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and book that provocative most FOREWORD one’s life, but far more extraordinary to encounter a work that has the potential to impact human history. Nearly forty years ago, before there was an envi- ronmental movement, a courageous woman wrote a controversial changed the course of history. Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring spawned worldwide awareness of the dangers of environmental pollution and kindled an activist response which endures to this day. Among the first to publicly declare that the use of pesticides and chemi- cal toxins was a threat to all life, Carson was ridiculed and vilified at first, even by many of her peers, but was ultimately considered one of the most important voices of the 20th century. Silent Spring is still widely regarded as the cornerstone of environmentalism. Today, before there is prevalent public aware- ness of an ongoing extraterrestrial incursion in our midst, a similarly courageous man—a previously- hidden spiritual teacher—comes forward bearing an