“This book when read and understood is a process of initiation—in the becoming.
It encourages the reader to become aware—‘you are more than who you think
you are.’ The most important thing to bring is your sense of humor,
light, and curiosity, for that is the stimulus of imagination.”
—Dr. Anna Lups

“We are far more than we think we are”—a profound
statement that slowly sinks in as a reality during the study
of the drawings and the texts, which become the material
for the stories of all the members of humankind.

Introduced through the autobiography of a female physician
practicing in the Columbia County region of rural upstate
New York, this is a book in which the reader is invited to
accompany the journey each human being will undertake
into the earthly life and the wisdoms learned in the process
of “becoming.”

Filled with gratitude for this testimony of hope in the miracle
that is human and the attention it draws to past scholars
whose knowing was profound but often ignored, this book
serves as a reference for future students who find themselves
ready for the combined study of natural and spiritual science.

Cover painting by Liane Collot d’Herbois (1907–1999)