohoe, Bob Southard, Bill Pfeiffer, Lance Rosen, Monty and Marlene Davis, Renee Martin-Nagle, and Ryanne Hoogeboom for encouragement.

Thanks to my children, Eben Herrick and Sayre Herrick, who believe in me and inspire me.

Thanks to my mother, Dorothy Roberts, for her love and enthusiasm; and appreciation to my father, Edgar Roberts, for his special relationship with trees and nature.

I appreciate the indigenous elders I have worked with—Siberian, Mayan, Tibetan, and Central and South American, as well as Olympic Peninsula tribes, all of whose wisdom ways enrich this book.

I offer deepest gratitude to the lands, waters, trees, nature beings, nature, and ancestral spirits of the Hoh, a beautiful and powerful force. Thank you—and thanks to the amazing voices that spoke through Sandra’s locales—for inspiring us to love ourselves and revere all lands, nature, and spirit beings.

I thank Gabu San for teaching me so much and for sweet canine company during lonely and all times, and the lovely Katie-kitty, now one with the Hoh.

FROM SANDRA

Llyn Roberts was such a delight to work with on Speaking with Nature, and I thank her for the depth of her vision in inviting me to join her in creating this beautiful book. It was a joy to write this book with her.

I honor and give gratitude to Susan Cohen Thompson for sharing her brilliant artwork.

Llyn and I both give special thanks to Laura Schlivek for her editing expertise; she was wonderful to work with. We also give thanks to Abigail Lewis for her careful line edit. And we give gratitude to Jon Graham, Jeanie Levitan, and Jessie Wimett for their support of our book. We give thanks to Peri Swan for designing such a beautiful cover. And we give thanks to all of the wonderful staff at Inner Traditions for helping to birth Speaking with Nature into the world.

Thanks to our agent, Barbara Moulton, for her continual support and friendship!

I am in deep gratitude to my husband, Woods Shoemaker, for all his continued love, support, and amazing patience as I worked long hours on this creative project. I give thanks to Jai Cross, Ann Drucker, and Mary McCormick, with whom I consulted on some of the nature beings in my writings.

I give thanks to my helping spirits for their continual love and guidance on how to live a life filled with joy and meaning and how to help others do the same. I also give thanks to the spirits of earth, air, water, and fire, who teach me how to live a life filled with honor, respect, harmony, and balance. I am in deep gratitude to the Spirit of Santa Fe, the helping ancestors of the land, the Hidden Folk, all the nature beings, and the spirits of the artesian spring, marsh, and arroyo where I live.

I give thanks and honor to my parents, Aaron and Lee Ingerman. I could certainly feel my mom’s presence while I was writing this book. I honor my ancestors, and I give thanks for my life.