Written by a Coptic teacher with both Arawak Indian and traditional African roots, this unique guide to ritual healing and cleansing baths begins by declaring all water holy-the basis of all life on our planet. From Javanese ritual bathing to bless an expectant mother to the Indian custom of bathing in the Holy Ganges, to more recent traditions like the baptism of Jesus, here are baths that mingle water with herbs, salts, minerals, oils, psalms, astrology and more.