The Voice of Soap Lake

Sunset Over Ice

2009-03-09T18:57:00.000-07:00

This is Soap Lake today. Notice the darker area of the lake is ice. The white spot mid-screen is the full moon.

Soap Lake's Winter Wonderland

2009-01-04T08:52:00.000-08:00

2008-08-24T13:25:00.000-07:00

People come from all over the world to enjoy my healing mud. The best mud is smooth as butter. Be prepared for a strong mineral smell but it goes away when the mud dries. You won't believe how good you feel afterwards. Wonderful for skin disorders too.

Solstice Inauguration

2008-06-13T15:34:00.000-07:00

"Solstice Inauguration"

$350,000 sculpture/sundial nears completion

The Soap Lake Garden Club and Soap Lake Chamber of Commerce are hosting the “Solstice Inauguration” celebrating the final journey of the “Calling the Healing Waters” sculpture/sundial.

At high noon a marker will be placed in the ground indicating where to set the 12:00 PM hour marker on the Promontory Plaza showcasing the sculpture. This is so the shadow from the topmost feather on the sundial falls on that hour marker. The Summer Solstice is the only day of the year to accurately set a sundial. Sort of like Stonehenge.

Astronomer James Hamm from Big Bend Community College will explain the significance of the solstice. We hope you can join in this community celebration to observe this important step before beginning construction.

Date: June 21
Time: 11:30 AM
Location: Beeks Amphitheater,
East Beach Park,
Soap Lake, WA

Directions: Hwy 17 to Soap Lake;
turns into Daisy; park is on west
side of street. Plenty of parking

Contact: Dorothy Downing, 246-1685

Artist site rendering of Promontory Plaza (to scale).
http://www.soaplakehealingsculpture.com/
© 2008 Soap Lake Garden Club

Global Consciousness and the GaiaField Project

2008-03-19T07:49:00.000-07:00

Projects like these will continue to transform the planet and its inhabitants in wonderfully positive ways. Somehow my healing waters will play a part in this grand scheme.

Thank you Michel Bauwens for posting the following on your site.

The vision of the GaiaField Project is to support the emergence of a large, resilient, multi-hub network of spiritual leaders and their constituencies who will regularly participate in and co-create large-scale global meditation and prayer vigils.

David Nicol, What is the GaiaField Project? :

“Many people intuitively recognize the power of uniting millions of people from diverse spiritual traditions around the globe in meditation and prayer for peace.
Several well-organized global meditation and prayer events, such as the Harmonic Convergence of 1987, the GaiaMind meditation of 1997, James Twyman’s “Great Experiments” and the annual International Day of Peace Vigil have involved hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people. Numerous research studies have documented consistent, significant correlations between the presence of large groups of meditators and improvements in social indicators such as crime rates, war deaths, and terrorist activity. Many spiritual leaders and visionary thinkers have hypothesized that these global rituals for peace may accelerate the emergence of a unified global consciousness.
The vision of the GaiaField Project is to support the emergence of a large, resilient, multi-hub network of spiritual leaders and their constituencies who will regularly participate in and co-create large-scale global meditation and prayer vigils. Our aim is not so much to set up another new global meditation network, but to facilitate the sharing of information and resources between the many existing networks which share the goal of bringing together hundreds of thousands of people in meditation or prayer for world peace. Our strategy involves upgrading this website (www.gaiafield.net) to incorporate state-of-the-art web broadcasting, mapping, and social networking technology to more easily organize events, connect peacemakers with each other, and enhance participants’ sense of interconnection during events. (This current website is a placeholder for the interactive website still in development.) Our strategy also includes convening face-to-face meetings with relevant spiritual leaders and organizing annual live or online gatherings for leaders.
The GaiaField Project is currently a joint project of the California Institute of Integral Studies and Wisdom Mountain, both of which are non-profit organizations based in Northern California.”

"Calling the Healing Waters" sculpture/sundial

2008-02-26T15:48:00.000-08:00

The Native American lore surrounding my healing waters is the stuff of legends. Now, this heritage is brought to manifestation with a magnificant sculpture soon to adorn my shores.

Two artists have created the "Calling the Healing Waters" sculpture/sundial. The community of Soap Lake will be building a Promontory Plaza on my shores featuring this one and a half lifesize bronze sculpture. The highest feather on the sculpture acts as a sundial. The Plaza will be surrounded by basalt stones acting as hour markers. This sculpture/sundial embodies the essense of my being. More shall be revealed.

Last lake to freeze

2008-01-20T16:58:00.000-08:00

Even in winters white many birds visit my shores. Geese land in my waters hundreds at a time because Soap Lake is the last of the lakes below Banks Lake to freeze. The high mineral content makes it the last place the birds can float in water.

Wonder my shoreline and find downy and hairy woodpeckers, northern flicker, red breasted and white breasted nuthatches, Steller's jays, dark eyed juncos or bushtits. Increasing numbers of tundra swans, Canadia geese, diving ducks, dabbling ducks, and a few bald eagles reported in the Sun Lakes chain (Soap Lake to Banks Lake), if you’re looking for a nice drive.

Something stirring

2007-08-31T10:48:00.000-07:00

Something magnificient is stirring on my shores. Plans are afoot to let the world know of my amazing healing properties in my waters. Yes, soon, all will be able to call the healing waters.

2007-03-17T14:58:00.000-07:00

I am the voice of Soap Lake.

In the beginning post I mentioned Source Water. "Smokiam" (Indian name for Soap Lake, means healing waters)should be considered as a Source Water for Water for World Peace.

What does Source Water mean?

Source Water is a body of water resulting from ancient cataclysmic geological events shaping the world then whose evidence is being repurposed to shape the world today. Soap Lake would be an example. This idea is that bodies of water having violent natural creations would have an opposite vibratory frequency of peace and healing today. (Through the Law of Transmutation and Transmission of Radiant Energy.)

Consider this verse in the Holy Bible as an indicator of the power of water and all it contains-

2Kings2:19-22

19 Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Behold now, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land is unfruitful.”
20 And he said, “Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it.” So they brought it to him.
21 And he went out to the spring of water, and threw salt in it and said, “Thus says the Lord, ‘I have purified/healed these waters; there shall not be from there death or unfruitfulness any longer.’”
22 So the waters have been purified to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.

Note- the current day “Dead Sea” was called The Salt Sea (-1,300 ft). It is entirely possible that the above referred salts were actually minerals (salts) from the Dead Sea. [Hopefully the name will change when people realize words create vibrations in the global consciousness.]

2007-03-13T10:56:00.000-07:00

It is said that rival Indian tribes would call a truce when they came to Soap Lake to relax and heal themselves and their animals. This is verified by recorded history and the number of Indian artifacts found in the area over the years.

From the many testimonials of those it has helped, there is no doubt that the water of Soap Lake has curative powers.

It is the only known successful treatment for the rare Buergers Disease (Thromboangitis Obliterans). Men using the water have been able to arrest or slow the ravages of the disease. Documented testimonials can be found here: http://www.soaplakewa.com/testimonials.html

Skin, circulatory, digestive, and joint problems seem to be the disorders most commonly benefited by drinking and bathing in the water.

2007-03-09T19:58:00.000-08:00

The mineral content of Soap lake water has been analyzed many times throughout the last 95 years. Concentration of different minerals has changed throughout this time. The most recent analysis was conducted in 2000.The result of the analysis is as follows:

Less than .01 of Aluminum, Iron, Copper, Rubidium, Lithium, Strontium, Barium, Chromium, Lead, Manganese, Titanium, Vanadium, and Boron.There is also a high concentration of organic substances such as ichthyols suspended or dissolved in Soap Lake water.

Next time I'll tell how rival Indian tribes would call a truce when they came to Soap Lake to relax and heal themselves and their animals.

2007-03-08T22:02:00.000-08:00

Soap Lake water also contains ichthyols, an oil-like substance sold over the counter in Europe to treat infections and abrasions. The icthyol in Soap Lake water most likely come from decomposition of tiny brine-like red shrimp that flourish in the water from late spring to mid-summer. Like the (hopefully renamed :) Dead Sea, the high mineral content of the lake makes the water very buoyant.

The alkalinity of the lake is similar to that found on the moons of Jupiter. Because of this, in 2002 the National Science Foundation awarded a grant to researchers from Central Washington University to study the lake to learn about the possibility of life on Mars.

Next up I'll tell you about my mineral compostion and recent discoveries of new species, the kind that can help save the planet.

2007-03-03T20:24:00.000-08:00

Soap Lake, a body of water unlike any other on this planet, famous for its healing properties, ancient in its composition, containing the highest diverse mineral content of any natural body of water is presented here for consideration as a Source Water (more about that later) for the Water for World Peace project.

Soap Lake is a meromictic lake in the town of Soap Lake, Washington formed by the Missoula Floods at the foot of the Grand Coulee. The lake gets its name from the naturally-occurring foam that gives its water a soapy appearance and because the lake's mineral-rich waters have a slick, soapy feel. The lake is approximately 2 mi.² (5.12 km²) in area and 70 feet (21.2 m) deep. (Wikipedia)

Stay tuned for more about the history, National Science Foundation research and the town of Soap Lake.

2007-03-03T20:17:00.000-08:00

Look at my Soap Lake suds. The wind whips the water into foam, sometime a couple of feet high if its really windy. The high concentrations of minerals makes this happen.