Mother of the Unseen World

The Mystery of Mother Meera

Mark Matousek

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9781958972236
US $16.95 Edelweiss Bookshop Amazon
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March 2024

Mark Matousek was a nonbeliever when he met Mother Meera in 1985. Yet, in her presence, he experienced inexplicable occurrences that forced him to challenge his worldview.

Mother Meera, born Kamala Reddy is believed by her thousands of devotees to be an embodiment of the Divine Mother. But who is Mother Meera, really? Now, in this deeply moving and wise book, Matousek takes us as close as possible to this extraordinary woman. Is divine incarnation truly possible, he asks, as most of the world’s religions insist? Speaking to members of her inner circle, working at her school for the poor in India, and interviewing the elusive master herself, Matousek takes the reader on a mysterious quest into the “unseen world” where the divine and human intersect.

Mark Matousek is a bestselling author, teacher, and speaker whose work focuses on personal awakening and creative excellence through transformational writing and self-inquiry. He brings over three decades of experience as a memoirist, editor, interviewer, survivor, activist, and spiritual seeker to his penetrating and thought-provoking work. Mark Matousek is the author of seven books including, Sex Death Enlightenment: A True Story, The Boy He Left Behind, and When You’re Falling, Dive. His work has appeared in numerous anthologies and publications, including The New Yorker, O: The Oprah Magazine, Details, Tricycle, Good Housekeeping, and Harper’s Bazaar.

“Mother of the Unseen World is absolutely riveting, deeply searching, and thought-provoking.” —Gretchen Rubin

“With a seeker’s profound curiosity, a journalist’s keen eye, and a potent combination of honesty, courage, intelligence, and tender-heartedness, Mark Matousek as written a beautiful book that is at once a spiritual autobiography and an exploration of one of the most mystical beings of our time.” —Dani Shapiro, author of Hourglass

“Mother of the Unseen World reads like a classic adventure novel, with one exception— much of the adventure goes on inside the reader as we follow Mark Matousek's everyman journey from pain and doubt to discovery and awakening.” —Elizabeth Lesser, author of Broken Open and co-founder of Omega Institute 

“Mark Matousek brings us to the feet of Mother Meera in this transcendent, rapturous, astonishing book." —Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues and In the Body of the World