SILVER BIRCH COMPANION by Tony Ortzen / 1986 / 159 pages. 

"Take advantage of the summer, when tree and flower, mountain and sea, bird and beast, field and river and stream reveal themselves in all their beauty. Praise the great spirit, who has brought you such an infinite variety of his artistry as displayed in nature's handiwork. Seek communion with those forces; strive to find the Great Spirit as He is expressed in the silence of the forest, in the lulling of the wind, in the trilling of the bird, in the nodding pine, in the ebb and flow of the ocean, in the perfume and scent of the flower, in the drone of the insect." "The pageant of nature is duplicated in every human soul. First there is the spring, with the awakening consciousness; the summer, when man's powers rise to their highest; autumn, when life begins to wane; and winter, when sleep comes to the weary, tired soul. But even after the winter of the physical life, spring comes to the spirit as it awakens in another world to continue that eternal cycle. Take from nature this message, and be assured that the laws which have never failed will continue to operate in your case and in the case of every human life." "We ask for no credit, no thanks, no gratitude. If we can see peace instead of war; smiling, happy faces instead of tears; healthy bodies instead of bodies racked with disease and pain; if we can see misery vanquished; if we can see all the despair that infests dispirited beings driven away, then we rejoice because we know that our mission is succeeding." "truth marches forward; the forces that belong to darkness, ignorance, superstition and confusion are in retreat. Victory is on the side of the power of the spirit as its forces gather strength, breaking through in places hitherto considered impossible. That is the great message we repeat and repeat, for you are all labouring for this new order of being. The transformation takes place now very slowly. As the old gives place to the new, many upheavals will occur. They are all part of the plan."