Part memoir, part poem, part how-to book. It is by turns humorous, lyrical, erotic, informative, and practical, but it is the eroticism that pervades the relationship between the tenders of the garden and the gourds themselves that is, to me, most moving. Most of us are taught by religion that “only the top half goes to heaven.” In truth, the fullness of spirituality—of Life itself—can be experienced only when consciousness is embodied. This book describes one way to do that by developing a body-ful as well as mind-ful association with our own bodies through an intimate relationship with the body of the Earth. The fruit of this union, as demonstrated in the book, is to find the garden in our souls.—Anne Firestone, Wolf in the Human Psyche

This is truly a special book which provides a unique and intimate understanding of that mystery which has made the gourd so special to humans for thousands of years. Many thanks to Joan and Lenny, and all the others who participated in this project, for sharing not only their expertise, but even more importantly, their poetry and their dreams.-Ginger Summit, Complete Book of Gourd Craft

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