Trained as academic sculptor, Marko POGAČNIK lives in Šempas, Slovenia. During the years 1965-71 he worked in Conceptual Art and Land Art as member of OHO group. After 1971 he works in the field of art combined with spiritual ecology (geomancy). He has developed a method of Earth healing called “lithopuncture” (Earth acupuncture) complemented with the “language of cosmograms”. He created lithopuncture works in Brazil, Ecuador, Kazakhstan, South Africa, USA, and in different countries of Europe. He is president of the Association for Coexistence of Human Beings, Nature and Environment from Ljubljana. His books in English include: Touching the Breath of Gaia, Sacred Geography, Nature Spirits & Elemental Beings. In 1991 he designed the official coat of arms and the flag of the Republics of Slovenia.