I Vladimir Megre ANASTASJIA The Ringing Cedars Series Book I Translated from the Russian by John Woodsworth Edited by Leonid Sharashkin Ringing Cedars Press Columbia, Missouri, USA Anastasia by Vladimir Megre Translation, Translator's Preface and footnotes by John Woodsworth Editing, Editor's Afterword, footnotes, design and layout by Leonid Sharashkin Cover art by Alexander Razboinikov Front cover font: ShangriLaNF by Nick Curtis Copyright 2005 Vladimir Megre Copyright 2005 Leonid Sharashkin, translation Copyright 2005 Leonid Sharashkin, preface, afterword, footnotes Copyright 2005 Leonid Sharashkin, cover art Copyright 2005 Leonid Sharashkin, design and layout All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review, without permission in writing from the publisher. Library of Congress Control Number 2004II6185 First edition, 2005 Published by Ringing Cedars Press www.RingingCedars.com Contents Translator's Preface ............................... . ..vii 1. The ringing cedar ............... . . ............. 1 2. Encounter. . ............................ . .17 3. Beast or Man? .......................... . . ............ 23 4. Who are they? .................... 26 5. A forest bedroom ... 31 6. Anastasia's morning..... ...... .................. .32 7 Anastasia's ray...... ......................... 35 8. Concert in the taiga ........................... 42 9. Who lights a new star?48 10. Her beloved dachniks .......................... 60 II. Advice from Anastasia The seed as physician Who gets stung by bees? Hello, Morning! Evening routine ...................64 It will prepare everything by itself 12. Sleeping under one's star.. . ....................... 75 13. A helper and mentor for your child ............. 77 14. Forest school .................................................. 82 15. Attentiveness to Man ................................ 84 16. Flying saucers? Nothing extraordinary!. .89 17. The brain - a supercomputer ..................... 94 VI BOOK I: ANASTASIA 18. "In him was life; and the life was the light of men" .. 102 19. The need to change one's outlook on the world ....... 105 20. A mortal sin .... . ... 108 21. Touching Paradise ... . ....................... 112 22. Who will bring up our son?. . ....... u6 23. Through a window of time . . ................................. ][20 24. A strange girl ... . .... 122 25. Bugs ............................................. . . ................. .130 26. Dreams - creating the future ............. . . ...... H33 27. Across the dark forces' window of time .. 28. Strong people ............... . . .. 154 29. Who are you, Anastasia? ... 164 30. Author's message to readers ............................... [68 31. Author's message to entrepreneurs ... Dreams coming true. Editor's Mterword ... The Ringing Cedars Series at a glance .. Readers' reviews .. . ........ 195 . ............ 201 .... 204 Vladimir Megre The Ringing Cedars Series English translation by John Woodsworth III Book I Anastasia (ISBN 0-9763333-0-9) Book 2 The Ringing Cedars of Russia (ISBN 0-9763333+7) 4& Book 3 The Space of Love (ISBN 0-9763333-2-5) Book 4 Co-creation (ISBN 0-9763333-3-3) e Book 5 Who Are We? (ISBN 0-9763333-4-1)