This is a new edition, with lots of new material added since the prior version. I was already a fan of Ms. Dale's work after reading The Subtle Body, and now am even more of a fan. I am not an energy healer - I work with the chakras meditatively, in the tradition of various Eastern spiritual lineages - and so was not sure how much I would get out of this book. But like The Subtle Body, I ended up reading this book cover to cover, and enjoying every page. Her comprehensive knowledge of the chakras from many different traditions - Native and Central American, Tibetan, Indian, Sufi, Kabbalah, and more - and her own vast client experience, make this a compelling and unique read.
The author does provide the usual basic information on the now standard 7-chakra system familiar to many Westerners in this field, but then provides her own much larger system, encompassing 12 major chakras and 20 more spiritual energy centers. She covers their relationship to different types of energy bodies and channels in detail, as well as their inter-relationship. She also provides concrete methods for working with each center, and exercises that anyone - not just professional energy healers - can use to connect to each, or diagnose and heal any of them.
Some of the topics covered in this book that I particularly was interested in are the ways in which women's and men's energy bodies differ, especially their relationship to the lower three chakras. I also particularly liked the section on energy cords, which included information on the parent-child bond.
The Bibliography is also excellent, and I've added several new books to my 'must-read' list.