In message dated 6/2/05 6:28:55 PM,

Jan B. Hamilton writes:

The message that the film series "The American Evolution: Voices of America" is transmitting to the planet is one of truth and honor.  The story couldn't be more relevant to today's heartfelt yearning for peace, love and joy.  To return to our truth is the path to world peace which is our God-given right and privilege.  Let's join series producer, Connie Baxter Marlow in this noble effort of courage with the tenacity of her Mayflower ancestors.  The time is now. We are called to this task to preserve our noble heritage.
Jan Hamilton, Ph.D., Registered Dietitian
Cancer Guide
President and CEO of Nutritional Biomedicine
Aspen, Colorado and Plainview, Texas

Dear Connie:

Last night we saw with Emily your three wonderful DVDs! You have done a terrific work that will be shown in schools for some years to come. I am really very impressed and I thank you deeply for giving me the opportunity and the honor to be part of this noble endeavor. That is how America should be ! Hope we will see you soon!

Love,

Kyriacos

KYRIACOS C. MARKIDES has written several books about Christian mysticism, including "The Magus of Strovolos", "Homage to the Sun", "Fire in the Heart", "Riding with the Lion", "The Mountain of Silence" and his upcoming "Gifts of the Desert"(Doubleday, October 2005) .
A professor of sociology at the University of Maine, he lives in Stillwater,
Maine, with his wife, Emily.

Excerpt: E-mail from Emily Markides. 7/11/2005 :

Kyriacos is also planning to write to you soon. I loved each and every one of those DVD's - my favorite is the Thoreau tape which I will definitely show to my classes. Kyriacos was taken aback about what a wonderful editing was done to blend the words of him, the Imam and Thoreau as well as those of Arnie in such a magnificent way. May I have your permission to show them to the ESTIA fans, sometime soon? Maybe you can show them yourself when you come visit us in August?

Arnie looked so precious and dignified and you came across as a daughter of light who came in this world to rescue humanity from forgetting who we truly are: first and foremost spiritual beings and only then physical creatures.

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In a message dated 6/2/05 6:28:55 PM, Janbhamilton writes:

The message that the film series "The American Evolution: Voices of America" is transmitting to the planet is one of truth and honor.  The story couldn't be more relevant to today's heartfelt yearning for peace, love and joy.  To return to our truth is the path to world peace which is our God-given right and privilege.  Let's join series producer, Connie Baxter Marlow in this noble effort of courage with the tenacity of her Mayflower ancestors.  The time is now. We are called to this task to preserve our noble heritage.

Jan Hamilton, Ph.D., Registered Dietitian
Cancer Guide
President and CEO of Nutritional Biomedicine
Aspen, Colorado and Plainview, Texas

E-mail from Jan:
5/26/05

Connie-
Just finished DVD 2----you are a genius!!!  It is amazing work and resonates with my husband's Native American family heritage and my youngest sons priorities.  Please find part 1---I do not want to miss anything!!!!  This could heal my marriage as I develop a deeper understanding of his inner soul.
I love you,
Jan
P.S. I plan to nominate you for the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Excerpt from Letter to the Editor
Sarah Pletts, Living Arts Foundation. Aspen, Colorado
Monday June 6, 2005

Re: "Henry David Thoreau and the Evolution of the American Mind:
The Next Step." A three-day seminar. Aspen, Colorado. June 1-3, 2005

I wish to thank Connie Baxter Marlow and the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies for an enriching experience.

Bradley Dean, a noted Thoreau scholar and editor inspired me profoundly. He brings practical understanding to living now with awareness like Thoreau did in the mid nineteenth century in Concord, Massachusetts. Bradley is one of the many interesting people Connie interviews in her film series "The American Evolution." In the parts of the series I saw, the films evoke a central, contemporary philosophy about the nature of a country that truly serves all peoples. And yet these views are based in founding principles which originate with the Mayflower pilgrims and Native Americans. Recently, I have felt discouraged by current trends toward combative politics. This weekend inspired me to move forward again in a free way with respect for my neighbors and wild creatures and my surrounding environs. The seminar was a boost to the true intelligence within human beings.

 
Connie Baxter Marlow
cbm@theamericanevolution.com