A near death experience awakened Carol E. Parrish-Harra Ph.D. to new awareness in l965. After leaving a business career, Dr. Parrish began her studies of transformation and ancient wisdom; and entered the ministry. With a deepening inner life and study of church history Carol came to believe in the value of each tradition having much to give us. She and her husband are the founders of the intentional community of Sparrow Hawk Village, at Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Among Dr. Parrish's many honors are the 2005 International Nebolsin Medal for outstanding service in the field of education for the common good of humanity and the 1997-98 Earl Award for Religious Futurist of the Year for "exceptional achievement in the field of religious futures activities." She was especially cited for organizing the 1996-97 international conferences for the World Network of Religious Futurists in India, the U.S.A., and England, The author of fourteen books and courses, Dr. Parrish delights in speaking, workshops, and writing. She continues to research fascinating mysteries to which the world is now awakening. She delights in finding correlations between teachings of one wisdom system and another to help us gain new insights to the higher plan for humanity. As she researched South American Mysteries, Carol Parrish took a number of student groups to experience for themselves an introduction to this exciting and stirring study and to discover links that bring humanity together in an emerging Oneness. Embracing the Mayan mysteries and integrating them with other schools of thought has been a joy to Carol Parrish as she watches new doorways of understanding be shared. She says, as the Maya teach, we must "Remember to Remember". --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.