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2022 Montaigne Medal Winner and Finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Awards Grand Prize.
Quickwater Oracles is a new kind of book for me, a collection of channels from 2018 and 2019,
when I began practicing as a conscious channel.


All my life I’ve had experiences of merging with the natural world. My most authentic poetry originated in flashes from left field – craft came later, during revision. In 2018 I decided to train as a conscious channel in order to understand and direct this kind of experience. I was astonished by how quickly the doors flew open. Channeling was easy and delicious and wide-ranging. Each consciousness, each “voice,” was unique. And despite my despair at the state of the world, these messages were filled with exuberant celebration of what is. With this book, I hope to share the loving, joyous, infinitely larger perspective they conveyed.

RUTH THOMPSON TALKS ABOUT QUICKWATER ORACLES: PART 1 / PART 2

READ THE REVIEWS FOR QUICKWATER ORACLES HERE

The natural world speaks—no, sings—through Ruth Thompson’s poetic channelings in Quickwater Oracles, inviting us into the playful paradox of holding our identities lightly while rejoicing in each embodiment’s distinctive voice. An accomplished, late-in-life author from a scientific and skeptical family discovers the delightful surprise of relinquishing the ego’s strivings, to be more like the pine trees who whisper, “All is for no reason. It is for pleasure. It is for itself knowing itself.”

— Jendi Reiter, editor of WinningWriters.com and author of Bullies in Love and Two Natures.

She has allowed herself to embrace a world she doesn’t know, the world of channeling, of deep spirits, of all that earth is, ancient and true.
Esther Cohen
Author of Overheard
Feels like reading Rumi or Lakshminkara or Julian of Norwich. […] Do I understand channeling? No. Yet whenever I return to Quickwater I find myself happy in ways I can’t explain. Read it. You’ll never be the same.
Mary Johnson
An Unquenchable Thirst
What a book! What a way to use the presence of one’s life! Thank you, Ruth.
Ailia Mira
Artist and Conscious Channel
This slow build toward jubilance makes the collection crackle with energy. […] The book’s more imagery-centered poems, with their visual descriptions, are spectacular. […] An inspiring, thought-provoking collection of spiritual poetry that will carry the heart, mind, and soul toward broader, more open horizons.
Foreword Reviews
August 2021
[…] Should be considered for any literary collection, and a recommended pick for philosophy, self-help, and creative writers and readers. The fervor of its voice, the unconventional pieces that eschew propriety for passion, and the many insights into personal power and integrity that wind through these reflections are poignant, revealing, and powerful.
Midwest Book Review, Donovan’s Bookshelf
October 2021
Each piece reinforces that everything is connected, that living in the moment is enough, that love for oneself and all things will bring joy, which is the natural state of the Universe.
BlueInkReview
August 2021
A philosophical, nature-minded collection of free verse … idiosyncratic, unconventional poems and a mind-bending exploration of what the world could look like with some creative reorienting. Takeaway: This joyful collection of free verse poses challenging alternative views of nature and humanity in a compact, unique style. 4 stars.
Publishers Weekly, Booklife
November 2021
This is very different than anything I’ve ever read before, and I adore it. It made me feel the way I did when I was a child exploring the woods behind my great-grandparents’ home, searching for something magical.
Haley Jade Hanson
Goodreads Reviewer
[Quickwater] invites us into the playful paradox of holding our identities lightly while rejoicing in each embodiment’s distinctive voice. An accomplished, late-in-life author from a scientific and skeptical family discovers the delightful surprise of relinquishing the ego’s strivings … like the pine trees who whisper, ‘All is for no reason. It is for pleasure. It is for itself knowing itself.’”
Jendi Reiter
Author of Bullies In Love and Made Man
Here are songs, conversations, and meditations so engaging that you may find yourself seeking a similar path to freedom and expansion of spirit.
Judith Slater
PhD, Clinical Psychologist
Reads like a conversation with your wise elder. […] Inspiration for daily life and beyond.
Helané Wahbeh
ND, MCR, Author of The Science of Channeling, IONS Director of Research
A delightful companion for daily meditation, writing, and discussion. Refreshingly unsentimental, vivid, and lyrical; reminiscent of Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights [and] Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s World of Wonders, and Robert MacFarlane & Jackie Morris’s Lost Spells.
Two Fine Crows Books
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