Madeleine Walker - The Whale Whisperer: Healing Messages from the Animal Kingdom to Help Mankind and the Planet

Madeleine Walker 2011

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Published in 2011 by Findhorn Press, Scotland

ISBN 978-1-84409-537-7

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Our journey is long and dangerous, especially for our little ones. We sing our song of love for mother Gaia. We sing our song to bring balance to ourselves and the earth. Mankind has brought discordance and death to so many of us over time, but we still choose to bring healing and the recognition of the need to love all creation. All is divine and contains divinity within. The echoes of our songs vibrations resonate that message through each water molecule of the sea that splashes and sprays this message onto the rocks and shores, infusing the land with our songs energy and clarion call to all.

The Southern Right Whales, Hermanus, South Africa, October 2009

We as humans have to let go of feelings of separation and reclaim our sense of self, to remember that there is only love. That is the animals gift. They open us up to communication with them, so that we can communicate with ourselves. We have drifted so far from our truth, the animals are here to gently nudge us back. on our path of understanding.

Excerpt from An Exchange of Love by Madeleine Walker

What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, man would die from a great loneliness of spirit. For whatever happens to the beasts, soon happens to man. All things are connected.

Chief Dan George

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

Mahatma Gandhi

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Martin Luther King Jnr.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

(W. James)

For my wonderful mother Rosalinde.
Her grace and courage in the face of
adversity is a constant inspiration to me.
Mere words cannot express my
gratitude or love for her.

We speak of mysteries in our squawks and magic
in our chatters. If you would but slow to
natures ebb and flow, you would hear what
really matters!

Message from the ravens

T oday, animal communication is the most powerful tool we humans possess to re-establish a loving and meaningful relationship with the real world. Although this ability dates back to ancient times, it is critically relevant to our modern day, and is the key not only to protecting our planet but also to saving ourselves. Thats why Madeleine Walkers inspiring book The Whale Whisperer is so important, and so timeous.

I speak from personal experience, since the incident that saved my own life took place in a wilderness area in South Africas bushveld region known as Timbavati, when I was rescued from a pride of angry lions by an indigenous medicine woman, who communicated with the king of the beasts, and asked for safe passage. Lions are nocturnal predators, but this amazing woman walked on foot, at night, with her grandchild on her back, through a pride of some 24 lions who had been snarling aggressively moments before. She calmed them, and came to my rescue. How? By speaking to the lions as if they were her family, which she truly believed these majestic animals to be. The lions were angry, and they had reason to be. For years humans had been hunting the rare White Lions of that region to the brink of extinction.

This near-death experience changed my life. I gave up my hectic job in advertizing and marketing, and returned to Africa to find this woman. I discovered that she was known as Maria Khosa, Lion Queen of Timbavati, and that she originated from an ancient lineage of animal communicators. She became my teacher, and what she had to teach was more important than anything I had learned in the hallowed halls of Cambridge University. She showed me there are only two simple rules to working with Mother Nature: Love and Respect. If you follow these you will never be harmed, and Nature herself will protect you.

You will see these two simple principles in all Madeleines interactions with animals. Thats what makes her such a superb communicator. And thats what make this book such a delightful read.

In finding our connection with animals, we find ourselves. Thats the key. Madeleine Walkers book will assist you to apply these timeless principles in everyday life, and also encourage you to immediately take up the challenge of helping to protect our precious Earth.

The wisdom Madeleine transmits, direct from the animals, will encourage you to do so too. In facing up to challenges in your life, and in choosing to make a meaningful difference for our planet, everyone might experience moments of fear or doubt. At such times, you will find strength and courage by calling on your true lion-heart. Mandla, King of Kings, encourages you to do so in the beautiful meditation on Finding your lion heart in the final chapter.

If you find the idea of communicating with a lion daunting, then begin with your domestic pets, but never forget there is a wonderous world of Nature out there with which we can and should connect.

It was a joy to have Madeleine join me in the sacred White Lion territories. Since Maria Khosas initiation, I have worked with many accomplished animal communicators: Lesley-Temple Thurston, Amelia Kinkade, Wynter Worsthorne, Anna Breytenbach and Pea Horsly. Like Madeleine, they are all walking in the footsteps of my lion-hearted teacher, and they communicate with animals as if these beautiful creatures are part of our own family, because thats truly what they are.

My experience with the lions of Timbavati taught me that we humans are here to nurture and cherish Mother Earth, and Ive committed every day of my life since then to make a meaningful difference. Hopefully, each one of you will come to the same realization, without having to go through the terrifying initiation it took for me to wake up!

Enjoy the adventure...

Linda Tucker, CEO, Global White Lion Protection Trust, author of Mystery of the White Lions, Mantel Holder, Keeper of the White Lions

Madeleine Walker has amazed me many times with her courage and downright determination. When you read this book, you too will be amazed, but also amused, as she recounts her exploits and adventures.

I am one of many who believe that the future of this planet depends on how we interact with the other native life on Earth. Too many people regard animals as playthings, to be mistreated, and abused. And yet, we are all connected, and all the harm that we cause to animals will eventually rebound on us. If children were taught to cherish and care for their pets, they would grow up to be far more responsible human beings.