The Unknown She
Eight Faces of an Emerging Consciousness

by Hilary Hart

Is there a mystical consciousness particularly natural to women?

And if so, what role is it playing in the spiritual evolution of our world?

To answer these questions, Hilary Hart traveled across the world meeting with contemporary mystics from a variety of traditions including Lakota Sioux, Sufism, Buddhism, and West-African shamanism. The revelations of feminine wisdom offered from these encounters are not conceptual teachings, but vivid examples of lived spirituality expressed sometimes through simple ways of being, sometimes through profound mystical experiences.

Revolutionary and remarkably practical, The Unknown She offers a startling new look at women’s unique mystical orientation and its place in the evolution of our universal consciousness.

For further information, including upcoming events with Hilary Hart, please visit the website: www.unknownshe.org

ISBN 1-890350-06-0, Paperback, 355 pages, 5.5" x 8.5"
$15.95 US, £12.95 UK, Euro: 19.00, Swiss Francs: 29.00

"A wonderful book! Here, the deep feminine speaks beautifully with inspiration and wisdom so terribly needed in our times."
- Jack Kornfield, author A Path with Heart

"A profound exploration of what may become the most important development in the 21st Century: the return of the feminine voice in spiritual experience."
- Tsultrim Allione, author Women of Wisdom

"In this sensitive and beautifully crafted book, Hilary Hart has listened to the voice of a new, emergent, mystical consciousness in women and through her careful witnessing has offered it to us as a precious gift. Just before he died in 1950, the great seer Sri Aurobindo is said to have remarked: ’If there is to be a future it will wear the crown of female design."
- Anne Baring, co-author The Myth of the Goddess (www.annebaring.com)

"... not only a rich and evocative exploration of specific women's journeys into Truth but a map into the essential quality of the numinous, which transcends gender distinctions. In The Unknown She you can find some of the most succinct and personal explanations of mystical experience."
- Vicki Mackenzie, author Cave in the Snow and Why Buddhism?

"The Unknown She will touch women deeply, for these are stories of women whose lives reflect the ways in which love and mystical consciousness can nourish and heal life. Such stories are immensely valuable, for they stir and awaken us to a revolutionary vision of the role that women can play in the transformation of consciousness today and for the future."
- Anne Scott, author Serving Fire

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