The Kali Guide: A Directory of Resources for Women

The Kali Guide is a comprehensive directory for women that covers all parts of life: creativity, culture, life, work, health, spirituality, and sexuality. This beautifully illustrated guide includes information for over 1,300 organizations, as well as poetry, artwork, quotations, book recommendations, and articles by well-known authors such as Margot Anand, Sylvia Browne, Sonia Choquette, Gayle Delaney, Marcia Emery, Louise Hay, Caroline Myss, and Judith Orloff. The Kali Guide (2002) is out of print, but still available digitally.

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Insubordinate Love

My photography is featured in Jeff Munnis’ fifth volume of poetry, Insubordinate Love, a book about the relationships between the poet and those he loves, in ways that are tender, mystical, critical, sometimes hostile, but never neutral. Each photograph was chosen to compliment a poem by bringing out one of the thematic elements of the poem.

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Eyes to See: U.S. Volunteers in Nicaragua

I created Eyes to See with Veronica Winters, a Russian-American artist, to raise awareness about the work that Seeds of Learning (SOL), a nonprofit in Sonoma, California is doing to provide educational opportunities for children in rural Nicaragua and El Salvador. Veronica and I, along with 23 volunteers from the United States, participated in a SOL program, and this beautifully illustrated book contains photographs we took of everyday life in rural Nicaragua, along with excerpts from volunteers about their experiences. We also created a multimedia art show and video exhibition about our experience.

Living a Spiritually and Materially Integrated Life: Interviews with 12 Christian Mystics

For my doctoral dissertation, I explored the question, How do Christian mystics who are active participants in the modern world successfully integrate their spiritual and material values? I interviewed twelve individuals (7 women and 5 men, from 51 to 85 years old) who lived in California, North Carolina, New York, and New Mexico. Half of the participants were Caucasian, and the other half included individuals from the Philippines, Greece, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Germany.

Common themes that emerged from the data included having a personal relationship with the Divine, a spiritual ministry of service to God, valuing balance—physically, intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually, seeing all aspects of materiality as a reflection of God, and preferring to live simply with little concern for the acquisition of material things. Most participants described feeling unique as children and sought out spirituality from an early age. All participants experienced one or more of the following: difficult, traumatic, or life-changing experiences, mystical experiences; or interactions with spiritual people, places, or things that had a profound affect on their growth and development in consciousness. Over half described their journey toward greater integration as a difficult but rewarding path. Conflict and struggling were accepted as part of the human condition, as opposed to being considered experiences to be avoided or transcended.

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