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When William died he left thousands of pages of written material, hundreds of hours of cassette and video tape. If you knew William, you'll know the depth of his knowledge and our hope to capture a fragment of that information.

The process of preserving and publishing this legacy is ongoing. In this space, the Archive will be making available some audio and video material from William's years with us.

Proceeds from the sale of this material go directly to supporting future publication of William's work, and it is our only source of income. Thank you for your support!

OUR NEW CD OFFERING

We're going on now to an Herbwalk seminar from July 1991 (Set Number 11 of 20), a two-part set of 10 CDs. See the notes below for a glimpse of the wide-ranging topics covered.

This seminar was given in Massachusetts and is one of three Herbwalks we have in the Archive. It documents William teaching where he most liked to be: camping in the forest, among the Green Ones. There are some indoor sessions, some outdoors, and (thank you Ann Mooney) even a lunchtime dialog.

The discs are Archival Audio, including one session during a thunderstorm. Great ambiance.

The protective “bookshelf” case includes extensive notes on topics discussed, making location of material for later reference as simple as using a book index. (See excerpts below…)

There are two fragments of William's “Manhole Cover” paintings on the case, and a photo from the year of the seminar. The discs themselves are abstracted versions of the manhole covers, through which to go… deeper…

We've had to raise the price of these sets slightly, with the experience of the first round of shipping, etc. Still a bargain, and still all volunteer. Our goal is simply to get the information out into the world.

EXCERPTS FROM THE LINER NOTES:

Track 1 (23 min.): Ulcers, stomach acid, slippery elm, stress, wild oat seed, chamomile, skullcap, diet.

Track 2 (46 min.): Diet, lung, Tang Xi Gong, bupleurum, sedatives, herpes, strengthening lungs, hyssop, anemia, building blood, nettles and rehmannia, nail diagnosis for the blood, questions in diagnosis, yin deficiency, liver/gall bladder imbalance and chronic fatigue, hormonal imbalances, diet.

Track 1 (25 min.): Facial diagnosis practicum continued, lung signs, more five element signs, inherited/genetic factors, students read William's face.

Track 2 (25 min.): Students read William's face (continued), William does his own reading; qualities in facial features, organ/five element issues, colon, immune system, excretory functions, Crohn's disease, candida.

Track 1 (22 min.): Candida, formula preparation, tinctures vs. formulas, pimples: from toxicity, blood heat/PH imbalance, or small intestine imbalance.

Track 2 (46 min.): Berberis, skin problems, hormonal/menstrual-related acne, green clay compress, sliced onion and moxa, stories from William's practice, nervous/adrenal issues, taking patient histories, grief, lungs, talking with the basic selves.

Track 1 (46 min.): Birth trauma, asthma, cayenne and mullein, organ energetics, ancestral and constitutional issues, ginseng, iridology.

Track 2 (23 min.): Tonifying lungs, questions, nervines: chamomile, skullcap, motherwort, hawthorn; glandular and hormonal interrelationships, menopause, making herbal preparations.

Track 1 (22 min.): Preparations and extractions, nervines, spilanthes, bowel nervines: wild cherry, evening primrose, coriander, laxative formula; aromatics, kidney issues.

Track 2 (46 min.): (Outdoor Session:) Uterine nervines, pain. William interviews students: recommendations for tonifying wei qi, stimulating gall bladder.

FACIAL DIAGNOSIS POSTERS

We now have available the great Facial Diagnosis poster William had made for his classes. He hired a police artist to draw facial combination-types to his specifications and listed characteristic traits including indicated emotional, mental and physical health issues.

High quality offset printing on heavyweight matte paper. 28" x 22" (71x56 cm) Shipped rolled.

OUR FIRST OFFERING

We're beginning with one of the later seminars (Number 15 out of 20), Lectures from January 2002 in a two-part set of 12 CDs. See the notes below for a glimpse of the wide-ranging topics covered.

This seminar begins the last series that William taught, sharing the rich amalgam of his 30 years accumulated wealth of knowledge with an intimate group of students in New York.

The discs are Archival Audio, recorded “rough in the field”, capturing William's style and wit in free-ranging discussions and lectures. We have enhanced the recordings somewhat and added brief musical grace-notes to improve continuity between tapes, or when gaps resulted from tape-to-digital transfer.

The protective "bookshelf" case includes extensive notes on topics discussed, making location of material for later reference as simple as using a book index. (See excerpts below…)

There are two fragments of William's “Manhole Cover” paintings on the cover, and as our offerings progress we'll be using photos of William keyed in time to the Audio within. The discs themselves are abstracted versions of the manhole covers, many little black-and-white plates, through which to go… deeper…..

EXCERPTS FROM THE LINER NOTES:

Track 1 (46 min.): Introductions, climactic elements, lungs and Po, congenital qi deficiency, assessing lung qi, palpation, lung yin deficiency, allergies and aversion responses.

Track 2 (23 min): Allergies, bee-sting therapy, basics of the Chinese origin of the Triangle system, astringent tonics, upper respiratory tonics, aromatics, goldenrod.

Track 1 (23 min.): Bee-sting therapy, allergies, wind-cold and wind-heat pathology, symptoms and remedies.

Track 2 (46 min.): Wind-heat and wind-cold continued, relative strength of herbs in formulas, phlegm and mucous obstructions, juniper for phlegm removal, prevention of environmental diseases, high-altitude assistance, removal of resins, osha root, anaphylactic shock, fingernail & finger diagnosis.

Track 1 (45 min.): Acid reflux, soothing esophagus, protecting and repairing the upper GI lining, heat, blood heat, blood purifiers, skin problems.

Track 2 (23 min.): Blood Purifiers (cont'd), building blood to clean blood, ear infections, toxicity, dental issues, diurnal patterns, tonics, reactions to herbs, story about mandrake as a purgative, ginseng.

Track 1 (23 min.): Ginseng (cont'd), vomiting, emetics, toxic remedies and reference material for same.

Track 2 (46 min.): Toxic purgatives, aromatic oils, thuja, healing with food and lifestyle, endocrine imbalances and insufficiencies, schisandra (wu wei zhe), Chinese methods of processing herbs, joints, connective tissue and yoga, gotu kola.

If you prefer to refrain from credit cards and/or the Internet, you can order by check or money order. Send same including shipping fee and address to WLSArchive, 140 East 28th Street #1F, New York, NY 10016, or call Moira Brown at 212-252-2808.

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