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Some of the best books and articles 
on natural vision improvement
are available right here!

The following inspirational books and articles have been gathered here for your benefit.  These materials are among the very best writings to be found on the subject of improving eyesight in a natural way.  They will help you on your path to clarity.  Your vision may improve just from reading these texts and applying what you are learning!  
These days the old books are often hard or impossible to find in bookstores, and they can be very expensive when you do find a copy.  Now 2 of the key books are offered here for free.  

Notes:
-  To open PDF files, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader.  Get the latest version for free here:
-  The files are set for North American Letter size paper.  To print a PDF file on A4 or your preferred paper size, select 
File, Print, Properties, Paper Size, and change it accordingly. 

FREE: Perfect Sight Without Glasses - W H Bates M.D.  
The original 1920 Bates book

FREE: Use Your Own Eyes - W B MacCracken M.D.  
1937.  An excellent book.

FREE: Bye Bye Presbyopia Chart - Ray Gottlieb O.D.
Ray's chart has helped many people (including himself) overcome presbyopia.  Instructions on use are included.

FREE: Approaching Myopia Holistically: A Case Study and Theoretical Exploration
- Anna Bambridge M.A., M.Phil. 
2002.  (Anna's website has more of her writings.)

FREE: The Visions of Joy Eye-Chart to hang up in your home or office.  Eye-charts tend to 
mainly be associated with vision acuity tests, yet they are even more useful as a tool to improve vision.
Instructions in relaxed use of eye-charts will be sent in return for a donation of $5 or more.

Donations are welcome!
If natural eyesight education has benefited you, 
please consider giving something back in return. 
Your donation of any amount is highly appreciated 
and will help keep these resources available.
Many thanks!
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A new series of e-books 
on the Bates Method!

Compiled by Visions of Joy, these e-books are collections of Dr Bates' writings on specific vision challenges.


Current titles available are:
Bates Method View of Cataracts                                        US$ 15.00 or
€ 12.50
Bates Method View of Floaters                                           US$ 10.00 or
€   8.00
Bates Method View of Glaucoma                                        US$ 15.00 or
€ 12.50
Bates Method View of Presbyopia                                       US$ 20.00 or
€ 16.00
Bates Method View of Conical Cornea (Keratoconus)       US$ 12.00 or
€ 10.00
Eye Education In Our Schools                                              US$ 25.00 or
€ 20.00
More topics will follow.

These books contain original and unabridged texts taken from all of Dr Bates' published writings regarding the specific topic.  You no longer need to search through all of the 132 issues of the Better Eyesight Magazines, the entire 1920 book and the articles Dr Bates wrote, to find information that is applicable to your personal vision challenge. 
We have done this work for you!  

In addition to gathering the original texts for each specific topic, each e-book has a summary of the methods used by Dr Bates in overcoming those challenges.  This is valuable and inspiring information!

"Bates method view of cataracts is great!!  I am giving a printed copy to my mom.
I got mom to try some Bates Method activities and her cataracts started to reverse, 
(also another man, my old school teacher) and so far surgery for both of them is postponed.
If mom would stop the drugs and discontinue eyeglasses I bet her cataracts would be cured.  
Thanks again."
Clark Night, Author of cleareyesight.info

To buy any of the above titles, make a donation for the appropriate amount and be sure to 
send a quick e-mail listing the titles of the books you want. (We're working on our webstore, to simplify this process.)
You will receive the e-books as PDF attachments by email usually within a day of receipt of payment.

For more information on the above topics, go to our Solutions page. 
For information on the book Eye Education In Our Schools go to the School page.

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New in 2008: 
The entire unedited collection
of Dr W.H. Bates'
Better Eyesight Magazines

Finally available: The complete, unedited set of Better Eyesight magazines! (1919-1930) 
This is the very best information on improving eyesight naturally.  
Learn how vision can be improved naturally, easily, and effectively.  
If you've only ever read the 1920 book "Perfect Sight Without Glasses" you may think that you know the Bates Method.  However, the information and case histories in this complete and unedited magazine collection will bring you to a much deeper level of understanding.  These 132 magazines reflect Dr Bates' own growth and increased skills as he continued to develop his methods of achieving clear vision for his patients during the 10 years following the publication of his book.  
You'll be amazed and inspired, you'll learn and understand.  Clear vision will have a new meaning.

TAKE A LOOK :
View a Sample Page of this document.
Read the Foreword.

What others are saying about this collection:

“Wow Esther, what a fantastic document!  What a source of knowledge, and so easy to use!  I’m very impressed!  
Esther, this is golden!  I’ll treasure this.  It is more valuable than the original magazines because I can so easily find what I’m looking for in this.  This is a perfect source for teachers, better than any book.  People who are interested in the Bates Method, professionally or personally, can gain so much from this collection!”
Saskia Naber, Natural Vision Educator, Groningen, The Netherlands

“It is a nice feature that I can search through the entire collection and I like it.  What an accomplishment to finish all this!”
Toshiyasu Abe, Natural Vision Educator, Seattle, Washington

"Isn't one of the joys of computers the ability to look up things so easily?!  Now, through Esther's 7 months worth of painstaking efforts, we can have access to the complete Better Eyesight magazines of William Bates, on the computer! She has taken each monthly magazine, for all 11 years, and created an easy to read, easy to access, unedited full and complete document. All you need is Adobe Acrobat Reader (free!) to read the PDF file (most computers have that program). For example, imagine being able to search on "amblyopia" and see at a glance all of the references to it (in less than 2 seconds it shows me 62 references, with the first one showing, and a sidebar with the others in a clickable shorthand). Fabulous!   Thanks Esther for all your hard work!"
Kate Keilman, Natural Vision Educator, Oahu, Hawaii

"A new and fantastic resource for all students of Bates, the original, unedited, unexpurgated version of the Bates Eyesight Magazines is now available as a PDF; fully searchable (so finding that gem of a quote now takes a couple of seconds!) and entirely useful.  Great job :)"
Kevin Wooding, Natural Vision Educator, England


Elsewhere the first half of the unedited collection of Dr Bates' Better Eyesight Magazines is sold for US$150.00.  

The full price for this invaluable book is $99.00.
For a limited time, it is being offered at a discount!
Now, you can have this incredible resource on your own computer,
complete and easily searchable, for only US$ 79.00 !

Better yet; current Visions of Joy students get 50% off!  
If you are taking classes in person, by phone or via e-mail, or are signing up for a class
you qualify for this substantial discount.  Visions of Joy students pay only $39.50

You will receive this e-book (6 MB, 771 pages!) within a day or two of payment being received.
Simply make your payment now.
  
Be sure to send a quick email or include a note with your check, 
specifying that you are ordering the Better Eyesight Magazine collection.

 

Dr W.H. Bates of New York City, many years ago conceived an original idea.  Why not cure the abnormal condition of the eye?  Why not treat it as the medical profession treats an abnormal condition of any other part of the body? 
To find the cause and then to devise some means of relief involved research work which led him into fields never explored before. What he discovered will be explained.  The system he originated will be described.  By following his directions it is possible to correct the faltering function of the eye, and recover normal vision.

W.B. MacCracken M.D., in "Use Your Own Eyes"

 
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