Foreword INDIES Award Winner Silver Body Mindampampamp160 Spirit2023 IPPY Award Winner Bronze New AgeMind Body SpiritHidden in the darkness is an ancient secret suppressed by every aspect of our lightdrunk modern worldthere is a Great Mother from the bottom of time who has always guided us through perils and calamities. Now is the hour of Her return.ampampquotAn exigent affecting summons to rediscover the night.ampampquotampampamp8212Kirkus ReviewsIs 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 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 readers back into the lost mysteries of the dark.