Bodybuilding Wild Chaga Protein Elixir

Hey Everyone! This is Sarah Maria and I’m really excited to have the opportunity to create this blog post today!

Daniel and I didn’t want to leave you hanging for long without new information posted on the site but Daniel is unable to devote any time to his blog for a little while yet as he is on the road and busy spreading the word of Shamanic Nutrition in California! The tour is going great and there are several events left if your thinking you’d like to see Daniel do his thing live and in person!

These next 3 videos are the follow up from the last post entitled “Stalking the Wild Chaga”.

The first video covers proper drying and storage of the Chaga mushroom and preparing a decoction, with the 2nd & 3rd videos being a detailed, step by step instruction on creating an Elixir, using the wild-harvested Chaga tea as a base.

As per usual, Daniel’s delivery in these next 3 videos is flawless… Enjoy!

Daniel has a bit of an aversion to recipes….. preferring to teach the principles and process of ElixirCrafting and encouraging people to use their intuition and to create from their own unique palate, so it’s a special treat that he measured everything this time and I was able to put together the recipe for you!

I’ll let you watch the videos first though… the recipe is included at the bottom of the post.

The ElixirCraft Mastery Program is an excellent resource for understanding the concept and components of making liquid medicinal preparations and I recommend it to anyone who is embarking on the journey to Invincible Health!

Also, check out our friends at rawnatureboy.com to get an exclusive package deal on Sun Warrior Protein Powder, SurThrival Colostrum & Immortal Velvet Deer Antler!!!

For those of us living in areas where Chaga is not readily available we can substitute the Chaga tea base with any medicinal teas we are currently working with, keeping in mind that the flavor may vary slightly… but not enough to make that big of a difference.

Bodybuilding Wild Chaga Protein Elixir

6 cups wild chaga decoction (tea)
1/2 cup soaked chia seeds
1/4 cup mesquite powder
1 cup wild blueberries
3 raw eggs
1/2 cup Sun Warrior protein powder
1/2 cup SurThrival colostrum
1tblsp raw butter (or other fat source)
3 guarana seeds
1tsp vanilla powder
1/3 tsp whole leaf stevia powder (or sweetener of choice)
pinch of salt

Thanks for all your support here at DanielVitalis.com!!!!
We look forward to your comments and feedback….

Sarah Maria xo
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Feb 11, 2010 | Featured Videos, Wild Food & Water | View Comments

You Can Harvest Wild Rice!

Ever wonder where Wild Rice comes from?

These are the final two videos from the series I shot with Arthur Haines, Botonist and Wild Foods Expert and Primitive Skills Master! When he wants to eat Wild Rice he doesn’t go to the market or health food store, he goes to into the Wilds!

For much of the year Wild Rice has formed a significant part of my diet and I recommend it to my friends and clients often as a commercially available source of Wild Food!  For countless generations it served as a staple food crop to many indigenous peoples of North America.

Arthur and his crew harvest enough each season to last them through the year, and they process all of it by hand!  This is more than interesting, it is an education in how you can get started too!

Special thanks to both Arthur and the Maine Primitive Skills School for introducing me to him!  I will be taking part in a 3 day course this weekend with them on Winter Survival Skills, and I will be sure to get lots of great footage!

Also, there are just a few days left to grab your discounted tickets to Eden Hot Springs (seriously)!  Don’t miss this chance to soak in these Wild Waters!

And, if you love Arthur let him know by leaving your comments!  If all goes well we will offer a foraging class sometime this summer!

Thank You for reading this and for all your support! This is for you! ~Daniel

Jan 27, 2010 | Current Projects, Featured Videos, Wild Food & Water | View Comments

An official challenge to those who love Kombucha!

Thanks for checking back!

We are excited to bring yet another video with Wild Foods expert Arthur Haines!

This information, for me, was particularly fascinating, and I think the same is true for Arthur as well!

For centuries people have been enjoying the health benefits of the fermented beverage Kombucha, which is often mistakenly referred to a Chinese Mushroom Tea.  In truth, Kombucha, which most likely hails not from China, but from Russia, is tea that has been fermented by a “SCOBY”.  This is an acronym for a Symbiotic Colony Of Yeast and Bacteria, the strange pancake like colony of organisms that float on top of the ferment.

Typically the Kombucha begins with a steeped tea (literally the Tea plant “Camellia sinensis”) and white or “unrefined”  cane sugar.  The SCOBY, often called the “Mother” is placed into the tea where it (the yeast and bacteria) ferment the feed on the sugars and phytonutrients of the tea, fermenting it into the drink we call Kombucha.

For years I have been told that the Mother required the caffeine from the tea plant, as well as the Sucrose from the sugar.  I have seen small Kombucha projects where honey, agave, and other alternative sugar sources have been used, but they ultimately are less functional than sucrose.  The flavored and herbed Kombucha we see on the market is made first with tea, and then is infused with other plants after it is fermented.

Arthur has discovered a method that bypasses both the Tea plant as well as the Refined Sugar! What he shares here is a truly Wild food, fully medicinal, and even better tasting than what I was used to!

So, this is an official challenge to the Kombucha producers and communities to up their game!

Have a look and let us know what you think!!! ~Daniel

Oh, almost forgot!  Special thanks to Lauren Kinsey, who posted a really valuable comment after seeing the last set of videos with Arthur.  I had mentioned that wild plant harvesting by humans can actually benefit the ecosystem.  In a portion of her response Lauren’s says “I don’t understand how harvesting wild food can “benefit the ecosystem”.

I really appreciated her stepping up to ask because I know that I (and much of my generation) was raised to believe that we are inherently, by our very nature, damaging to ecosystems.  This way of seeing the world is very much in vogue today.  Arthur shares a very eloquent response;

“It does at first seem like an odd statement that collecting wild plants can actually benefit the ecosystem. But Daniel’s statement is factual. It may be hard to perceive because we simply don’t interact with wild plants as traditional cultures did, which means we lack the knowledge base to understand our role in the ecology of these organisms. Further, we have been taught to “take only pictures, leave only footprints.” This well-intentioned phrase has created a populace that no longer uses and cherishes wild species. Consequently, many do not understand their true value.

There are so many examples of beneficial human interaction it is hard to know where to begin. Consider species such as evening-primrose, a colonizer of open, disturbed places that has an edible taproot. When we gather this root, we kill the plant. However, we also till the ground when we excavate the roots, disturbing the soil and maintaining an open area–which is absolutely necessary for this species. Without repeated disturbance, the area will eventually grow in with taller plants that will shade out the evening-primrose, leading to a loss of that species at that site. When we gather edible seeds and seed-like fruits, we unintentionally scatter or drop some of them, helping the plant to disperse further than it would have otherwise. Native American practices have been shown to increase the abundance of certain species even though lethal collection was being performed. They utilized many traditional practices to ensure plants were not eradicated. Simply gathering bulbs after the seeds had formed would allow the plant to germinate in freshly tilled earth.

We really do need a shift away from the current paradigm of a hands-off approach to nature. This “look but don’t touch” attitude toward nature has been applied too extensively, and many mistakenly believe that all wild beings are better off without any human interaction. However, there exist many examples showing that conscientious use of plants by people is beneficial for those species. Further, experientially learning the uses of wild plants teaches people to value those species while also helping them to become more self-sufficient.

The simultaneous use and conservation of nature requires far more knowledge and skill than simply leaving nature alone. What might appear on the surface to be a wanton act of collection actually represents a gathering system that includes numerous safeguards to protect plants from overharvest. Abstract learning about nature (i.e., learning that doesn’t involve interaction and use) doesn’t accurately portray the value of different species. Without this knowledge, the need to preserve species can’t be fully appreciated.

Best wishes,
Arthur Haines

Jan 22, 2010 | Featured Videos, Interviews, Wild Food & Water | View Comments

Wild Elixirs of the Native Americans!

This is Wild Food expert Arthur Haines showing us his method of making the indigenous North American wild hickory nut mylk elixir!

I really love the devices he uses to process the foods he Wild Crafts.

Many are hand made and quite intentional in their design and function.

The Mortor and Pestle Arthur is using here is incredibly functional, and makes most kitchen Mortors look somewhat silly by comparison.  This is the size that I think is most functional for actual use in any traditional setting.  Years ago while traveling in South East Asia I noticed Mortors made from stone that were nearly this exact size, and they were used daily in the households of people there.

The ones that we keep in our kitchens today are usually just decorative, or at best are for small novelty jobs.  Wild crafting medicinal herbs and wild foods on any significant scale means obtaining or creating some innovative tools for processing your produce!

One thing you can sense as Arthur talks is his deep grasp of the nutritional components of the wild foods he discusses.  There is a vast difference between understanding the basic survival foods needed to stay alive while stranded in the woods, and fully understanding how the local indigenous peoples thrived on the foods of their eco-ranges for countless generations.

This awareness makes all “diets” look like unsustainable fads.  If you remove the neurotic nutritionism disorders that are plaguing humanity, there would really only be two significant diets to choose from…  Agrarian (domestic foods) or Gatherer/Hunter (wild foods).  Or of course some composite of the two.

“Modern” man is almost, with little exception, exclusively Agrarian today.  Unlike Agrarians of the past, he seems to be weakening and poisoning his food supply with a near total irreverence.

Today the world wide commercial mono-crop farming practices all around us are raising varieties of weak-gened domesticated food hybrids in conditions so toxic as to make them very unattractive as food options.  These are most often processed into nutrient deficient edible caloric non-foods.  This of course continues to weaken us just as it does our offspring and ultimately our species genetics.

Well grown Local Food is beginning to gain a foothold, though in much of the world it has become increasingly more interesting to find food from local organic growers.  Real, well grown local heirloom food appears scarce here in society at this time in history.

And yet Wild Food remains as nutritious, as tonic, and as much a delicacy as ever!

Wild Foods offer a powerful source of nutrition that is not only free, but actually benefits the ecosystem while strengthening your awareness of your relationship to it.  These foods are invariably more nutritious and therapeutic than their domesticated relatives.  Bringing them back into our lives in any amount is one of the best investments we can make in our longevity, in our strength, in our Vibrancy and Vitality.

When we use local Wild Foods we re receiving the medicines and macro-nutrient (fat, carbohydrate, protein) profiles and ratios that are particular to that species in our own climate.  Each meal is representative of the conditions of that place and to eat it places us in the interconnected web of life-forms of that ecosystem.

It is a critical time for us to remember that we are biotic too, and we are a part of a Living Organism Earth, not separate from it….

Foraging Wild Food teaches us this in a way that is experiential and far more life enhancing than merely learning about it intellectually.

It is why I share videos like these.

Thanks for making some time to read this.

Gratitude!

~Daniel

Jan 18, 2010 | Featured Videos, Interviews, Wild Food & Water | View Comments

This Guy Really Eats Wild Food!

Arthur Haines is not your average botanist!

I first met him 2 years ago at the Maine Primitive Skills Gathering…  He was dressed in buckskins and was winnowing wild rice in a pit he had dug in the ground…  I knew at that moment I had found someone I wanted to study with!

Arthur is truly a renaissance man.  He is a scientist, an author, a martial artist, a primitive skills master (He and his partner Nicole start all the fires for their wood-stove with a handrill!), and by far the greatest teacher that I have found for wild food foraging in my neck of the woods!

Every Year he leads seasonal foraging classes near his home in Maine. I took a 3 day course with him last summer and learned more in a few days than I had in years of study.  When it comes to plants, it is clear that Arthur has found his calling!

What’s more is that he truly understands how to use the plants around him.  Whether for food, fuel, fiber, or building material, his skill set never ceases to amaze me!  What I appreciate most about his teaching style is the way he so effortlessly blends his modern western science background with his deep knowledge of the indigenous uses of the species around him.

It is an honor to present this video series to you!

Thanks Arthur, and thanks to all of you who take the time! ~Daniel

Jan 15, 2010 | Featured Videos, Interviews, Wild Food & Water | View Comments

Why I am Hunting Mushrooms in the Snow?!

The Snow is getting deeper here in the Mountains of the North East!

But…  That is not enough to stop the Wild Forage and Medicine Craft!  In fact, it becomes all the more fun!
I am so enamored by these snow white crystals of solid state water that adorn the ground here.  The purity of the winter air, the stillness and quietude of the Northern forests in January, this is why I inhabit this latitude of the Earth!

The Quest for Mushroom of Immortality has been one of those most Healing and Transformative paths of my Journey.  It has lead me into the Wilds, and into relationship with a unique Kingdom of Life…  the Fungi.

These, the Medicinal Mushrooms, which are actually a distinct class of species known as the ”Polypores” contain structural components that are often called “polysaccharides”.  This term means “many sugars”, and refers to a long-chain sugar that they use to construct their “Fruit Bodies”, which is the term for the mushroom itself.

To put this into perspective, keep in mind that wood is made from cellulose, which is also a long-chain sugar, one that we humans lack an enzyme to digest.  It is likely that the building you are reading this in is made of sugar.  The whole of the forest is made of sugar!  Interesting, right?

Mushrooms, unlike plants, form their cell wall out of Chitin, another long chain sugar.  This sugar is the building material not only for fungal cell walls, but for the exoskeletons of insects, shrimp, lobsters, crabs, and even the beaks of squid!

It, just like cellulose, is also indigestible to humans and this is why we are unable to digest raw mushrooms.  This is not to say that they can not be eaten, but rather that we have no means of breaking through their cell wall to liberate the nutrients from within.

They sort of just pass right through…
Now, what does this have to do with Medicine, and what makes these mushrooms so “Medicinal”?

Inside the chitinous cell wall are another class of polysaccharides known as “Beta-Glucans“.  These long-chain, complex sugar molecules are “Biological Response Modifiers”.  They have the ability to alter function in the body in way that is referred to as “Adaptogenic“.

Essentially, Beta-Glucans modulate the immune system, by lowering the overactive (auto-immune) Immune System, and stimulating the under-active (immuno-deficient) Immune System.

In otherwords they assist the body in adapting to its own unique circumstances.  This is very different from pharmaceuticals or even herbal immuno-stimulants which simply excited the nervous system.  Mushrooms lead to adaptation…  and adaptation is evolution…  Mushrooms ‘evolve’ your Immune System.  And this is becoming increasingly critical in this Brave New World we are living in!

Over time, experimentation, and intimate experience with these Organsims, I have come to see the Medicinal Mushrooms as Immune System “Re-Educators”.  The complex Sugar Molecules they contain re-train our Immune Systems to better clean away the viral, fungal, and bacterial load the our bodies have been dealing with.

Beyond this they work to ‘Tonify’ the Liver, Scavenge and Destroy Cancer and Tumor Cells, speed Wound Healing, reduce the likelihood of Infection, and so much more.

Of course you are thinking, ‘how do I get these sugars into my body?’  Well remember, first we have to get them out of the cell.

There are many products on the market that are made from “crushed” or “tinctured” (extracted in Ethanol) mushrooms.  Most are not the Fruit Body at all, but rather, they are made form the Mycelia.

The “Fruit Body” is the portion of the Fungus we think of when we picture a Mushroom.  This is in fact the fruit, much like the apple on the tree.  The ‘Tree’ itself, or in this case the Fungal body is called the Mycelia, and it is a delicate filament system that is embedded in the ‘Substrate” that it is growing in.  In the case of Medicinal Mushrooms this is usually, in Nature at least, Trees.

Today, because of recent advances in Fungal Farming, these Mushrooms can now be grown indoors.  All to often they are being grown on substrates like commercially grown rice, which may produce mushrooms that look healthy but do not constitute the natural food for these organisms.  Many of the products that people have been buying do not contain the fruit body at all, but rather the mycelium biomass, and this is often simply crushed or alcohol extracted.  Unfortunately neither process liberates the Beta-Glucans from the Chitinous Cell Wall, and so, from the perspective of Immuno-Modualtion, these products are all but useless.

The obvious question is this…  ”How do we best access these Beta-Glucans for use?” Its one our ancestors asked as well…  And here is what they discovered.

The Chinese and all those who followed used exclusively the Wild Fruit Bodies of these highly biologically active species.  Many of us follow suit today.  I have been Wild-Crafting these species for years, and have led walks and retreats around North America so that others can learn too.

This is a highly rewarding pursuit, and in my mind, one of the parts of the healing that can occur from working with Mushrooms. I always recommend that people use medicines that are growing wild in the eco-range that they are a part of. These organisms are producing medicine in response to their own needs within their eco-system, as well as to meet the needs of the ecosystem itself. Since your immune system needs are, in part, a reflection of the demands of your eco-system, the wild species from your area obviously represent the best medicines possible for you.

Still, there are many people who desperately need medicines of this caliber.  There are Mushroom Formulas on the market that are made properly, and work so well that I would stake my reputation on them.

First let me just say, no matter where you get them, here are a few basic requirements for any Medicinal Mushroom formula that you purchase.

~They must be made from Fruit Bodies.  The scientificaly validated research on Mushrooms is largely based on Fruit Bodies extractions, not bulk Mycelia.  Mycelia products are often mixed with their substrates.  You end up buying the corn or rice they were grown on.  There is literally thousands of years of history using Fruit Bodies, there is virtually no history using Mycelia.

~They must be Hot Water Extracted.  The Beta Glucans are held within a rigidly locked structure of Chitin.  It is like the sheets particle board that is used to build a house.  If you wanted to remove the particles from the board you would have to dissolve the glue that is binding them together.  This glue (chitin) is hot water soluble, but will not dissolve into alcohol.  This is why tinctures of medicinal don’t work.

The research on Medicinal Mushrooms has been largely (if not completely) done using Hot Water Extracts (tea) and this is critical for the extraction of the Beta Glucan Fraction of the fruit-body.

~A combination Hot Water and Ethanol extraction is even better when working with single formula mushrooms like Reishi and Chaga, and this is because of the Alcohol Soluble Fraction found within them.  This is largely the “Triterpine” complex, and these molecules are responsible for many of the Adaptogenic properties of these species.

When I produce medicine at home with my Wild Harvested Specimens, I do both Hot Water and Ethanol extracts and then combine them.  This makes for the most complete formula, and is the full compliment of medicines.  Remember, if you can only get one extraction you definitely want the Hot Water Extract, not tinctures or mycelium biomass.

My company, SurThrival has created just such a line of Mushrooms, we call it Immortality Quest! In fact we feel it is the best available anywhere on this scale. Our single species formulas are from Wild (Chaga) or Log Grown (Reishi) Fruit Bodies which have been both Hot Water and Ethanol extracted, and then spray dried.  The resulting powder is in capsules, and there are a full 150 caps to a bottle (this is a double sized container).

Our “Synergy” Formula consists of 5 Wood Grown species and is designed for those who are looking for the synergistic effects of a mushroom combination. This is in response to much of the cancer research that has shown that a broad spectrum of Beta Glucans is most beneficial.

I personally use all 3 formulas, in addition to using the mushrooms I Wild Craft and Prepare.  They have become a powerful ally in my Immuno-Strategy, and have provided me with an Adaptability that has left me fearless of the colds and flu’s that circulate throughout the population.

I also feel that relationship with these species will become even more critical as we face the many impending consequences of the industrial pollution, emerging disease, and powerful biome/climate shifts that are underway.

Adaptability is the name of the Game for those who want to Thrive in the Coming Age.

That is why I have called my company “SurThrival”.  It is about more than Surviving…  It is about Thriving.  Thriving no matter what the circumstances, no matter what the mass population is facing.

There are medicines that occur here on Earth, naturally that can assist us through whatever transitions the world is facing.  I believe Mushrooms are principle amongst these!

So, now you know why I am trekking through the snow to gather Wild Mushrooms, and why I have created a company to meet the Immuno-Needs of my Community!

To Your Invincible Health!

~Daniel

P.S. Last year Sarah Maria and I led a Wild Mushroom Foraging Retreat in the Kootenay Mountains outside of Nelson BC.  We studied Mushrooms, Harvested them, made medicine out of them, and more…  If you are interested in doing something like this, post a comment below to let us know!

Jan 07, 2010 | Wild Food & Water | View Comments

Help Us Build “Find A Spring” in 2010!

Are You Drinking Raw Living Spring Water???

First, I just want to personally Thank Everyone who helped us build Find A Spring over the course of 2009!  Also, a Very Special Thanks to Heidi and JS from Raw Food Right Now, who have helped me build this Wonderful Free Re-Source!

Lets make it even Bigger, even Better, in 2010!  When you find new Springs, click submit on the site, and enter Your Source!

The website is doing Great, and is becoming the re-source (’source’ is the French word for Spring) for those of us who Love to drink Raw Living Spring Water! Lets do what has never been done before!  Lets create a place where Everyone, Around the World can find access to Fresh, Clean, Charged Living Spring Water for Free!  Direct from the Source.  I envision a day where anyone can access Bubbling Springs anywhere they are by just visiting this Free Website!

In this time of World Wide Water Shortage, visiting Springs is a new option, one that so many people have overlooked.  Its not for everyone, but it might be for you (I bet it is)! I have personally found it to be the Single Most Transformative practice that I have ever undertaken.  Building my Blood from the blood of the Earth, unprocessed, unadulterated.  Going to the Earth, no intermediary, just me and the Mother!

FindASpring.com, Go to the Source!

~Daniel

P.S.    I have just put up a new FAQ on the site to answer your questions about Spring Water!  Let me know what you think of it!

Dec 31, 2009 | Current Projects, Wild Food & Water | View Comments

Wild Food and Wild Water Retreat in Peru!

Its the trip of a lifetime….  
In the Autumn of  2010, I am am embarking on a most exciting adventure!

I will be facilitating 3 Wild Food Tours in the Jungles of Peru, August 5th, 19th, and September 2nd!

The RawFlora Wild Food Journey in ledgendary Peru!

This trip is so comprehensive that I will only be able to describe a few of the highlights here!

We are traveling into the jungle to explore the Wild Foods and Medicines of the most bio-diverse region of the world, the Amazon!

Native biologists, shamans, and wild food experts will lead us through the most nourishing, exciting and informative eco-adventure of our lives!

Hot springs, waterfalls, coca,cacao, wild food and wild medicine, and yes, even an optional Ayahuasca ceremony!  Herbal steam baths, guided hikes through forests and eco-gardens, native markets, and lodging in Peru’s eco-friendly Manu Learning Center!

You will have to view the itinerary to believe it!  I am still amazed!

Click HERE for the Raw Flora
Wild Food Journey Itinerary

I am also very excited to visit the markets and meet the locals!  Peruvian Alpaca garments are the best in the world, and my poncho, hat and gloves all come from there.  It is so great to get them locally and for the amazing prices that can only be had on such a visit!  Yay, gear!

This is your chance to meet the Superfoods, Medicinal Herbs, and Psychoactive plants of South America right there where they live and grow!

These retreats are limited to 10 people and they are already filled!  Contact info@rawflora to get on the waiting list!

~Daniel

OH, Wait!!! Did I mention that there is an optional trip to Machu Picchu?  I almost forgot.  There is an option to arrive on the early for a trip to the Ancient Incan City of Machu Picchu!  This has been a dream of mine for ages!  See you there?

Dec 04, 2009 | Current Projects, Wild Food & Water | View Comments

Raw Water is HERE!!!

A Quest for the Elixir of Life

Several years ago I set off on a Quest of sorts.
It all began with one question (Quest-I-On)….

What is the optimal drinking Water for the
people of the modern world?

I began, like most of us, consuming lifeless tap Water.

As I came to an understanding of the chemical treatment of tap water (I now call it “tap liquid”) I inevitably switched over to bottled Water.

Bottled Waters come with their own set of issues, most namely plastic. Not only the issue of plastic bottles accumulating in landfills around the world, but more close to home, plastics accumulating in our bodies. I came to understand that plastics were “bio-accumulating” in the body fat of human beings, and wreaking havoc on our reproductive systems, secondary sex characteristics, and possibly contributing to epidemic infertility issues.

That’s when I began my study of the Springs

Left very confused about what was the optimal Water, the search continued. It led me to the eventual conclusion that Water from the pure Springs of the Earth was our optimal drinking Water. In fact this is the only clean, pure, and uncontaminated Water left on Earth!

The process that renders Mountain Spring Water so perfect for human consumption cannot be replicated by filtration. And though many so called “spring waters” begin in a fairly pristine state, they rarely make it to market in this way.

Unfortunately the treatment that bottled “Spring Water” goes through damages and distorts this water dramatically, as well as contaminates it with plastics in the bottling process.

This led to the construction of “Find A Spring” the world’s first database of natural drinking Water Springs.  This user built database allows people to find springs in their area where they can get source water free for themselves directly from the Earth. Still, this option is challenging to those who live in urban centers, those with busy lifestyles, and those in the drier parts of the world.

Why Raw Water?

For over 2 years now I have been sharing information about Water with the public. My studies have taken me far beyond the simple chemical understanding of the purity of Water (the H2O molecule), and into the science of liquid Water Crystallization or the “Structure” of Water.

This is what has led me to the conclusion that pure, untreated, natural, or “Raw Water” from uncontaminated Mountain Springs is the most bio-compatible Water for human beings. Water is so much more than the sum of its parts, and while all Waters may look the same to the naked, unaided eye, this is far from the case.

You see, Water, like many other substances, can have its molecules (the “H2O’s”) arranged in very different ways. While it will still present the same external appearance, that of a clear liquid, its internal properties have shifted. Namely its Internal Formation (or “In-Formation”)

A Metaphor

Allow me to offer a metaphor.  Carbon is the only ingredient in the Diamond crystal, the hardest substance on Earth.  It’s beautiful crystalline structure is what makes this Carbon (“C’s”) into a clear gemstone of the highest value.

Carbon atoms (the same little “C’s”) are also the only ingredient in graphite, or common “pencil lead”.  This soft, brittle, and smudging substance is the exact chemical composition as diamond, though its properties are radically different.

What makes the difference between the shimmering clear hard, and dense gem and the soft, brittle and charcoal-like black pencil “lead” is the arrangement of the Carbon atoms (C’s), not the ingredients themselves.

Water is very similar

Although all Water is made from “H2O’s”, the arrangement of these H2O’s is critical to the life enhancing or life reducing properties of a particular Water.
Water is a “Liquid Crystal”, and its molecular arrangements, as much or even more than its “chemical purity” is what determines its quality, and its ability to hydrate, cleanse, and heal the human body.

This emerging science will have tremendous impacts on how we perceive, distribute, and even relate to Water as a civilization in the coming years.

Water is like a Hard Drive

One of the most shocking understandings coming to light is that waters “structure” works something like memory, and even when filtered (a process that removes “chemical contaminants” only) it retains the “structural properties” of the polluted water that it once was, transferring the “data” of pollution to the body.

Because the Water molecules (H2O’s) are arranged “IN the Formation” of polluted Water, they transmit the “In-Formation” of polluted water. This is one reason why filtered Waters (and filtered bottled waters) seem like they never really satisfy the body’s hydration needs.

Endorsing a Source

For years now I have been asked to endorse specific Waters, Water filters and/or restructuring devices, however my personal love of Water coupled with my personal integrity kept me from being able to do this.  There simply wasn’t something that I felt I could get behind.  Instead I created Find A Spring , a resource where people can find local (and free) springs in their area where they can get natural, unfiltered, pure, and well structured Raw Water for themselves direct from the source…. the Earth!

I am a believer in Nature as the ultimate expression of technology, and have serious doubts about any “Water Purification/Treatment” device’s ability to replicate the Natural Treatment that Mountain Spring Water receives in its incubation in the aquifers of the deep Earth.

I believe in Natural Source Mountain Spring Water

Still, where ever I went there were people for whom this was not a viable option, and I searched for some way to bring them Water with the Life Enhancing properties of Raw Mountain Springs.  Now that opportunity is here!

Right in my own backyard!

I have now teamed up with Summit Springs (right here where I live in Maine!) to bring you “Raw Water”, the very first unfiltered and untreated, unadulterated, structured and pristine Glass Bottled Water in the world!

This is literally the closest thing to visiting a pristine mountain spring yourself that can be purchased anywhere.  It is, after all, literally the foundational, nutritional need of all life forms on Earth!

Because it’s Your Blood!

Remember, the Water that you drink becomes, within minutes, the blood in your veins.  Its quality is of foremost importance!  What is the source of the Water of your blood, of your “internal ocean”?  What is more important to your health than the 75% of your body volume that is the Water you drink?  What is the quality of the Water you are made of?

Having this opportunity,
to bring to market the first
“Raw Water” is more than
just an exciting opportunity;
it is a humbling honor and responsibility.

Working together with Summit
Spring on this unprecedented project is amongst the most gratifying experiences
of my life!

More than just delivering Raw Water, we are delivering the “In-Formation” of the unique and pristine Source at Summit Spring. We are ensuring the purity and sanctity of this ancient geological formation, and protecting it from exploitation by multi-national corporate greed.  It is a stewardship, and represents the greatest honor and responsibility of my life and career.

Our goal is so much more than bringing a new and unique product to the market. It is our mission to usher in a new paradigm.  Raw Water represents a much-needed shift in the current human perception of Water, of sustainable distribution, and of responsible stewardship.

Your support clearly and quantifiably demonstrates that people are sincerely interested in, and genuinely committed to a movement towards these ideals.

Thank You for Your support in this all-important Shift!

I sincerely believe that you will immediately perceive the Qualitative difference that our Summit Spring sourced Raw Water delivers!

To your Health and the Health of our EcoSphere!

In closing I would like to invite you to visit the Summit Spring website for tonnes more information about this magnificent Source!

~Daniel Vitalis

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Prima Materia

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