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D’Ann Katsu Davis

Playing Mantis

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Playful, poetic and profound, Playing Mantis is the song within the songs, and the lyrics 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 from the feminine point of view. Playing Mantis is a blend of mystical realism and allegorical memoir that details the spiritual experiences and spiritual traditions behind the author’s  music and nonsecular instruments. The Ebook includes more than two hours of original music.

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Look inside for the first forty pages below...

"PLAYING MANTIS CAN TRANSPORT THE MIND TO A STATE OF HARMONY. THE MUSIC IS DEEP, SOUL-STIRRING AND YOGIC."
READERS FAVORITE
"PLAYING MANTIS IS A TRANSCENDENTAL MEMOIR FOR THE AGES."
READERS FAVORITE
"PLAYFUL, THOUGHT-PROVOKING, AND SPIRITUALLY REVEALING, PLAYING MANTIS LIVES UP TO THE WEIGHTY PROMISE OF ITS SUBTITLE --'A WORKBOOK FOR INNER PEACE AND A PLAYBOOK FOR THE REVOLUTION'."
MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW
"THIS IS NOT JUST A BOOK, BUT A WHOLE, AND SOMETIMES HOLY EXPERIENCE." Goodreads
BOOK VIEW REVIEW
A STUNNINGLY UNIQUE BOOK THAT WILL HELP YOU ON A JOURNEY TOWARD A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SELF AND SOCIETY."
BOOK VIEW REVIEW
"I LEARNED MANY NEW THINGS...LIKELY TO EXTRACT FROM THIS WORK ]THINGS] THAT ARE PEACEFUL, SOOTHING,AND GROUNDING. "
READERS FAVORITE
"UNUSUALLY LIVELY IN BOTH PERSPECTIVE AND PRESENTATION."
A LYRICAL WORK THAT BEGINS AND ENDS WITH MUSIC, INFUSING THIS INTO HIGH NOTES OF SPIRITUAL REVELATION AND LIFE INSPECTION''
MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW
READERS MAY NOT EXPECT THE FULL-BODIED FLAVOR OF THIS EXPERIENCE ...THAT BLENDS MUSICAL NOTES OF ENLIGHTENMENT AND CREATIVE SPIRIT INTO OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIENCES."
MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW
"PLAYING MANTIS CAN TRANSPORT THE MIND TO A STATE OF HARMONY. THE MUSIC IS DEEP, SOUL-STIRRING AND YOGIC."
READERS FAVORITE
"PLAYING MANTIS IS A TRANSCENDENTAL MEMOIR FOR THE AGES."
READERS FAVORITE
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Look inside for the first forty pages below...

"The contrasting views of Flutterby and Caterpillarism are delivered via evocative, lovely language that encourages discourse and understanding as the story unfolds."
— Donovan's Book Shelf
Flutterby and Caterpillarism,The Old Ways to a New Self and a New World is an accessible, thin volume that carries far-reaching magnitude. Set amidst the ancient, intact and functioning matriarchy of Sacred Stone medicine camp at Standing Rock, Flutterby and Caterpillarism tackles--and answers--the most pressing issues of our time. This parable is told not from the point of view of violence, but from the perspective of the women, children and medicine folks living at Standing Rock. The fable looks unflinchingly at the ill-effects of the consumptive nature of American society; while, at the same time, utilizing a positive, transformative metaphor to hold the story, and showes a way forward by embracing a spiritually fulfilling, ecologically kind and socially just past.

This is not the story of good versus evil--again. Instead it connects the dots, notes and octaves between healing the self, healing society, and healing the earth.

"It is the right book, at the right time." Altai Books

Flutterby and Caterpillarism, renders Playing Mantis, the author's previous book a sequel, and this the prequel.
"Caterpillarism proves accessible, inspirational, and the perfect panacea for depression over modern times."
— Midwest Book Review
"[The fable's] metamorphosis operates on disparate levels of social, ethical, and philosophical transformation."
— Bookwatch
"Reading Flutterby and Caterpillarism was a 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 medicine folks and children."
— Goodreads
"Why is this parable so important today? Davis’s mission statement in her introduction says it all: All Native Nations and cultures came together under One Flag at Standing Rock. Again, a model of how this could be done on larger scales. (And if we can’t even think it, how can we do it? This story, in part, aims to connect those dots.) This story shows a way forward by embracing a spiritually fulfilling, ecologically kind and socially just past."
— Donovan's Book Shelf
"The contrasting views of Flutterby and Caterpillarism are delivered via evocative, lovely language that encourages discourse and understanding as the story unfolds."
— Donovan's Book Shelf
Flutterby and Caterpillarism,The Old Ways to a New Self and a New World is an accessible, thin volume that carries far-reaching magnitude. Set amidst the ancient, intact and functioning matriarchy of Sacred Stone medicine camp at Standing Rock, Flutterby and Caterpillarism tackles--and answers--the most pressing issues of our time. This parable is told not from the point of view of violence, but from the perspective of the women, children and medicine folks living at Standing Rock. The fable looks unflinchingly at the ill-effects of the consumptive nature of American society; while, at the same time, utilizing a positive, transformative metaphor to hold the story, and showes a way forward by embracing a spiritually fulfilling, ecologically kind and socially just past.

This is not the story of good versus evil--again. Instead it connects the dots, notes and octaves between healing the self, healing society, and healing the earth.

"It is the right book, at the right time." Altai Books

Flutterby and Caterpillarism, renders Playing Mantis, the author's previous book a sequel, and this the prequel.
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