Craig Carpenter Downer's large collection of poems, journal entries, and essays, is the work of a devoted lifelong naturalist and adventurer. -BlueInk Wonder-Streams of the Soul is a beautiful inspiring collection of poems and philosophical passages accompanied by exquisite images-all reaped from a lifetime of vast, diverse, and treasured experiences and insights! Its conceptions confront life's most crucial dilemmas and are soul-liberating. They draw upon profound lessons of the past while simultaneously tapping future-oriented visions. The book unites imagination and visions of the soul with workings of logic and revelations of science. As befits life's true nature, it marvelously brings heart and mind together. By uniting diverse even opposite facets, it opens a beautiful vision of hope for all life's future by which to guide our steps. Conceived by a keen, truth-seeking intelligence as well as an exquisite moral and aesthetic sense, Wonder-Streams of the Soul blossoms with meanings that cry out for recognition today and that can be brought to life by anyone humbly open to receiving them by means of the power and majesty of words.