SACRED WATERS - Stories of Healing, Cleansing, and Renewal: Collected and edited by Maril Crabtree, this book has scores of personal stories about experiences with water. Written by numerous writers, the book tells of how water in nature has guided the writers to a deeper understanding of themselves and their place in life. From the gentle rocking waters of the womb to the wells of water from which we survive to various places beside or in earth's bodies of water to rivers that carry the creamated remains of loved ones, water is our life, not only physically but also emotionally and spiritually. These writers have revealed to the reader widely varied, personal, transformative experiences .Water had inspired in their lives. The stories are inspiring, uplifting, and calming...just as is water. A good book to inspire meditation and renewal.