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"In the early hours of June 16, 2011, Clark Strand witnessed a startling apparition of the Divine Feminine in the form of a young woman with an X of black electrical tape over Her mouth. Strand removed the tape, and She began to speak of a coming age of chaos and collapse in which the world of humankind would be severely chastened so that Her world-the world of Nature-could be renewed. Overwhelmed by the presence of One so fully Other, Strand found that love was the only language that would suffice. Drawing inspiration from Song of Songs and the Bengali mystics Ramprasad and Sri Ramakrishna, he began a series of poems to Ma Kali, the Dark Goddess of India, the words to which often came from the Great Mother Herself"--
About the author
Clark Strand is the former senior editor at
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. He is the current editor of the Haiku Challenge, which is a monthly Haiku context sponsored by
Tricycle. He is the author of many books on spirituality and religion, including
Seeds from a Birch Tree,
Meditation Without Gurus,
How to Believe in God,
Waking the Buddha, and
Waking Up to the Dark. His writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. With his wife, Perdita Finn, Strand is also the author of
The Way of the Rose: The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary, and the co-founder of an international, non-sectarian rosary fellowship.
Summary
Strand’s mystical poems to Ma Kali, the Dark Goddess of India, as occasioned by his encounters with the material dealt in depth in both Waking Up to the Dark and the Way of the Rose.
“A treasure of mystical poetry, these poems pulsate with truth.” —Carolyn Myss, author of Intimate Conversations with the Divine and Anatomy of the Spirit
In the early hours of June 16, 2011, Clark Strand witnessed a startling apparition of the Divine Feminine in the form of a young woman with an X of black electrical tape over Her mouth. Strand removed the tape, and She began to speak of a coming age of chaos and collapse in which the world of humankind would be severely chastened so that Her world—the world of Nature—could be renewed. Overwhelmed by the presence of One so fully Other, Strand found that love was the only language that would suffice. Drawing inspiration from Song of Songs and the Bengali mystics Ramprasad and Sri Ramakrishna, he began a series of poems to Ma Kali, the Dark Goddess of India, the words to which often came from the Great Mother Herself.
Foreword
- This book will be marketed in tandem with Waking Up to the Dark
- Authors will tap into ongoing Way of the Rose meetings and active social markets
- They will also pursue the many indie stores who are carrying and selling Way of the Rose due to author events at their store, names of stores to come
- Galleys
- National publicity campaign targeted toward spirituality and deep green venues
- Social Media advertising
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"Clark Strand's revelatory poems peer into the divide between order and disorder, separation and union, life and death. Not a word is wasted. In these pages we are pulled into relationship with a sensuous, even bemused Kali whose 'children fly apart' at the sight of her; a powerful Kali who lures and leads. Truths loom large here. Fling open Now Is The Hour Of Her Return and let yourself be consumed." —Laura Grace Weldon, 2019 Ohio Poet of the Year
"A provocative book of poetry with stunning illustrations. You will have a new understanding of Ma Kali after reading Clark Strand's enchanting collection. Kali broke my heart open and kept me thoroughly entertained." —Trista Hendren, Creator of The Girl God series
“A treasure of mystical poetry, these poems pulsate with truth.” —Carolyn Myss
