Water and Salt, The Essence of Life (Paperback)

by Barbara Hendel (Author) "Millions of years ago, Earth was a watery planet..." (more)
Key Phrases: sole bath, crystalline sole, floatation tank therapy, The Pillar of Life, The White Gold of Earth, Himalayan Mountains (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Review
...practical tips for increasing your well being, finding your physical and emotional balance, raising your consciousness, and achieving unlimited energy. -- Gesuender Leben (Healthy Living ) Magazine, Germany

Profound content but easy to read. This book represents the definitive statement on the subjects of water and salt. -- Body & Mind Magazine, Germany 2002

This book paves the way to a holistic and healthy lifestyle. -- J. Klotz, reader (from Amazon.de)

Product Description
Profound content but easy to read, this book represents the definitive statement on the subjects of water and salt.

The book transports readers into the fantastic world of the two essential elements of water and salt and initiates them into the secret powers of nature. It also gives practical tips for increasing ones well being, finding ones physical and emotional balance, raising ones consciousness, and achieving unlimited energy.

The aspects about energies and the information that the original Himalayan crystal salt supplies to our body is especially fascinating. The book also conveys esoteric knowledge about how the basic elements of water and salt can be integrated into ones life.

The book paves the way to a healthy and holistic lifestyle.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 251 pages
• Publisher: Natural Resources, Inc. (November 20, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0974451517
• ISBN-13: 978-0974451510
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #71,604 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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70 of 74 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars this book changed my life!, January 11, 2004

By	Laika Enki (USA) - See all my reviews

I always knew we did not have to be scientists in order to know which diet to eat. I also never could believe in having to take supplements in order to give my body everything it needs, or having to spend a chunk of money. I intuited that it had to be more simple, more down to earth. This book confirmed my opinion and opened my eyes to what really matters in our nourishment and it totally makes sense; its historic, its straight forward and so simple. The scientific facts are presented clearly and easily to understand for anybody. This book gave me so much hope that it is not too late for anybody to purify and create a new healthy body, simply with living water and high quality crystal salt, which togather is pure life force. It is an exciting read from the first to the last page. My brother in law was completely healed of his terrible neuro dermatitis, which he had all over his body for 20 years, after following the simple applications of water and salt from this book. I wished everybody could read this book! and be inspired to live simply healthy and energized and prevent the visits to the doctor.
And lastly, this book has much more in store than "just" to talk about water and salt...it opens up a whole new perspective about "food" in its relation to "energy" and consciousness.

29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Overpriced And Overrated, September 6, 2007

By	Sally Atman (Redondo Beach, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have a New Age junkie friend who insisted I read "Water and Salt." If you've been awake the past ten years, you probably already know everything included. Yes, we all come from the same primordeal soup. Yes, we're made up of water and salt. Yes, we need tons of water; preferably Artesian well water. And yes, we need (quality) salt; those low-salt studies from decades ago were wrong.

If you already know all of the above and are tired of spending time and money re-reading the same information, you really don't need this book. It's very pretty. It feels good in your hands. It's romantic, in the broadest sense of the word. But if you know where to get "Original Himalayan Crystal Salt," you can order a bag for your salt shaker and read about the other uses at any of the websites that carry the product.

A quick warning: If you decide to make "sole'" (a mixture of Himalayan salt and water that you allow to set for twelve hours) and try ingesting it (one teaspoon to tablespoon in the morning), be aware that salt water is an emetic. I had a long conversation with the people at my local New Age shop last Saturday and all but one had experienced everything from mild nausea to vomiting and diarrhea using sole'. Sole' may be wonderful, and bodies might adapt, but the quasi-disclaimer about "homeopathic-like" side effects in the book doesn't begin to describe the problems some people have had.

I hope this review saves at least one person money and grief.

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 10 pages of information spread out in a whole book, January 15, 2007

By	Kristen Blunt "Recovering Handbag Addict" (Long Beach, Ca United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I can't say this book was worthless, so I gave it three stars. However, it is not a whole book's worth of information. Sure, there are lots of pretty pictures and the presentation is beautiful, otherwise they could not justify the price.
As for the content, it is helpful. I learned a little more about the specific qualities of Himalayan salt. If you are to believe this book, however, you need to buy cases of Fiji water and consume it in large quantities if you are going to get anything valueable out of the water and salt regimen. So as much as it gives information, the information they give limits your options for a good outcome.
So you buy a whole book for a little information just to learn that you need to do a lot more to gain any benefit. I just ended up feeling like it was too much trouble.