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“The greatest thing a human soul ever does is to see something. To see is poetry, prophecy and religion—all in one.” John Ruskin
The Mysticism of Stone calls us back to kinship with the living Earth. In this collection of poems, stones speak to us eloquently of our ancient relationship, reminding us that we are born of fire, born of stars and that Stone, in her infinitely slow way, longs to engage us. With the evocative language of passion, and pain, ancient legend, of loss and celebration, and “down to stone silence, before the first word was spoken,” Ismana Carney speaks from the heart of one who has learned to listen. These poems are a balm for a wounded world. Reawakening memories of a time when we, all of us, carried on an active relationship with the living world around us; these poems call us to do so again. Ismana Carney’s, The Mysticism of Stone is a gift of love. As in Stone Speaks, “We sanctify in every moment, this light-refracted, deeply sentient, deeply sacred world;” may this be so, for you also. Daian Hennington, MSW— Author of Your Wilder Nature. 2015.
“The words within this book are a revelation, a love song to distant mountains, ancient citadels, and the enduring presence of stone. Like an incantation, Carney’s words awaken wonder and longing within the reader for something ineffable. She invokes a rare and instinctual grace, calling us toward transcendent mystical union with the timeless sentience of the power of place”. Danielle Blackwood—Author of The Twelve Faces of the Goddess and A Lantern in the Dark.
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Format: 6 x 9 Color Paperback, 137 pages
Publisher: Outskirts Press (Nov 17, 2023)
ISBN10: 1977261159
ISBN13: 9781977261151
Genre: POETRY / General
Ismana Carney, PhD has taught college courses in World History and Psychology and directed Student Support Services programs in Higher Education. She has produced documentary films on Native American culture and spirituality: We Pray with Tobacco; Chief Mountain Hot Shots: Firefighters of the Blackfeet Nation; and Iron Lodge: Native American Spirituality Behind Bars. She has also authored Women’s Ways with Fire: Transforming Self in the Heart of Nature, Outskirts Press, 2019 and Sacred Laws, Spiritual Healing & Doctoring Songs: Interviews with Bernice Torrez (Kashaya Pomo). Outskirts Press, 2015. 
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