“And the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles, no matter how long, but only by a spiritual journey, a journey of one inch, very arduous and humbling and joyful, by which we arrive at the ground at our own feet, and learn to be at home.”

“Margaret De Wys's Ecstatic Healing is a holy voyage--a remarkable testament of one courageous woman forced by her own sickness to discover the mysterious world of shamanic and spiritual healing. Her's is a journey of surrendering, a journey to faith, and a journey toward accepting herself as a healer. As in her first book "Black Smoke" Margaret writes with utter honesty, which helps us as we join her on her personal journey and question our own life journey as human beings and as healers.”

“Boy is this journey ever long. Also arduous.”

“The journey not the arrival matters.”

“We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.”

“Long, long journey through the darknessLong, long way to goBut what are miles across the oceanTo the heart that's coming home?”