Table of Contents
Introduction • 1
PART ONE: Riptides
Chapter 1: No Intention of Being Born • 7
Chapter 2: My Motherless Mother • 16
Chapter 3: Meme Called Me by My Name • 25
Chapter 4: Memories Better Forgotten • 29
Chapter 5: The Flood • 39
Chapter 6: Elephant Sister • 44
Chapter 7: Falling into the Abyss • 55
Chapter 8: Unraveling and Waking Up • 69
Chapter 9: At Home with the Homeless • 73
Chapter 10: Father Frank • 79
Chapter 11: Mr. Frank • 94
Chapter 12: What’s It All About? • 102
PART TWO: Seeking the Divine Feminine
Chapter 13: Entering the World of Shamanism • 110
Chapter 14: Christianity and Shamanism: Strange Bedfellows • 117
Chapter 15: Our Lady of Guadalupe • 124
Chapter 16: Egypt: Giving Voice to the Divine • 134
Chapter 17: Medicine Man • 144
Chapter 18: When Is This Going to End? • 150
Chapter 19: Medicine Woman • 156
Chapter 20: The Call of the Mother • 170
PART THREE: Windsong: An Embodied Mystic
Chapter 21: Lead Me, Guide Me • 182
Chapter 22: Dark Mama, Earth Mother • 187
Chapter 23: Midwife for the Mother • 201
Chapter 24: Journey to Crete • 205
Chapter 25: Laughter as Healer • 214
Chapter 26: Farewell, Ma—Rest in Peace • 219
Chapter 27: Stroke • 230
Epilogue • 239
Afterword • 247
Acknowledgments • 251
