Mother of the Unseen World

"Mother of the Unseen World is absolutely riveting, deeply searching, and thought-provoking."--Gretchen Rubin For readers interested in the mysteries of spiritual awakening, an exploration of the Indian "avatar" Mother Meera, known as an embodiment of the Divine Feminine Throughout history there have been rare individuals who transcend what seems humanly possible, "enlightened" beings born with knowledge and experience that defy explanation. Kamala Reddy was a ten-year-old servant in rural India when her mysterious powers were recognized; she is believed to be an "avatar"--a divine incarnation in human form--and was soon given the name Mother Meera. Over the past forty years, she has welcomed millions of seekers from all faiths to have darshan (silent blessing) at her homes in Germany and India. Mother Meera has no dogma, offers her gifts free of charge, and belongs to no particular religion. Her transformational work is done using a particular light, she explains, which she transmits through her fingertips when she touches each person's head during darshan, undoing "energetic knots" and quickening a person's spiritual development. "Like electricity, the light is everywhere, but one must know how to activate it. I have come for that," she says. 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. Now, in this deeply moving and wise book, he 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? Who is Mother Meera, really? 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. Advance praise for Mother of the Unseen World "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 "At once a spiritual autobiography and an exploration of one of the most mystical beings of our time."--Dani Shapiro "Mother Meera's message of peace and love has touched me profoundly."--Ringo Starr