“A Pure Child”
Excerpt from “Remembering Eternity”: “In everything, Elsa saw the soul. To her, a woods was not a collection of trees and plants with an odd assortment of rocks scattered over the ground and some birds singing in the branches above, but a composite of living Spirit, of energy, pulsing, vibrating, swirling, interacting. She felt the deep silent energy of the limestone and shale, the deep-rooted energy of the river birch and alder trees, the lively dancing energy of the warblers, yellow-throats, and buntings, and the nearly visible growth energy of the irises, hyacinths, and lady’s slippers. She saw the elemental spirits enlivening the physical aspects of the woods. She felt the underlying, all-supportive, foundation of everything present, the unverged and timeless energy from which it had all been created.”