Entering the Ghost River - Softcover

Metzger, Deena

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0972071822 ISBN 13: 9780972071826

Publisher: Hand to Hand, 2002

Synopsis

"September 11th called this book into being.... Never before in our nation’s history, not even after Pearl Harbor, has it been so clear that the voices, nature and activity of healing, peacemaking, and Council need to be called forth."

Deena Metzger takes us on a journey from North America to Africa, from the stories of her life to the myths of Spirit. Travelling the Ghost River connects the world of humans to the world of souls, spirits and our ancestors. At the exact moment the World Trade Center towers were hit, Deena and others were at an ancient, sacred site in Masvingo, Africa being initiated as healers. Two stories intersected in that moment, one headed toward destruction, the other toward healing. At the intersection of these two worlds, Deena asks the question: how do we create a story with a real future in which all beings are sustained?

Deena brings her knowledge and experience of healing body and soul to the issues of healing community, both locally and globally. Following the threads of September 11th, she shows us how we can understand the larger story, and awaken to ourselves. This awakening and alleviation of suffering comes through the context of kinship, of community, of Story. Story is not of our own making; it is a gift from Spirit. Deena examines the very underpinnings of Western thought, healing, and religious practices—the stories that have mapped our lives—and shows us how the web of interconnection contains, with the joint perspectives of indigenous mind and contemporary vision, the possibility of healing.

About this title

About the Author

Deena Metzger is a novelist, poet, essayist, storyteller and healer seeking to map the imaginal realms. She is an explorer of the deeper meaning and manifestations of Story. She and her husband Michael Ortiz Hill have brought the tradition of Daré to North America for the sake of restoring beauty and bringing healing to individuals, community and the natural world.

Deena is the author of many works including Tree: Essays and Pieces; Writing For Your Life: A Guide and Companion to the Inner Worlds; Intimate Nature: The Bond Between Women and Animals (with Brenda Peterson and Linda Hogan); and the novels The Other Hand and What Dinah Thought. Her most recent books of poetry are Looking for the Faces of God and A Sabbath Among The Ruins. She is also known for her exuberant "Warrior" poster that illustrates the triumph over breast cancer.

She lectures and teaches the ways of writing and creativity nationally and internationally, and has developed a training program for the 21st century in the creative, political, spiritual, and ethical aspects of healing.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hand to Hand
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0972071822
• ISBN 13: 9780972071826
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328