Waking up to the dark
Subtitle: ancient wisdom for a sleepless age
By: Clark Strand ; illustrations by Will Lytle
Contributors: Lytle, Will, illustrator
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9780812997729
Subjects: Parapsychology; Insomnia; Religious aspects; Psychological aspects
Description: A modern gospel that is an investigation of the relationship between darkness and the soul. The darkness Clark Strand is talking about here is literal: the darkness of the nighttime, of a world before electricity, when there was a rhythm to life that followed the sun's rising and setting. Strand here 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Part I. The hour of the wolf; title: Part II. The dark manifesto; title: Part III. The Black Madonna; title: Part IV. Gospel according to the dark; title: Acknowledgments; title: Source notes and recommended reading.