Now is the Hour of Her Return: Poems in Praise of the Divine Mother Kali

by Clark Strand, Will Lytle (Illustrator)

Strand’s mystical poems to Ma Kali, the Dark Goddess of India, as occasioned by his encounters with the material dealt in depth in both Waking Up to the Dark and the Way of the Rose. “A treasure of mystical poetry, these poems pulsate with truth.” —Carolyn Myss, author of  Intimate Conversations with the Divine  and  Anatomy of the Spirit In the early hours of June 16, 2011, Clark Strand witnessed a startling apparition of the Divine Feminine in the form of a young woman with an X of black electrical tape over Her mouth. Strand removed the tape, and She began to speak of a coming age of chaos and collapse in which the world of humankind would be severely chastened so that Her world—the world of Nature—could be renewed. Overwhelmed by the presence of One so fully Other, Strand found that love was the only language that would suffice. Drawing inspiration from and the Bengali mystics Ramprasad and Sri Ramakrishna, he began a series of poems to Ma Kali, the Dark Goddess of India, the words to which often came from the Great Mother Herself.

102 pages, Paperback

Published September 20, 2022

Reviews

[Jeffrey G Clithero · Rating 5 out of 5]

Intimate, Ragged and Real

This was a treasure to find after reading all the other books by the this amazing family of writers. It's from earlier, but not much. It speaks to my soul in a way that only poetry can illuminate. So grateful for Clark being willing to share this intimacy with me and the world.