From the Publisher
Sometimes individuals are born who have deeply creative minds. These minds are concerned with the deepest stratum of psychic being. They are able to perceive the ancient and eternal knowledge that underlies creation itself. These are the prophets, the poets of spiritual knowledge. Occasionally, one of them comes among us.
The Coming of the Feminine Christ is a literary masterpiece-a work of genius!
In this book the author has labored to clearly and simply express complex psychological ideas and concepts that are often beyond intellectual comprehension. To achieve this she has used words to create images that convey tacit thoughts. These images will work for us over time. They are catalysts that can stimulate our innermost psyche to reveal its demons and angels, personal and collective evil, wisdom, pain and love. They are the keys to our underworld and express the language of our soul. The careful study and struggle for comprehension of this book will initiate all those who are ready.
The author's words have this power because they express collective truths. Written in seven different countries and ten years in the writing, the author says that all the countries she lived and worked in have helped construct the language and perspective that informs this work. It is a story of initiation from the personal to the collective. The many different esoteric strands are woven together by the author's personal journey, which serves as a metaphor. The Coming of the Feminine Christ is a literary masterpiece-a work of genius.
From the Author
In order to do justice to the profound vision that inspired this work, I have made a humble attempt at magic. To make words appear on an empty page required them to be plucked-often unwillingly, from the ethers, and cajoled into clothing images emblazoned by the light of my soul upon my inner eye.
Words are particularly difficult little creatures to organise. They have minds and wills of their own and will misbehave if not given proper respect. Some of them have inferiority complexes! Usually, it is the large words that engage the writer's efforts. Then the little words feel ignored. Out of spite they will change the sense of something so subtly. This is why, out of politeness, I have tried to court them by avoiding the larger and more impressive words that strut across the page creating the illusion of self-importance.
Thus in order to alleviate their usually boring task, I called on the little words, and engaged them in creative activity. I invited them to paint pictures of demons and souls. Hopefully, I have solicited them to serve my cause.
Sometimes, I was forced to discipline them, for I needed to orchestrate them in such a way as to convey mighty themes-dark as well as light. When they received respectful, yet firm attention, they performed beautiful symphonic melodies that gave shape to underlying haunting, repetitive themes.
I have packed profound ideas into simple, pithy sentences. If at first, reader, you do not grasp them, be patient. This is a book to read again and again. The Word was made Flesh. Christ the Soul was incarnated into animal form. Thus humankind was granted the potential to be raised in consciousness beyond the beast; for we had received the divine gift of speech. The ancient Greeks knew the Word as logos, which is the expression of the Mind of God. The Word is thus the embodiment of divine revelation the incarnation of Christ consciousness.
Thus, The Coming of the Feminine Christ is written in the old way, in the way of druidic tradition, when words were considered as something magical, musical and mystical. The ancient tellers of esoteric wisdom understood the importance of the philosophical root meanings of the Word. They passed those meanings down the ages with great care in story telling rituals in order to preserve the inborn knowledge hidden in the collective soul.
Words have power. When written or spoken in a way that respects this truth, they will convey meaning on many levels of consciousness at once. In this book, the Word is used as a catalyst and image-maker to paint pictures of not only the radiant soul and the way of transformation, but uncompromisingly, the darker, treacherous reality of the unconscious. Prepare your imagination, therefore, to travel inner worlds. Therein, grant its sighting of ancient esoteric mysteries. Allow it to participate in deep soul-making dramas. For these are the makings of our futures.
Niamh Clune
