Anastasia the first book of the Ringing Cedars Series tells the story of entrepreneur Vladimir Megre s trade trip to the Siberian taiga in 1995 where he witnessed incredible spiritual phenomena connected with sacred ringing cedar trees He spent three days with a woman named Anastasia who shared with him her unique outlook on subjects as diverse as gardening child rearing healing Nature sexuality religion and more This wilderness experience transformed Vladimir so deeply that he abandoned his commercial plans and penniless went to Moscow to fulfil Anastasia s request and write a book about the spiritual insights she so generously shared with him True to her promise this life changing book once written has become an international best seller and has touched hearts of millions of people world wide