Waking Up to the Dark

The Black Madonna's Gospel for An Age of Extinction and Collapse

By: Clark Strand

Narrated by: Clark Strand

Is darkness synonymous with ignorance and evil? Or is it the original matrix from which all life emerges, and the Mother to whom it returns? Higher and higher levels of artificial illumination have suppressed our contact with the numinous since the Industrial Revolution, with dire consequences for society, our planetary ecology, and our souls. This mystical testament weaves together paleobiology, memoir, history, science, and spiritual archaeology to lead listeners back into the lost mysteries of the dark. Not since The Teachings of Don Juan or Ishmael has a book diagnosed with such urgency and cultural coherence the problems at the heart of modern life.

In Waking Up to the Dark, Clark Strand offers penetrating insight into the spiritual enrichment that can be found when we pull the plug on our billion-watt culture. He argues that the insomnia so many of us experience as "the Hour of the Wolf" is really "the Hour of God"—a wellspring of rest and renewal, and an ancient reservoir of ancestral wisdom and inspiration. And in a powerful yet surprising turn, he shares with us an urgent message for the world, received through a mysterious young woman he calls Our Lady of Climate Change (aka THE VIRGIN MARY), about the challenges we all know are coming.

©2015, 2022 Clark Strand (P)2022 Tantor

Beautiful

Very loving and beautiful in it’s expression of the deep and dark of the Divine Mother. It’s a beautiful introduction to not only the Dark Mother but also how to reconnect with deeper layers of ourselves by embracing what we perceive as scary or uncomfortable when going into our own depths and embracing the dark.

Profound and revolutionary

This book is profound and revolutionary work. The world needs this now. Engaging writing and urgent subject matter, I highly recommend it!

Equally as captivating as the Way of the Rose

Thank you for putting a spark in my spirituality . In Darkness is the light. You have given me serenity

Raw Feminine Truth

The whole Strand and Finn family has amazing literary work. This particular piece gave definition to my own spirituality, it was perfect in every way. It has historical, ecological, and spiritual notes that just provide you leaving the book so much more robust than how you began.

Knowing the Dark

I appreciate this well researched topic and how it gives substance to my frequent visits with the dark of night.