D’Ann Katsu Davis
The Books
Playing Mantis
Playful, poetic and profound, Playing Mantis is the song within the songs, and the words to the author’s wordless music–and for the wordless in general. Playing Mantis is a fresh and integrated contemplation on god, birth, sex, death, and the UniVerse Herself. It is a blend of mystical realism and allegorical memoir that details the spiritual experiences and spiritual traditions behind the author’s instruments and nonsecular music. The Ebook includes more than two hours of original music.
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“This is not just a book, it’s a whole, and sometimes holy experience.”
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“A transcendental memoir for the ages.”
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“Playing Mantis is a work of genius. ”
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“Readers may not expect the full-bodied flavor of this experience…”
Flutterby and Caterpillarism
Both timeless and timely, this is a global, uniquely American myth is not the story of Good versus Evil—again. Instead Flutterby and Caterpillarism connects the dots, notes and octaves between healing the self, healing society, and healing the earth. Set in the Medicine camp at Standing Rock, F&C looks unflinchingly at the ills of American society, while, at the same time, holding a positive vision of the way forward—with the intact 13,000 Lakota matriarchy showing the way.
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“Flutterby and Caterpillarism is a work of genius. It is the right book, at the right time. The author definitely walks their talk.”
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“Like the author’s music and previous book, Playing Mantis, Flutterby and Caterpillarism supports also the decolonization of consciousness, and the re-indigenization of the world”
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“Reading Flutterby and Caterpillarism was privilege and a pleasure. The first hand accounts of Standing Rock from the point of view of the medicine people, children, and women was just what I wanted—at the time all I saw was the (predominantly male-gaze of the) media fixation on violence. This is about deep healing from a woman’s perspective living with the medicine folks and children there.”