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REVIEWS BELOVED VISITORS DESIGN ECOLOGY by Cherie Sutherland, Ph.D. by Michael Riversong Publisher: Bantam, Australia & New Publisher: Borderland Sciences Research Zealand, 1997 Foundation, CA, USA, 1996 ISBN 0-7338-0020-3 (262pp s/c) ISBN 0-945685-17-3 Price: AUD$18.95; NZD$21.95 Price: AUD$27.00; NZD$36.00 + p&h; Available: Aust—Sydney Esoteric USD$16.95 + p&h Bookshop, ph (02) 9212 2225; NZ— Available: Aust—NEXUS Magazine, ph Transworld, ph (09) 415 6210. 07) 5442 9280; NZ—NEXUS Office, ph The thought of losing a child is unbear- 09) 416 7320; USA—Adventures able, but actually to have one's child die isa — Unlimited, PO Box 74, Kempton, IL grief which few parents can speak about and —_ 60946, ph (815) 253 6390. often never come to terms with. By writing If you are yet to incorporate harmonious this book, Cherie Sutherland aims to give design principles and strategies into your hope to grieving parents. ife, this comprehensive resource book, Sutherland, a Sydney-based author and Design Ecology, is a must to study. Author sociology research fellow, was conducting Michael Riversong is a multi-talented musi- research into near-death experiences when cian and composer, has a Chinese language she discovered it was fairly common for BA, and is a writer on subtle energies for grieving parents to have had premonitions such journals as Borderlands and prior to their children's death, and receive Extraordinary Science. His design ecology signs and visitations after their departure. practice, Quality Environmental Beloved Visitors was thus born out of a Assessments, does surveys and 'clearings' of study among parents whose children's lives homes and offices. were tragically cut short. The ages of these Riversong's design ecology is a blend of children ranged from only days old to late- Chinese feng shui and German bau-biologie 30s, and the circumstances included car concepts and techniques. He gets down to accident, cot death, drowning, illness, mur- the physics of why and how feng shui der and suicide. Sutherland's approach — works, and even uses these principles to assists the bereaved to work through their analyse the workability of cities and the grieving, to a point where they make a choice to accept the death and emerge from the pain, in a sense strengthened by their ordeal and enriched with new insights into the reality of life beyond death. Sutherland focuses on the experiences of 15 parents (singles and couples) who relate some astonishing and truly heart-wrenching personal accounts. She sees each of their experiences as a "hero's journey" of courage and compassion that can help us all trans- form our understanding of life, death and beyond. sacredness of sites in Europe, UK and US. What bau-biologie or design ecology has to offer in the overall equation is attention to geobiological and geomagnetic aspects as well as energy-conservation and health-and- safety considerations. In one section, Riversong gives useful hints on dealing with the invisible environment, and in another he explains how to overcome the chronic effects of toxic chemicals at home. Riversong devotes the final section to innovative solutions, e.g., using feng shui to change subtle energies; assembling a design ad ecology toolkit (including EM field meters » and other gadgets); creating a backyard medicine wheel; designing field modulators that can affect local weather; and finding new ways to measure ch'i energy. AV CWeo TOOTH TRUTH: A Patient's Guide to € , ( yV P( Metal-Free Dentistry .. 7 by Frank J. Jerome, D.D.S. Publisher: ProMotion Publishing, CA, USA, 1995 Pare cts tit Af nies Ene ISBN 1-887314-08-3 (352pp s/c) strom their chdtrss Price: AUD$39.00; USD$19.95 + p&h Available: Aust—Natural Therapy Products, PO Box 252, Turramurra, NSW 2074, ph (02) 9983 1299; USA— ProMotion Publishing, 3368F Governor Drive, #144, San Diego, CA 92122, ph (619) 490 1400; 1-800 231 1776. Modern dentistry is promoting widespread ‘truth decay’, for much has been published BELOVED VISITORS by Cherie Sutherland, Ph.D. Publisher: Bantam, Australia & New Zealand, 1997 ISBN 0-7338-0020-3 (262pp s/c) Price: AUD$18.95; NZD$21.95 Available: Aust—Sydney Esoteric Bookshop, ph (02) 9212 2225; NZ— Transworld, ph (09) 415 6210. The thought of losing a child is unbear- able, but actually to have one's child die is a grief which few parents can speak about and often never come to terms with. By writing this book, Cherie Sutherland aims to give hope to grieving parents. Sutherland, a Sydney-based author and sociology research fellow, was conducting research into near-death experiences when she discovered it was fairly common for grieving parents to have had premonitions prior to their children's death, and receive signs and visitations after their departure. Beloved Visitors was thus born out of a study among parents whose children's lives were tragically cut short. The ages of these children ranged from only days old to late- 30s, and the circumstances included car accident, cot death, drowning, illness, mur- der and suicide. Sutherland's approach assists the bereaved to work through their grieving, to a point where they make a choice to accept the death and emerge from the pain, in a sense strengthened by their ordeal and enriched with new insights into the reality of life beyond death. Sutherland focuses on the experiences of 15 parents (singles and couples) who relate some astonishing and truly heart-wrenching personal accounts. She sees each of their experiences as a "hero's journey" of courage and compassion that can help us all trans- form our understanding of life, death and beyond. bd iSitors APRIL - MAY 1997 NEXUS - 83