David Bennett graduated with honours in philosophy in 1973 and his passionate interest in what he calls the ‘vertical aspect in Man’ has never ceased.
Having been introduced to the subject while at University he has been a practicing astrologer for over thirty years and has continued his researches within the Hermetic Tradition with a particular devotion to Alchemy.
He is best known however through his 46 year career as an internationally renowned gem and jewellery specialist, acting as Chairman of the Worldwide Jewellery Division of Sothebys until 2020. With his co-author Daniela Mascetti they have written three seminal works on the subject and recently founded the definitive jewellery website in 2021:
www.understanding-jewellery.com

For more than 20 years Eva-Maria has been roaming the mountain meadows and forests in Switzerland and in her native Austria , collecting wild flowers, berries , roots and mushrooms and learning through numerous seminars and courses how these natural elements can support us in achieving our best health. 

Early on she developed her own green drink to detox and re-mineralize, long before these drinks and smoothies became fashionable. She studied iridology in order to gain knowledge about the human body as a whole system, and aroma therapy to learn about the chemical constituents and compounds of plants and how they can be applied in remedies and cosmetics as well as in the household. Courses with herbal experts in the US, in Austria and in Switzerland were another piece in the mosaic about how we can use food and the plants that grow in our backyard and in nature to nourish and heal us. 

She prepares her own essential oil mixtures and tinctures which are appreciated by her family and friends as are her home-made cosmetics which only use organic raw materials and natural preservatives. 

She now feels confident to share her knowledge and practical experience and so to shed some light on this marvelous treasure that nature provides for us. Her ideal is to help people to begin to reclaim control of -and responsibility for - their own health.