At the conscious level, my journey that has led to this book began in 1997. I first saw a doctor who used several alternate forms of testing and treating that were outside the usual western medicin...view moreAt the conscious level, my journey that has led to this book began in 1997. I first saw a doctor who used several alternate forms of testing and treating that were outside the usual western medicine 'norm'. Before then I was a follower of traditional Western medicine. As he and other doctors, practitioners and healers retired or moved too far away, I was led to the next; each one being further away from what is considered traditional/normal healing practices.view less