[CoMeD] PR - 'Sacred Spark' - A Compelling Story

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ALL,

Attached is a press release that CoMeD is sending out

on behalf of the just-released book " Sacred Spark "

written by Rev. K. Sykes.

For those who do not allow attachments, the rough text

of the text in the Press Release reads as follows:

>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

>

>March 9, 2009

>

>Contact: Stodart

> Fourth Lloyd Productions, LLC

>

> stodart@...

> www.sacredsparkbook.com

>

>

>Now Available for Advanced Orders:

>

>Sacred Spark: A Minister-mom’s Quest to Restore the

>Light in Her Son’s Eyes Inspires Her Church to Protect

>Children from Harm and Ignites a Global Debate About

>Autism and Childhood Vaccines

>By Rev. K. Sykes

>Foreword by Lenny Schafer, Editor of The Schafer

>Autism Report

>Epilogue by Mark Geier, MD, PhD, and Geier

>

>

>

>SACRED SPARK ILLUMINATES BIOMEDICAL TREATMENTS FOR

>MERCURY POISONING, EMPOWERS PARENTS AND PHYSICIANS

>TO QUESTION VACCINE SAFETY ISSUES AND IGNITES A

>GLOBAL DEBATE ON VACCINES AND AUTISM

>

>

>“This book is an inspirational story of one family’s

>struggle with autism, and one woman’s determination

>to protect our children from the insidious poison of

>mercury. Jefferson once wrote that ‘[t]he

>care of human life and happiness and not their

>destruction is the first and only legitimate object

>of good government.’ Reverend Sykes’ long battle to

>uncover the truth about the link between mercury and

>autism is a painful lesson to us all that our govern-

>ment is failing this test when it comes to our

>Nation’s epidemic of autism. Through her faith and

>trust in God, Reverend Sykes shows us all how to

>triumph in the face of adversity and reminds us that

>one person can indeed make a difference.”

>

> – Congressman Dan Burton

>

>

>Sacred Spark is the compelling true story of a child

>affected by mercury-poisoning and his minister-

>mother’s decade-long battle to restore the light in

>his eyes. It is also the inspiring story of Reverend

>Sykes' work with the United Methodist Church to pass

>the first global resolution advocating the elimina-

>tion of mercury from medicine, a nascent social

>justice movement on par with historical faith-based

>campaigns against child labor and slavery. With

>pragmatism and compassion, Sacred Spark calls for

>putting the well-being of children first.

>

>Through Sacred Spark’s unflinchingly honest, first-

>person account, parents and physicians demanding

>safer vaccines will find clarity to support their

>informed choices as well as inspiration and guidance

>to become advocates for children. Rev. Sykes’ own

>journey from healing mother to global child advo-

>cate and spiritual leader is stunning in its in-

>tensity and humanity. Woven seamlessly into the

>book’s engrossing narrative are Rev. Sykes’ vic-

>tories in appropriate and landmark biomedical

>treatments for her son, the success of empowered

>parents to enact state bans on mercury and to

>approach Attorney Generals across the country,

>attempts to find precious allies against a corrupt

>and protected industry, and her family’s lawsuit

>defeat against a pharmaceutical company.

>

>Rev. Sykes’ story begins when she shares with the

>reader her family’s horror in witnessing their

>happy toddler regress into autism. When her son

>is clinically diagnosed with mercury-poisoning

>due to the therapeutic use of vaccines, Rev.

>Sykes initiates a letter-writing campaign to

>federal officials and agencies with the aim of

>protecting all children from disability through

>mercury in vaccines.

>

>Disillusioned when her goodwill attempts are

>consistently thwarted, Rev. Sykes joins other

>parents from across the nation with children who

>are mercury-toxic. As a resolute and informed

>force they capture national media attention,

>lobby national and state congressmen and implore

>national health agencies and federal oversight

>agencies to protect pregnant women, infants and

>children from the undisclosed administration of

>mercury in medicine – a basic safety denied them.

>

>The book’s fast-paced storyline whisks the reader

>from the Simpsonwood United Methodist Retreat

>Center in Norcross, Georgia, (where a closed-door

>meeting between government officials and pharma-

>ceutical companies was convened one week before

>congressional investigations into conflicts of

>interest between the two began in 2000), to the

>floor of the Institute of Medicine meetings in

>Boston and Washington, DC, where Rev. Sykes

>passionately challenges committee members to

>abandon their blind trust in how vaccines are

>manufactured and approved and embrace instead

>the clarity of medical ethics that would put

>children first. Cited extensively throughout the

>book are scientific studies supporting mercury’s

>causal role in autism, as well as the internal

>transcripts from the IOM and Simpsonwood meetings

>and government emails (available through the

>Freedom of Information Act).

>

>In stark contrast to the stubborn failure of the

>federal government to act on behalf of the nation’s

>children, Rev. Sykes brings her cause to The United

>Methodist Church and her denomination responds with

>the strength and support of its 11.5 million members

>in a global resolution advocating the elimination of

>mercury in medicine.

>

>Sacred Spark seeks to answer, as well as raise, such

>questions as: How does a parent or practitioner

>initiate the reforms necessary to protect minds from

>mercury? Why do the Hippocratic Oath and the Right

>of Informed Consent apply to all parts of medicine,

>especially vaccination? How do we counter the

>argument that a mercury-containing vaccine is better

>than no vaccine at all, as global dissemination of

>mercury-containing vaccines to the Developing World

>continues? Why do the public and media believe

>mercury is out of vaccines when there has never been

>an official recall or ban and more has been added

>with flu shots?

>

>As a Princeton Theological Seminary graduate and

>minister of nineteen years, Rev. Sykes inspires the

>reader to go beyond compromised scientific studies

>and profit-driven political debates, and examine

>the mercury/autism issue through the first-hand

>experience of a mother and the faith and convic-

>tion of a minister. Sacred Spark ultimately teaches

>us that it is ordinary people who ignite the fire of

>reform.

>

>

>

>

># # #

>

>

>

>NOW AVAILABLE FOR ADVANCE ORDERS:

> WWW.SACREDSPARKBOOK.COM

>

>

>

>

>Sacred Spark: A Minister-mom’s Quest to Restore the

>Light in Her Son’s Eyes Inspires Her Church to

>Protect Children from Harm and Ignites a Global

>Debate about Autism and Childhood Vaccines

>by Reverend K. Sykes

>Epilogue by Mark Geier, M.D., Ph.D. and Geier

>Publisher: Fourth Lloyd Productions, LLC

>Contact: stodart@...,

>Quality paperback $22.95

>Pages: 316

>ISBN: 978-0-971-78064-4

>Foreword by Lenny Schafer, Editor, The Schafer

> Autism Report

>Publishing Date: March 23, 2009

>Publisher Taking Advance Orders

>www.sacredsparkbook.com

>Amazon.com, Amazon.com.uk, Ingrams, Baker and ,

> and Noble

>

>

>Advance Praise for Sacred Spark

>

>“Sacred Spark is an extraordinary account of one

>mother (who happens to be a minister) who becomes

>tenacious in her advocacy for her own son who has

>autism and mercury poisoning. She also has become

>a fierce advocate for children and parents every-

>where who live day in and day out with the complex,

>debilitating, and painful effects of autism spec-

>trum disorder. I would encourage everyone who is

>concerned about the grim statistic that one out

>of every 150 children being born in the U.S. today

>will be diagnosed with some form of autism to read

>this book and pick up the work of advocacy that

>will be needed to prevent mercury poisoning and

>autism.”

>

> -- Bishop Charlene Kammerer, Resident Bishop

> Virginia Conference, The United Methodist

> Church

>

>

>

>“The church can provide a moral compass in the

>modern world. With our current knowledge of the

>individual nature of the human genome, this story

>explains why we need to reassess our ‘one size

>fits all’ approach to vaccines. ’s struggle

>to heal her vaccine damaged son with (gluten free)

>loaves and fish (oil) and toxin removal is compel-

>ling. This book reads beautifully and is Shakes-

>pearian in scope.”

>

> –- Megson, M.D., F.A.A.P.

> Pediatric & Adolescent Ability Center

>

>

>“If you have ever wondered if one person can make

>a difference, or if you question whether women in

>the church carry influence in today’s political

>climate, or if you need confirmation that a network

>of women in congregations is engaged in issues that

>affect our world, this is the book for you. Rev.

>Sykes’ journey from private pain to public advocacy

>is a testimony to the claim of God in her life and

>of God’s care for women, children and families the

>world over.”

>

> –- Harriett Jane Olson, Deputy General Secretary

> Women’s Division, United Methodist General

> Board of Global Ministries

>

>

>“When one in six American children has a behavioral

>or developmental disorder, clinicians and research-

>ers must consider environmental triggers in the

>context of genetic predispositions when formulating

>differential diagnoses of neurodevelopmental dis-

>orders. Rev. Sykes takes you on a journey of per-

>sonal anguish, political action and professional

>advocacy that reads like a novel and is punctuated

>with sobering quotes from current times that stand

>in stark contrast to sacred writings and the wisdom

>of the ages.”

>

> –- Mumper, M.D., FAAP

> Medical Director, Autism Research Institute

> CEO, Advocates for Children

> Founder, RIMLAND Center

>

>

>“Sacred Spark is a wonderful, amazing, heart

>wrenching, inspiring story. I loved it!”

>

> -– Manning, Parent

>

>

>“Sacred Spark, full of complexity and suspense,

>it is a must read for everyone.”

>

> –- Lawrence P. Kaplan, Ph.D.,

> CEO and Founder of US Autism & Asperger

> Association

>

>

>“Sacred Spark is a book to be read by all who are

>interested in the causation, treatment and politics

>involved in the recent autism epidemic. Nothing

>is more important than for our citizens to be

>educated about the damage that is classified as

>autism, but is really a toxic response of infants

>exposed to specific neurotoxins. This book details

>many of the occurrences and issues surrounding the

>theory that vaccines played a major role in the

>epidemic of neurological illnesses our children are

>suffering with today.”

>

> -- Boyd E. Haley, Ph.D.

> Professor Emeritus, Chemistry Department,

> University of Kentucky

>

>

>“Let us be optimists and pray that after hearing

>of Reverend Sykes’ journey we will watch

>carefully and choose our steps the more wisely

>toward our own and the common good.”

>

> -- Harold T. Pretorius, M.D., Ph.D., FACP,

> Attending Physician, The Christ Hospital,

> Cincinnati, OH

>

>

>“In my fourteen years as an autism researcher, I

>have listened to countless parents tell me that

>their child was normal until a vaccination. This

>incredible book gives voice to these many parents

>and to their struggles to find help.”

>

> -- Janet K. Kern, Ph.D.

> Autism Treatment Center, Dallas, Texas

> Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of

> Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas,

> Texas

Hopefully, this book will help all who read it

KNOW: Organic mercury poisoning by Thimerosal

starting before birth (on top of the mother's

mercury burden from other sources, including

dental amalgams), IS a major factor in the

neurodevelopmental/developmental harm being

inflicted on our children UNNECESSARILY.

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Respectfully,

Dr. King

http://www.dr-king.com

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