Elixir: In the Valley at the End of Time

People and Nature are vulnerable if separated, but strong when living together. But how strong are they and how long will they survive to care and cure each other and to bring the elixir of life? And what is this Elixir that can make our lives better and longer? Where it comes from and who brings it to us? Is it just a magic herb or it is more than that?The book is entertaining, educational and very much humane, offering real human stories of ordinary people who work and live in the mountain and whose knowledge on the curing magics of Nature Kapka has captured in the book, along with the legends and rituals of those people. Kapka has done a tremendous amount of research (perhaps more than a whole PhD study!) and offers her findings to us in a literary way. She lived for a while with the people in an area of the Balkans , which is historically and still currently, the richest in Europe of natural elexir, in order to tell us more about that from personal experience. We find little literary gems in every paragraph, along with learning about the curing secrets of Nature and the enduring human nature of those people who live there. The Book is also full of unexpected situations, some of them presented with a fine sense of humour.The book is unique and perhaps a new genre of a literary and poetic writing about people, places, nature and new knowledge as a result of extensive research. It is about people and Nature living together, as there is no other alternative to preserve life on this planet. It is suitable and recommended to open-minded readers who would really appreciate that.

Dark, unpleasant book.