Book description
The Source threads together two stories. The first that
of Ursula Sontheil, sometimes known as Mother Shipton, the
16th-century Yorkshire prophetess and healer who was burnt at the
stake but whose spirit survived captive in a cave in North Yorkshire.
She would have been trapped for ever but for the cave's extraordinary
power: objects left in the cave are turned to stone by the action of
the lime-suffused waters from a nearby well. Mother Shipton used the
powers of the waters to live again through the needs of those who came
to the cave and called on her for healing. Each gift turned to stone
by the waters lit another spark of life within her. Through the
centuries many came for her help, enough for their needs to free her
spirit to leave the cave and live again.
The second story is that of another Ursula, Ursula James, a
modern-day healer of minds. Mother Shipton shaped her childhood and,
when she was ready to listen, came to her again when she was an adult
and gave her the means to make magic happen. Through Mother Shipton's
prophecies and spells, Ursula James transformed her own life and
taught her that magic must be shared or it is diminished, so she
passes this knowledge on to others. As the magic began to grow it took
on a life of its own and spread around the world.
The Source is a book that comes out of time and is of
this time. It is only now, after the world of commerce has been in
freefall, that we are ready to listen and respond to Sister Moon and
to heal Mother Earth. Each chapter has a ritual, rite or journey, to
guide the reader on their path to the source of their own power. Part
fable, part spell-book,
The Source has true magic woven through it for those who
read it well.
Ursula James is one of the leading hypnotherapy practitioners and
teachers in the UK, lecturing at eleven medical schools including Oxford
and Cambridge. She is a Visiting Teaching Fellow at Oxford University
Medical School and Honorary Lecturer at Barts and the London School of
Medicine and Dentistry. Ursula is Patron of Anxiety UK and also the
National Centre of Domestic Violence, as well as Chair of the Medical
School Hypnosis Association, and she is actively involved in research
into the affects of altered states of consciousness. Ursula is currently
conducting her own PhD research in the fields of biomedical science and
psychology.
