Marta Williams - Beyond Words: Talking with Animals and Nature

We often seem to forget that we began our earth journey without spoken words, yet we are perfectly able to speak the language of the wind, of plants, of animals. Marta Williams shows us that we still can. The link that was severed so many years ago between us and the others survives in a timeless, wordless kind of communication that Marta explains simply, convincingly, and comfortingly. Her sources are excellent, her grasp of the topic of animal communication rich and deep. Beyond Words is a balm and a validation for those of us who have always known that there were languages deeper and more enduring than the ones we learned in school.

In this deliciously heartwarming book, Marta Williams shares endearing stories of not only her own successes in communicating nonverbally with animals but also the triumphs of her clients and students. This book should be required reading for everyone who lives with a four-legged or feathered friend. Beyond Words will bless your life with insights so magical they read like a fairy tale. But here is Gods secret, whispered quietly in our ears: these stories are true, and animals everywhere are trying to speak to us! It is up to us to learn to listen. Marta shows the way! Read this beautiful book and treasure it!

Through telling the stories of her students and clients experiences, Marta Williams gives her readers the experience of learning the power of the connection and healing that take place between humans, their animals, and all of nature. But she goes beyond that, offering her readers the opportunity to have their own personal experiences by doing the exercises throughout her book. Bravo, Marta! You have inspired us all.

I applaud Martas pioneering research and her discoveries of how the bond between animals and humans opens a door between our worlds, connecting through the universal language of telepathic communication.

Martas compelling vision of our world takes a giant leap forward with this book. Through examples of people who have successfully learned and applied the principles she teaches, Marta makes intuitive communication with animals accessible to us all. This wonderful book offers an important opportunity to better understand the animals who mean so much in our lives.

Animals have senses that transcend our five, and it is within this realm that true communication with all life occurs. This wonderful book by Marta serves as verification of and instruction in the magical world of animal communication.

In our societys blinding addiction to reason, our intuition has nearly been extinguished. Allow the message in this book to rekindle your inner connection with all life.

B EYOND

W ORDS

New World Library
Novato, California

New World Library

14 Pamaron Way

Novato, California 94949

Copyright 2005 by Marta Williams

All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, or other without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review.

Text design and typography by Tona Pearce Myers

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Williams, Marta.
Beyond words : talking with animals and nature / Marta Williams.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189) and index.
ISBN-13: 978-1-57731-492-9 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 1-57731-492-1 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. PetsBehavior. 2. Human-animal communication. 3. Animal
communication. 4. Conduct of life. I. Title.
SF412.5.W55 2005
636.088'7'019dc22

Printed in Canada on 100% postconsumer waste recycled paper

New World Library is dedicated to preserving the earth and its resources. We are now printing 50% of our new titles on 100% chlorine-free post-consumer waste recycled paper. As members of the Green Press Initiative (www.greenpressinitiative.org), our goal is to use 100% recycled paper for all of our titles by 2007.

First printing, September 2005
ISBN-10: 1-57731-492-1
ISBN-13: 978-1-57731-492-9
Distributed to the trade by Publishers Group West

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This book is dedicated to animals and to nature.
For far too many millennia they have been besieged
by a human race that has forgotten its origins
and forsaken its nonhuman relatives.
May this book help to change that.

I promised Id let them retire in peace, but once again I enlisted the aid of my parents, Jean and John Williams, for their excellent editing abilities. Im still buying them dinners with no end in sight!

Everyone at New World Library is a joy to work with. My editor, Georgia Hughes, has been a huge support, and her suggestions greatly improved the book. Alexander Slagg and Kristen Cashman were very helpful in the final editing process. The design staff, Mary Ann Casler and Bill Mifsud, turned out another beautiful cover, and Tona Pearce Myers did a great interior design. Monique Muhlenkamp makes publicity fun, which is no easy task, and Munro Magruder has been a sage guide through the foreign land of book marketing.

I had a lot of help in my research on indigenous cultures and intuition, and I wish to thank: Ed Castillo, Sonoma State University; Walter Greist, former psi researcher; Members of the Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness, including: Tina Fields, Matthew Bronson, Marliene Dobkin De Rios, Michael Wink, and Hoyt Edge; Dr. Robert Morris, University of Edinburgh; Connie Grauds, President of the Association of Natural Medicine Pharmacists; Lowell Bean, author; Reno Franklin; and Catherine Held. If Moonhawk were still alive Id personally thank him for his incredible mind and the wisdom he gave us.

Hazel

My cat Hazel claimed my in-box as her new bed and curled up right by my side during the many months of writing. When in doubt I turned to her for help, as she is the best feline coauthor a human could ask for.