Strands 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 ofamp160Intimate Conversations with the Divineamp160andamp160Anatomy of the SpiritIn 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 worldamp8212the world of Natureamp8212could 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 Song of Songs 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.