Books published by River Sanctuary Publishing

A collection of endearing short stories from Anita Camera of her experiences over thirty years with cats and other animals, illustrated with photos capturing the charm and antics of these furry heart-breakers.

Han-Jae Lee's poetry depicts a passionate portrait of the world around us. He exquisitely defines nature's wonders, its beauty and its joy, but also the sadness which completes it.

Rahul (Star) Patel, a well-known photographer and author of articles on tribal cultures in India, died on an operating table in London, England, in 1987 at the age of 37. He saw the Light and experienced the profound Love of the other side of the veil. He heard the Voice telling him that he had to go back, that his work was not finished.At that time his work had not even begun. This book tells how Rahul experienced his own healing from cancer without medical treatment after coming to Los Angeles, California, from India, still recovering from the surgery. He found himself a completely changed person with access to an Energy which enabled him to heal others and led him to a synchronicity-guided life as a healer and inspired teacher.Rahul wrote this book to help others discover their own inner Energy and use it to help themselves and others. The Healer's Way is a reference book of tools for healing body, mind, and spirit, from activating the "walking-talking pharmacy" to "amuse-ology" to gaining "prana perspective."

The number one lesson is: When you get knocked down, get up again and stand a little taller than you did before until your foundation is unshakable!! Coming Out of the Illusion is a compendium of gems for the soul.

This book about prayer, forgiveness, and healing is inspired by The Song Of Prayer, a 22-page extension of the principles of A Course In Miracles. Jesus teaches that prayer is the greatest gift God gave us at our creation. Healing and forgiveness are useful temporary tools used to undo duality, but true prayer is eternal.

God Is contains the true story of one man's spiritual journey over 60 years. It is also a presentation of the metaphysics of the holy teaching, A Course In Miracles.

Throughout all the world, there has never been nor will there ever be, a person just like me! I Love To Be Me is a colorful picture book that educates children in their understanding of their uniqueness & specialness in the world. It's perfect for parents, grandparents, and teachers who want to help children develop healthy self-esteem. This book is also a practical life guide into the simple human experiences we all go through. The author, Laura Maher, holds a master's degree in psychology, and is an early childhood educator.

These stories and musing were written during author January Handl's first year as Teacher/Director at Gazebo Park School. It was a wild and transformative year, and the blessings and discomforts of "un-learning" led to insights and delights that were too rich to be kept to herself. Most of the stories were published first on the Gazebo Park School Facebook page. The comments led to connections that we in the early childhood field count on to hold us through the challenges of an often-undervalued profession. The hope is that by illuminating the magic that is Gazebo, others may be inspired in their work. May the children b e seen and heard as the magnificent beings they are!

After my last book, Angels, Guardians of the Light was published by Hay House in 1995, my journey continued onward in multifaceted layers that consisted of travel, giving seminars and lectures, and later on being called into the ministry, which transitioned into healthcare chaplaincy. I have continued to serve professionally for the past twenty years in the same capacity.I did not paint for a period of sixteen years, due to personal circumstances. I eventually was inspired to pick up my brush again several years ago, and haven't stopped painting since. I wasn't confident after so much time had passed, that I would ever paint again, but the dormant seed of creativity sprang forth once again. Afterwards, it felt like I was on an invisible time line with the urge to paint daily. It also carried a familiar energy when I began to paint angelic and ethereal subject matter which was not popular during that time period.I have been painting most of my life, developing my own style and technique without prompting or expectation around 1984. Many of critics told me I was breaking all the rules by mixing mediums and painting subject matter that was not considered marketable. I have never been one to follow the crowd.All of the paintings published within this book, Mindscapes, are the result of my creative explorations over the past two years.

In this user-friendly reference manual House Calls, Dr. Terry Hollenbeck shares knowledge and guidance on an array of interesting and useful topics relating to everyday health awareness in today's world. A neighborhood doctor with 40 years' experience, Dr. Terry has for more than 10 years shared his knowledge and insights with the community through his column "Valley Doctor" in the local newspaper, the Press-Banner. A selection of those writings was compiled to create this book.Dr. Hollenbeck recently retired his practice as an urgent-care physician at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Santa Cruz in Scotts Valley, California. Born into a family with several generations of doctors, Dr. Terry remembers the time when doctors would make house calls. In tune with the open-hearted approach Terry's patients have appreciated through the years, his writings include reflection on his personal journey with cancer treatment for multiple myeloma.CLICK HERE to view Dr. Hollenbeck's blogIntroduction: "I used to go on house calls with my physician father when I was a young lad. I thoroughly enjoyed going into strangers' homes and watching my dad as he treated the homebound patient. House calls fell out of favor when physicians no longer had the time to do so, and also because of the modern changes occurring in the practice of medicine, such as the increasing need and use of X-rays, lab tests, EKGs, and other new technologies that were impractical to bring to a patient's home.As an urgent care physician for more than 35 years and seeing people in my clinic for their various illnesses, I realized that a significant number of these patients had problems that could be diagnosed and treated without an actual office visit. Then I thought back to the old house call days when all this could be done in a patient's home. It made me think about what I would want to say and do if a patient was sitting in front of me in my office. I like to think of this book as bringing my office experience and expertise into your home."

Introduction by Catherine Camp: Writing about your own life is complicated and a little presumptuous. Writing about people you love and a place you love, people you are living with, people who may be the ones to help when you get even older and weirder, is also an intimidating undertaking. I am writing here about living through interesting and, sometimes, tumultuous times. It is also about a place I love, Big Wheels Ranch, and my own long connection with it. It is a story about family, a specific 40 acres, the times we have lived, about sharing a grand adventure.This work is also about growing up, or growing old, and growing together. In the times I write most about, we were young and the storms of love and bad decisions and disappointing politics were new and upsetting. Passions often raged, in love and in anger. The ranch and the larger community reflected all the drama. Aging has let me see all that I owe friends and co-conspirators, bringing me to recognize that everyone needs understanding and, sometimes, forgiveness. Our lives individually are not so stormy today, although we are not immune to illness, disability, heartbreak, death. At this distance, it is easier to recognize our interdependence, our mutual indebtedness, and the joy of a long journey taken together.The stories that follow are not an autobiography, exactly. They are not even a history of tumultuous times, although the political and cultural storms of the last nearly fifty years are characters that we will see in some of the stories. Most of all, the optimism and commitment of our time have something to offer toward meeting today's challenges, I hope. The stories are also not intended to be a history of Big Wheels Ranch, or a how-to book for communards. Taken together, the stories are closer to a memoir of my connection to this place, those times, and these people.The first chapter, Growing Up, provides a history of my own relationship with Big Wheels Ranch. I also explore the political tumults of the late twentieth century as I experienced them. Finally, I talk about how those tumults affected my courtship and marriage. The second chapter, Growing Family, tells the story of forming the ranch, learning to live together, and confronting challenges. The Women's Movement, Gay Pride, and Aging all played, and continue to play, a major role in our time together. Chapter 3, Growing Land, is an effort to talk about the larger neighborhood in all its glories and challenges. At a time when rural parts of this country are changing rapidly, the history and reality of this very specific place have something to tell.The times have changed, and perhaps we have all made less difference than we thought we might. Indeed, in these newly changing and terrifying times, we are all assessing the state of community. But here in this place and in this time we find ourselves with a beautiful home place, healthy children, strong relationships with each other, and some stories to tell.

In the final book of the Vallian Trilogy, Larry Wahl's story is completed by his wife Sharon, describing, from her perspective, their 53 years together and providing an eloquent finish to the serpentine journey of his geometry and patented invention.

Hot Artichoke Dip, Vodka Cream Pasta Sauce, Italian Stew in Slow Cooker, Sicilian Tripe, Apricot Pie, Giugiulena... Just a few of the extraordinary family favorites in this recipe book complete with color photos, cooking tips and great stories. "My brothers learned from my Nano how to garden, make wine, vinegar, and cure olives." Delizioso!.

Author William Climbing Sun unveils remnants of his formative years in 1970s counter-culture scene, his quest for spiritual awakening, the joys and tragedies of family life, and the ever-present call to excavate the extraordinary buried within the illusion of the ordinary world.

Author Tom Galten, in his work as a psychotherapist and substance abuse counselor, finds that many of his clients suffer from "an acute thirst for spiritual experience." Galten says "this thirst is what some have called a search for God and others have called the Self's search for itself." In the Advaita (non-dual) tradition of such spiritual teachers as Eckhart Tolle, Rupert Spira, Alan Watts, Mooji and many others, Enlightenment is Not an Ego Project is a powerful little book aimed at supporting restive seekers and inspiring us to persevere on the journey. The book has a scholarly quality to it that reinforces and supports its basic premises and purpose.Galten's own words say it best:"I am convinced that only a personal realization, and not ideas, will fully satisfy the spiritual seeker. In short, you want to actually feel connection, peace and deep fulfillment. You are searching … for an experience. So if we can agree from the start that only something "beyond words and ideas" (or, if you prefer, "prior" to words and ideas) can ever fully relieve your discontent and settle your restlessness, we can move on to a discussion which will, in its synergistic relationship with the spiritual energy that you as the reader bring to it, provide illumination and boost your ongoing transformation. … So look within, not to me or to anyone else. You are in the midst of a genuine transformational process which, now that it has begun, will not stop."

Parables & Myths is a collection of verse and poetic prose pieces traversing Climbing Sun's extraordinary rendering of existence. But be forewarned: If you're satisfied to rest in your easy chair and be blithely entertained, prepare yourself to be rocket launched into restiveness. Climbing Sun's revelations are a dauntless, driven, relentless pursuit of wonderment. They demand action. If you have become jaded or afraid of your own magic, prepare yourself for rebirth of childlike wonderment, tenderness, an extraordinary reverence to the mystery of the darkness and the light - indeed, a celebration of the darkness in the light.Upon entering, don't be afraid to get your hands dirty… don't be afraid to feel, even to cry with these uncompromising expressions of love for our home, our Mother. "When we cry - whether in joy or in anguish - we dissolve into harmony with our essence" (one tear).As with all great poetry, the messages in these pieces reveal their gifts on multiple dimensions for those who are willing to fully engage. To get started, open this book, anywhere… and be prepared for a magnificent ride.

The historical legends of the Hollow Earth, the Holy Lance, the mysteries of Antarctica, Iceland, Admiral Richard E. Byrd, and Nazi Germany come together in this fantastic story of fact and intrigue.

John Urban was born at Fort Jefferson, Missouri. He attended schools in Alaska, Wyoming, and California, graduating from San Jose State College, San Jose, California with a degree in Physics, minors in Philosophy and Creative Writing. He presently lives in San Jose. His Poems have been published in the Common Ground Review, New Vision, Jet Fuel Review, The Mobius Strip, and The Rolling Stone. Three Songs for Children is his first collection of Poems.Poet John Urban considers his work to be in the Romantic Tradition of Emily Dickinson, Hart Crane and Wallace Stevens, but distinguishes it as Transcendental Romanticism. His interests and influences include Classical Metaphysics and Modern Spirituality. As Elizabeth Porter has said of his work it is “rich with metaphysical insight” and through its meanderings “. . . our innocence is restored and we know ourselves to be the children to whom these Poems beckon.”---------------------------------------------------------------------The long-forgotten sails of windTremble upon the shoreline’s bendWhere, walking, Kathleen and ISend glances of everlasting love.From: The Cycles of KathleenThis speaks truly of the world of Three Songs for Children -- for that world is, after all, the world of “everlasting love.”